DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18, 1970, and died on April 9 2021. His debut album , It's Dark and hell is hot launched in 1998. He began rapping during the 1990s. 251,000 copies of the album were sold within its first week. [5][6] DMX released his highest-selling album, ... And Then There was X, in 1999. The album included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". The singles he released in 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon to Make It To Ya", were also commercially profitable. He was also the first artist to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart five consecutive times. 7 DMX has sold over 74,000,000 records worldwide. 8. DMX was featured in films like 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 appeared in the reality series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was aired by the BET cable television channel Never Die Alone. He published the autobiography of his memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9 DMX was just 14 when he beatboxed in Ready Ron. After spending time in prison then he began writing lyrics of his own and performed at the local recreation center that was for children younger than him. While in prison for carjacking, he started dedicating nearly all of his time creating lyrics. He also had a meeting and rapped with K-Solo. 3] After he was released that summer, he began producing and selling mixtapes of his own in which he rapped over the tracks from other songs. He sold them on streets and helped build an army of fans all over New York. Percee P and DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, on which they performed freestyles. [15] DMX would later release a demo tape that featured "Spellbound" together with "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". It was extremely like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim and was not his later material. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column which highlighted hip hop artists that were not signed. 16 Columbia Records signed DMX in 1991 to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records. This single was his first track, "Born Loser". In 1994, he released "Make A Move" the second single from his debut album. He performed with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo, on the legendary underground song "Time to build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album in 1995.DMX died on April 9 2021 following an induced heart attack by cocaine.