DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons, born December 18, 1970 and died on April 9, 2021. The album he released as his debut album It's Dark and hell is hot was launched in 1998. He began rapping during the 1990s. 251,000 copies were sold within its first week. [5][6] In 1999, DMX released... and then there was X. The album included the hit song "Party up (Up in Here). The singles he released in 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" Commercially the 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' give It to Ya" were very success. The artist was the first in history to have an album release at No.1 on the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. Seven times in all, DMX sold over 74 million albums worldwide. 8 DMX has appeared 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. He played DMX: Soul of a Man in the reality TV show. The show was broadcast through 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 at Ready Ron. After getting a sentence for the stealing of an animal, he began to write his own lyrics. He also performed at a community recreation center that was for kids younger than 14 years old. While in prison for carjacking the rapper began to devote a lot of his time to creating lyrics. He also met and rapped with K-Solo. The mixtapes he sold were produced and sold following the release of his prison for carjacking. [3] This helped him to build an following in New York. Percee P and DMX each performed freestyles on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991. [1515 DMX released an album of demos later in the year, which featured "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition", three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable force". It had a look like Big Daddy Kane and Rakim, unlike his later material. Three years ago, The Source magazine praised DMX as an Unsigned Hype column, that showcased hip-hop artists that were not signed. [16] That same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released his first single "Born Loser". In 1994, he released "Make A Move" which was his second single. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were guests on the underground classic "Time to Build" from Mic Geronimo in 1995. DMX died of a cocaine-induced heartattack on April 9, 2021.