DMX

Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 until April 9, 2021) who was professionally known as DMX was an American actor and rapper. The album he released as his debut album It's Dark and hell is hot released in 1998. The rapper began to rap in the 90s. 251,000 copies were sold in its first week. The most-sold album by DMX,... and Then there Was X, was released in 1999. The album featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" His 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon' Make It To Ya" were commercially successful. He was also the first artist who reached No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart five consecutive times. [7] Overall, DMX sold over 74 million records around the world. 8 DMX was featured in films like 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. In 2006, he appeared in the reality series DMX: Soul of a Man which was broadcast by the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He published an autobiography of his personal memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX was introduced to the music business at age 14 as a beatboxer for Ready Ron. After spending time in prison, he started writing his own lyrics and performed at the local recreation center for kids older than he was. 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. He was released in the summer of 1988, and then began to make and sell his own mixtapes. In these mixtapes the rapper rapped on songs from other artists and sold them on streets corners. This helped him create an audience in the local area of New York. DMX was a guest on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991 along with Percee P, where they both performed freestyles. [15] DMX would later release a demo disc which featured "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". Its design was like Big Daddy Kane's style and Rakim's, but it was different from his later music. [3] In 1991 The Source magazine praised DMX as an Unsigned Hype column that highlighted unsigned hip-hop artists. 16. Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was the first of his song, "Born Loser". 17 years later, his second single, "Make A Move" was released in the year 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were featured as guests on the underground classic "Time to Build" by Mic Geronimo in 1995. DMX died of a heart attack caused by cocaine on April 9, 2021.