DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970 and died on April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Hot and Dark, was released in 1998 to critical and commercial success. The album sold 251,000 copies in the first week. In 1999, DMX released... and then there was X. It featured the smash hit track "Party up (Up in Here). His singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It to Ya?" in 2003 were also commercial hits. His 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon"Make 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 records around the world. 8 DMX was in movies such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, and Last Hour. In 2006, he played in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He wrote E.A.R.L., his memoirs in 2003. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX was just 14 when he beatboxed in Ready Ron. After getting a sentence for the stealing of dogs, he decided to compose lyrics of his own. He also played at the local recreation center for children under age 14. While in prison for carjacking, he spent the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also began rapping with K.Solo. The mixtapes he sold he produced and sold after being released from prison for carjacking. The mixtapes helped him to build an audience in New York. Percee P and DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, during which they performed freestyles. [15The 15-year-old DMX would release a demo cassette featuring "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition", Three Little Pigs", The Original Author of Spellbound as well as "Unstoppable Force" later in the year. It was extremely like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim, and it was not his later work. [3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column , which highlighted unsigned hip-hop artists. (16) Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was his first song, "Born Loser". 17 years later, his second single, "Make A Move" was released in the year 1994. He appeared together with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo on the classic underground track "Time to Build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album in 1995.DMX died on April 9 2021, after a cocaine-induced heart attack.