DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 in 1970. He passed away April 9, 2021. He began his rap career in the beginning of the 1990s. He released the album debut It's Dark and Hell is Hot in 1998 to both critical acclaim and commercial success. The album sold 251,000 copies within the first week of release. In 1999, DMX released... and Then There Was X. It included the smash hit track "Party up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon"Make It to Ya", were also commercially successful. The artist was the first to make an album No.1 five times in a row on the Billboard 200 charts. 7 Overall, DMX sold over 74 million albums worldwide. 8. DMX has appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He starred in the reality television show DMX. Soul of a Man. It was aired by the BET cable channel Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote an autobiography called E.A.R.L. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX was introduced to the world of music at 14, in 1984, when he beatboxed for Ready Ron. After getting a sentence for the stealing of an animal, he began to write lyrics of his own. He also played at the local recreation center for kids younger than 14 years old. While in prison for carjacking, he began dedicating a large portion of his time creating lyrics. He also had a meeting and performed with K-Solo. He began selling mixtapes that were produced and sold following his release from prison for carjacking. [3] This helped him establish his fan base in New York. Percee P and DMX were featured on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, during which they improvised. [15] DMX was soon to make a demo disc featuring "Spellbound" and "Critical Condition", Three Little Pigs", The Original Author of Spellbound and "Unstoppable Force" in the following year. It was quite similar to Big Daddy Kane or Rakim but it wasn't his later work. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column , which highlighted hip-hop artists who were not signed. In 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a sub-label to Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his debut single. "17" His second single, "Make A Move" was released in the year 1994. He was a guest alongside Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo, on the legendary underground track "Time to build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album 1995.DMX died on the 9th of April 2021 following a cocaine-induced heart attack.