DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 in 1970. He died April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Dark and Hot was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial success. The album sold more than 251,000 copies in its first week. The best-selling album of DMX,... and Then There Was X, was released in 1999. The album also featured the smash single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003 "Where is the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It To Ya" are also commercially successful. He was the first artist in history to have an album debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. 7. DMX has sold more than 74 million records across the globe. [8] DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave as well as Last Hour. He starred in the reality television show DMX. Soul of a Man. It was shown on the BET cable television channel Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote an autobiography entitled E.A.R.L. The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX started in the music industry at 14 as a beatboxer in Ready Ron. After being sentenced for the theft of dogs, he decided to compose lyrics of his own. He also played at the community recreation center that was for kids younger than 14 years old. In 1988, when he was in prison for carjacking he started dedicating a large portion of his spare time creating lyrics, and also to having a rap session with K-Solo. He began selling mixtapes that were produced and sold following being released from prison for carjacking. The mixtapes helped him establish a fan base in New York. DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991, along with Percee P who they both freestyled. [15In the year 15 DMX would release a demo tape featuring "Spellbound" along with "Critical Condition", Three Little Pigs", The Original Author of Spellbound, and "Unstoppable Force" later in the year. It was very like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim and was not his later material. [3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column, which featured hip hop artists that were not signed. In the year 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a subsidiary label to Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his debut single. In 1994, he released "Make A Move" the second single from his debut album. He performed together with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo, on the legendary underground song "Time to build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album 1995.DMX died on April 9 2021 after suffering an induced heart attack by cocaine.