DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 1970 and passed away April 9 2021. The album that he debuted on, It's dark and hot was released in 1998. He started rapping in the 1990s. 251,000 copies were sold within the first week. [5][6] DMX's best-selling album,... and Then there Was X, was released in 1999. It also contained the hit single "Party Up (Up In Here). His 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Will Give It to Ya" were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to have an album debut that reached No.1 in the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. 7 DMX has sold over 74,000,000 records across the globe. 8. DMX appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He was the main character in the 2006 reality television series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was primarily shown on the BET cable channel Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote a book of his memoirs called E.A.R.L. The Autobiography of DMX. [9] DMX began his journey in the music business at age 14 as a beatboxer for Ready Ron. After a stint in prison, he started writing his own lyrics and performing at the recreation center in town for kids younger than he. In prison for carjacking the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also started rapping with K.Solo. He was released during the summer of 1988 and began to create and sell mixtapes of his own. In these mixtapes his raps were a re-mix of songs by other artists and sold them at street corners. This helped him build a fanbase in New York. Percee P and DMX performed on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, where they performed freestyles. [15] DMX released a demo tape later in the year that featured "Spellbound" as well as "Critical Condition" Three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable force". Its design was like Big Daddy Kane's style and Rakim's, however it was different from his later music. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column which highlighted hip hop artists without a contract. 16 Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was the first of his track, "Born Loser". In 1994, he released "Make A Move", his second single. Jay-Z, Ja Rules, and Mic Gérardo were featured as guests on the underground classic "Time to Build" by Mic Geronimo back in 1995. DMX died of a cocaine-induced heartattack on April 9, 2021.