DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 1970 and passed away April 9, 2021. His debut album It's Dark and Hot was released in 1998 to critical and commercial popularity. The album sold 251,000 copies during its first week. [5][6(6 DMX released his highest-selling album, ... And Then There Was X in 1999. It included the hit track "Party Up (Up in Here)". His 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon"Make It to Ya", were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to release an album that reached No.1 five times in a row on the Billboard 200 charts. [7] Overall, DMX sold over 74 million albums around the world. [8] DMX was in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He appeared as DMX: Soul of a Man in 2006's reality TV series. This was primarily aired on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. In 2003, he wrote a book of his memoirs entitled E.A.R.L. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX got his start in the world of music at 14 in 1984 when he beatboxed for Ready Ron. After getting incarcerated for stealing a dog He started writing his own songs and performed at the local rec center that was geared towards younger youngsters. While in prison , he was convicted of carjacking. the majority of his time writing lyrics. He also began to rap with K.Solo. The mixtapes he sold he produced and sold after the release of his prison for carjacking. This allowed him establish an audience in New York. Percee P as well as DMX both performed freestyles on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991. [1515 DMX would release an album of demos later in the year featuring "Spellbound" and "Critical Condition" Three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound", and "Unstoppable force". It featured a style like Big Daddy Kane and Rakim and was distinct from his later material. Three years ago, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip hop artists that were not signed. 16] In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released his debut single "Born Loser". 17. He dropped his follow-up single "Make the Move" in 1994. Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo performed a joint appearance on "Time to Build" the cult underground hit. DMX died in 2021 following a heart attack caused by cocaine.