DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970 and passed away on April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Hot and Dark was released in 1998 to critical and commercial success. It sold over 251,000 copies within the first week. In 1999, DMX released... and Then There Was X. The album included the hit song "Party up (Up in Here). His singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It to You?" in 2003 were also commercial hits. and "X Will Give It To Ya" were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to debut an album at No.1 five times in consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 charts. In total, DMX sold over 74 million records worldwide. 8. DMX appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he was a star in the reality series DMX: Soul of a Man that was shown on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He published an autobiography of his personal memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX began his career in the world of music at 14 as a beatboxer at Ready Ron. After having served time for the theft of a dog, he began to compose his own lyrics. He also performed at the local recreation centre for children younger than 14 years old. In prison for carjacking he spent the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also started rapping with K.Solo. The release came in the summer of 1988 and began to produce and sell mixtapes of his own. In these mixtapes his raps were a re-mix of songs by other artists and sold them on street corners. This helped him develop his own fan base in New York. DMX made an appearance on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991 alongside Percee P on which they both performed freestyles. [15] DMX would release the demo tape later in the year featuring "Spellbound" and "Critical Condition", three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound", and "Unstoppable force". It was quite like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim and was not his later work. [3] In 1991 The Source magazine praised DMX as a Unsigned Hype column, which featured rappers who were unsigned. 16. Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was his first songs, "Born Loser". [17] His second single, "Make A Move" was released in 1994. He made a guest appearance with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo on the iconic underground track "Time to Build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album 1995.DMX passed away on April 9, 2021, following a heart attack caused by cocaine.