DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970, and passed away on April 9, 2021. He began rapping in the early 1990s . He released the album debut It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim as well as commercial success, selling 251,000 copies within the first week of release. [5][65][6] DMX released his highest-selling album, ... And Then There Was X in 1999. The album included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His singles from 2003 "Where is the Hood At?" His 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon' Make It To Ya" were commercially successful. He was the first artist to release an album that reached No.1 five times in consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 charts. In total, DMX sold over 74 million albums around the world. 8. DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He appeared in the 2006 reality television series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was primarily aired by the BET cable channel Never Die Alone. The show was followed by E.A.R.L., his memoirs in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX began his career in the business of music at 14 as a beatboxer in Ready Ron. After serving time for the theft of an animal, he began to write lyrics of his own. He also performed at a local recreation centre for children younger than 14 years old. While in prison for carjacking, he started dedicating nearly all of his time creating lyrics. He also got to know and performed with K-Solo. He was released in the summer of 1988 and began to make and sell his own mixtapes. In these mixes, the rapper rapped on songs from other artists and sold them on street corners. This helped him build a fanbase in New York. DMX performed on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991, along with Percee P, where they both performed freestyles. [1515 DMX would later that year make a demo CD that featured "Spellbound" alongside "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". It was very similar to Big Daddy Kane or Rakim however it was not his later material. Three years ago, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip-hop artists without a contract. In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released the debut single "Born Loser". In 1994, he released "Make A Move", his second single. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were guests on the underground hit "Time to Build" from Mic Geronimo back in 1995. DMX died of a cocaine-induced heartattack on April 9, 2021.