DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970 and died on April 9, 2021. His debut album It's dark and hot launched in 1998. The rapper began to rap in the 1990s. 251,000 copies were sold within the first week. The most-sold album by DMX,... and Then there Was X came out in 1999. This album included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003 "Where the Hood At?" Commercially as well as his 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon"X Gon Ya" were very success. He was the first artist to have an album that debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. 7 DMX sold more than 74 million albums around the world. [8] DMX has appeared 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 was a star in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily broadcast by the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He published his autobiography, which was based on his memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX began his journey in the music industry at 14 as a beatboxer in Ready Ron. After getting incarcerated for taking a dog, He began writing his own lyrics and performing at the local recreation center, which was for younger youngsters. In 1988, when he was being imprisoned for carjacking, the rapper began dedicating all of his free time to creating lyrics, and also to performing with K-Solo. He started selling mixtapes was produced and sold after he was released from prison for carjacking. This allowed to establish an audience within New York. Percee P as well as DMX each performed freestyles on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991. [15In the year [15] DMX released a demo tape later on the year. It featured "Spellbound" and "Critical Condition", three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable force". It was extremely like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim and was not his later work. 3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip hop artists that were not signed. 16 Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was his first track, "Born Loser". The 17-year-old dropped his follow-up single "Make the Move" in 1994. He appeared with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo in the classic underground track "Time to Build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album in 1995.DMX passed away on the 9th of April 2021, after an attack of the heart caused by cocaine.