DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970 and died April 9, 2021. He began his rap career in the early 1990s , and released his debut album It's dark and Hell is Hot in 1998 to both critical acclaim as well as commercial success, selling 251,000 copies within its first week of release. [5][65][6] DMX released his top-selling album, ... And Then There was X in 1999, and included the smash track "Party Up (Up in Here)". His 2003 singles, "Where is the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon' Make It To Ya" were commercially profitable. The artist was the first to ever have an album that debuted at No.1 in the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. Seven times DMX has sold over 74 million albums worldwide. [8] DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he appeared in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man which was shown 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 began beatboxing at Ready Ron. After getting a sentence for the stealing of a dog, he began to compose his own lyrics. He also played at the local recreation center for children who were younger than 14. While in prison , he was convicted of carjacking. it was his favorite time to spend his time writing lyrics. He also began rapping with K.Solo. He was released during the summer of 1988 and started to produce 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 local fanbase all across New York. Percee P as well as DMX both performed freestyles on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, 1991. [15In the year 15 DMX was soon to 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 that year. It was extremely like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim and was not his later material. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column which highlighted hip hop artists who were not signed. 16] In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released the debut single "Born Loser". [17] He dropped his follow-up single "Make a Move" in 1994. 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 the 9th of April 2021.