DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 1970 and passed away April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Hot and Dark, was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial satisfaction. The album sold more than 251,000 copies in its first week. In 1999, DMX released... and then there was X. The album featured the smash hit track "Party up (Up in Here). The singles from 2003 "Where the Hood At?" and "X I'm Going to Give It to Ya" were also commercially successful. He was also the first artist to be No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart five consecutive times. [7] Overall, DMX sold over 74 million albums worldwide. [8] DMX has appeared in films such as 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. He played DMX: Soul of a Man in the reality TV series. This was primarily aired on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He published E.A.R.L., his memoirs in 2003. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX was just 14 when he beatboxed in Ready Ron. After spending time in prison for stealing a dog, it was then that he began writing his own lyrics and performing at the local recreation center, which was for younger youngsters. In 1988, when he was in prison for carjacking, he began dedicating almost all of his free time to writing lyrics as well as performing with K-Solo. 3. When he was released in the summer, he began producing and selling his own mixtapes where he performed raps over tracks from other songs. He sold them on streets, which helped him build an audience of locals all over New York. Percee P as well as DMX performed on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, during which they improvised. [15In the year 15 DMX was soon to release a demo tape featuring "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition", Three Little Pigs", The Original Author of Spellbound and "Unstoppable Force" later that year. It was a style that was like Big Daddy Kane and Rakim however, it was different from his later material. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column , which highlighted hip-hop artists who were not signed. In 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a sub-label to Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his first single. In 1994, he released "Make A Move", his second single. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo appeared as guests on the underground hit "Time to Build" from Mic Geronimo back in 1995. DMX died of a heart attack caused by cocaine on April 9 2021.