DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 in 1970. He died on April 9, 2021. His debut album , It's Dark and hell is hot launched in 1998. He started rapping in the 1990s. 251,000 copies of the album were sold within the first week. [5][65][6] DMX released his highest-selling album, ... And Then There was X, in 1999. The album included the smash single "Party Up (Up in Here)". The singles from 2003 "Where is the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon to Make It To Ya", were also commercially successful. The artist was the first to debut an album at No.1 five times in consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 charts. [7] DMX sold more than 74 million albums worldwide. 8. DMX was in movies like Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave as well as Last Hour. He played DMX: Soul of a Man in the 2006 reality TV series. This was primarily aired through the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote the memoirs of his life called E.A.R.L. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX started his career in the music industry when he was 14, in 1984, when he beatboxed with Ready Ron. After serving time in prison, he started writing his own lyrics and performing in the local recreation center for kids younger than he. In 1988, while in prison for carjacking, he began dedicating almost all of his spare time writing lyrics as well as having a rap session with K-Solo. The mixtapes he sold he produced and sold after being released from prison for carjacking. It helped him build an following in New York. DMX performed on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in 1991 along with Percee P who they both performed freestyles. [15] DMX would later make a demo CD which featured "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". The style was similar to Big Daddy Kane's and Rakim's, yet it was different from his later music. [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". The second track, "Make A Move" was released in the year 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were guests on the underground classic "Time to Build" from Mic Geronimo, released in 1995. DMX died of a heart attack caused by cocaine on the 9th of April, 2021.