DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970, and died April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Dark and Hot was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial satisfaction. It sold 251,000 copies in its first week. The most-sold album by DMX,... and Then there was X, was released in 1999. The album also featured the smash single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It to Ya?" in 2003 were also a commercial success. Commercially, his singles from 2003 "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon"Give It to Ya" were very popular. The artist was the first to have an album debut at No.1 five times in one week on the Billboard 200 charts. Seven times in all, DMX sold over 74 million albums around the world. 8. DMX appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He was a part of the reality TV series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was broadcast by the BET cable channel Never Die Alone. He released an autobiography of his memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX got his start in the music industry at 14, in 1984, when he beatboxed in the band Ready Ron. After getting incarcerated 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 children. While in prison for carjacking, he spent the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also started rapping with K.Solo. The mixtapes he sold was produced and sold after being released from prison for carjacking. This allowed to establish his fan base in New York. Percee P as well as DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, in which they performed freestyles. [1515 DMX released an album of demos later in the year, which featured "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 and Rakim's, yet it was distinct from his later material. 3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip hop artists who were not signed. [16] That same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released the debut single "Born Loser". 17. He released his second single "Make A Move" in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were featured as guests on the underground hit "Time to Build" from Mic Geronimo, released in 1995. DMX died of a heart attack caused by cocaine on April 9, 2021.