DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18, 1970, and died April 9 2021. The rapper began rapping in 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. The album sold 251,000 copies in the first week of its release. In 1999, DMX released... and then There Was X. It featured the hit song "Party up (Up in Here). The singles he released "Where is the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It to Ya?" in 2003 were also a commercial success. Commercially the 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon"Give It to Ya" were very successful. He was the first artist in history to make an album debut that reached No.1 on the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. 7 Overall, DMX sold over 74 million albums worldwide. 8. DMX has appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he starred in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man which was airing on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He published an autobiography of his personal memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. [9] DMX was just 14 when he beatboxed in Ready Ron. After getting incarcerated for stealing a dog, He started writing his own songs and performed at the local rec center for younger youngsters. While in prison for carjacking, the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also began rapping with K.Solo. The release came in the summer of 1988 and started to make and sell his own mixtapes. In these mixtapes, his raps were a re-mix of songs by other artists and then sold them on street corners. This helped him build his own fan base in New York. Percee P as well as DMX both performed freestyles for The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, 1991. [15] DMX released a demo tape later on the year. It featured "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition" Three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" as well as "Unstoppable force". Its style was similar to Big Daddy Kane's and Rakim's, however it was different from his later material. [3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted unsigned hip hop artists. 16] In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released his debut single "Born Loser". 17 years later, his second single, "Make A Move" was released in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo made a joint appearance on "Time to Build" the legendary underground hit. DMX died in 2021 after a cocaine-induced heart attack.