DMX

American actor and rapper Earl Simmons was born December 18 1970 and passed away on April 9, 2021. His debut album called It's Hot and Dark, was released in 1998 to great critical and commercial great success. It sold over 251,000 copies within the first week. [5][6] In 1999, DMX released... and then There Was X. The album featured the smash hit track "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 commercial successes. Commercially and his singles from 2003 "Where the Hood is at?" and "X Gon Give It to Ya" were also extremely popular. The artist was the first to ever have an album that debuted at No.1 in the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. Seven times DMX has sold over 74 million albums around the world. 8. DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He was a part of the reality TV series DMX. Soul of a Man. It was primarily broadcast by the BET cable television channel Never Die Alone. He wrote an autobiography of his personal memoirs, E.A.R.L. in 2003. : The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX was just 14 when he started beatboxing at Ready Ron. After a stint in prison He began writing his own lyrics and performing in the recreation center in town for kids younger than him. While in prison for carjacking he began dedicating a large portion of his time to creating lyrics. He also got to know and performed with K-Solo. He started selling mixtapes were produced and sold following his release from prison for carjacking. The mixtapes helped him build an audience within New York. Percee P as well as DMX were featured on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, on which they performed freestyles. [1515 DMX released an album of demos later in the year, which 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 distinct from his later work. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted hip hop artists who were not signed. [16] In the year 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a subsidiary label of Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his first single. In 1994, he dropped "Make A Move" which was his second single. 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.