DMX

Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 from December 18, 1970 until April 9 2021) who was professionally known as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. His debut album It's Hot and Dark was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial success. It sold over 251,000 copies within its first week. [5][65][6] DMX released his top-selling album, ... And Then There Was X in 1999. The album included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It to Ya?" in 2003 were also a commercial success. and "X I'm Going to Give It To Ya" were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to have an album debut at No.1 five times in consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 charts. Seven times DMX sold more than 74 millions albums across the globe. 8 DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he played in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man that was airing on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. The show was followed by E.A.R.L., his memoirs in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX started in the music business at age 14 as a beatboxer in Ready Ron. After being imprisoned and writing lyrics, he began to write his own lyrics and performed in the recreation center in town, which was for children younger than him. While in prison for carjacking the rapper began to devote a lot of his time creating lyrics. He also met and performed with K-Solo. The mixtapes he sold was produced and sold after the release of his prison for carjacking. It helped to establish an audience in New York. Percee P as well as DMX both performed freestyles on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991. [15The 15-year-old DMX would later that year release a demo disc featuring "Spellbound" along with "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". The style was similar to Big Daddy Kane's and Rakim's, but it was different from his later material. Three years ago, The Source magazine praised DMX as a Unsigned Hype column, which featured rappers who were unsigned. In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released the debut single "Born Loser". The second track, "Make A Move", was released in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo performed a joint appearance on "Time to Build" the legendary underground track. DMX died in 2021 due to a heart attack induced by cocaine.