DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 in 1970. He died on April 9, 2021. He began rapping in the beginning of the 1990s. He released his debut album , It's Dark and Hell is Hot in 1998 to the delight of critics and commercial success. The album sold 251,000 copies within its first week of release. The album that DMX is best-selling,... and Then There Was X was released in 1999. This album included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here). His singles from 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon Making It To Ya", were also commercially profitable. The artist was the first in history to have an album release at No.1 in the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. 7 DMX sold more than 74 million albums worldwide. 8 DMX has appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he played in the reality TV series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He released his autobiography, which was based on his memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX was 14 when he began beatboxing at Ready Ron. After spending time in prison for stealing a dog, He started writing his own songs and performed at the local rec center for the younger children. In prison for carjacking the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also began to rap with K.Solo. He began selling mixtapes that was produced and sold after his release 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 on which they both freestyled. [1515 DMX would later that year release a demo tape that featured "Spellbound" alongside "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". It was extremely similar to Big Daddy Kane or Rakim, and it was not his later material. Three years ago, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column which highlighted hip hop artists without a contract. In the year 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a subsidiary label of Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his debut single. 17. He released his second single "Make the Move" in the year 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo collaborated on an appearance on "Time to Build" the cult underground track. DMX died in 2021 after suffering a heart attack due to cocaine.