DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970, and passed away on April 9 2021. His debut album It's Dark and Hot was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial success. It sold over 251,000 copies within the first week. [5][6] DMX's best-selling album,... and Then there Was X was released in 1999. The album featured the top-selling single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003 "Where is the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" were also commercially successful. The singer was the first artist to be No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart five consecutive times. Seven times DMX has sold over 74,000,000 records across the globe. 8. DMX has appeared in films such as Belly Romeo Must Die (with Exit Wounds), Belly, Romeo Must Die (with Belly), Cradle 2 the Grave (with Cradle 2 the Grave) and Last Hour. He starred in the 2006 reality television series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was primarily airing on the BET cable channel Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote a book of his memoirs called E.A.R.L. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX was introduced to the world of music at 14 as a beatboxer for Ready Ron. After spending time in prison for stealing a dog, it was then that he started writing his own songs and performed at the local rec center that was geared towards younger youngsters. While in prison for carjacking He began dedicating the majority of his time creating lyrics. He also got to know and performed with K-Solo. 3. When he was released that summer He began making and selling his own mixtapes in which he rapped over the instrumentals from other songs and sold them on street corners, which helped him build an army of fans across New York. DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991 along with Percee P and Percee P, in which they both performed freestyles. [15] DMX would release a demo tape later in the year featuring "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition" Three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" as well as "Unstoppable force". Its style was similar to Big Daddy Kane's style and Rakim's but distinct from his later material. [3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column , which highlighted hip-hop artists without a contract. 16] In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released his debut single "Born Loser". 17 years later, he dropped his follow-up single "Make A Move" in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo collaborated on an appearance on "Time to Build" which is the most well-known underground track. DMX died in 2021 after a cocaine-induced heart attack.