DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 1970 and passed away 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 both critical acclaim and commercial success. It sold 251,000 copies within the first week of its release. [5][6] DMX released his best-selling album, ... And Then There was X, in 1999, and included the smash single "Party Up (Up in Here)". The 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" Commercially and his singles from 2003 "Where the Hood is at?" and "X Gon"Give It to Ya" were also extremely popular. The artist was the first in history to have an album that debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. [7] DMX has sold over 74 million albums in the world. 8 DMX has been featured in movies 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. In 2006, he was a star in the reality series DMX: Soul of a Man that was broadcast by 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 started beatboxing at Ready Ron. After spending time in prison, he started writing lyrics of his own and performed in the recreation center in town for kids older than he was. While in prison , he was convicted of carjacking. it was his favorite time to spend his time writing lyrics. He also began to rap with K.Solo. [3] When he was released in the summer after which he started producing and selling mixtapes of his own that featured him rapping over instrumentals from songs. He sold them on streets, which helped him build a local fan base across New York. Percee P and DMX performed on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, in which they improvised. [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, and "Unstoppable Force" later that year. The style was similar to Big Daddy Kane and Rakim but was not his later work. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX in its Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip-hop artists who were not signed. [16] Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was the first of his track, "Born Loser". The 17-year-old dropped his follow-up single "Make an Effort" in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo made a joint appearance on "Time to Build" which is the most well-known underground track. DMX died in 2021 after a cocaine-induced heart attack.