Yonkers ’ council has voted to rename the intersection of School Street and Brooke Street as "Earl DMX Simmons Way," cementing DMX' s bond with the community. A public hearing on May 27 drew residents and officials together in support of the measure, and the council's subsequent vote went through without a single objection. The location carries real biographical weight. The renamed intersection sits near the Calcagno Homes on School Street, the public housing complex where the rapper, born Earl Simmons, was raised. City leaders framed the designation as a way to move his connection to Yonkers from informal memory into the official public record. Another recent honor that DMX received was when he was posthumously ordained as a minister by Foster Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in January. “Earl Simmons wrestled with God in the public square, turning his pain into a ministry of raw truth,” said Bishop Dr. Osiris Imhotep, founder of the Gospel Cultural Center, in a statement.…