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 hot was launched in 1998. He started rapping in the 1990s. 251,000 copies were sold during its first week. [5][65][6] DMX released his most-seller album, ... And Then There Was X in 1999, which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon Give It To Ya?" in 2003 were also commercially successful. The 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon to Make It To Ya" were commercially profitable. The artist was the first in history to make an album debut at No.1 in the Billboard 200 charts five times consecutively. In total, DMX sold over 74 million records around the world. 8 DMX appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. He played DMX: Soul of a Man in the 2006 reality TV series. It was mostly telecast on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. He released E.A.R.L., his memoirs in 2003. The Autobiography of DMX. 9. DMX was 14 when he started beatboxing at Ready Ron. After a stint in prison He began writing his own lyrics , and also performing in the recreation center in town for kids who were younger than he. In 1988, while being in prison for carjacking the rapper began dedicating all of his free time writing lyrics , as well as meeting with K-Solo and rapping. He was released during the summer of 1988, and then began to produce and sell his own mixtapes. In these mixtapes, his raps were a re-mix of songs by other artists and sold them at street corners. This helped him establish his own fan base in New York. Percee P as well as DMX both performed freestyles for The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991. [15The 15-year-old DMX would later that year release a demo tape featuring "Spellbound" together with "Critical Condition", "Three Little Pigs", "The Original Author of Spellbound" and "Unstoppable Force". Its design was like Big Daddy Kane's and Rakim's but distinct from his later material. 3] In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column that highlighted unsigned hip hop artists. In 1991, Columbia Records signed DMX as a subsidiary label for Ruffhouse Records. The single, "Born Loser", was his first single. 17 years later, he dropped his follow-up single "Make A Move" in the year 1994. He was a guest together with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo on the classic underground song "Time to build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album in 1995.DMX passed away on the 9th of April, 2021, following a cocaine-induced heart attack.