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 launched in 1998. He began rapping during the 90s. 251,000 copies were sold within its first week.  In 1999, DMX released... and then there was X. It featured the smash hit track "Party up (Up in Here). His singles in 2003, "Where is the Hood At?" His 2003 singles, "Where the Hood at?" and "X Gon to Make It To Ya", were also commercially profitable. The artist was the first to release an album that reached No.1 five times in one week on the Billboard 200 charts. 7 DMX has sold over 74 million records worldwide. 8 DMX has appeared in films like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds. In 2006, he starred in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man which was airing on the BET cable television network Never Die Alone. The author published an 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 being sentenced for the theft of an animal, he began to write lyrics of his own. He also performed at a community recreation center that was for kids under age 14. While in prison for carjacking, He began dedicating the majority of his time to creating lyrics. He also had a meeting 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 his fan base within New York. Percee P and DMX appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show 1991, on which they performed their own freestyles. [15The 15 DMX released a demo tape later in the year. It featured "Spellbound" in addition to "Critical Condition", three Little Pigs "The Original Author of Spellbound" as well as "Unstoppable force". It was extremely like Big Daddy Kane or Rakim but it wasn't his later material. In 1991, The Source magazine praised DMX for his Unsigned Hype column which highlighted hip hop artists without a contract. 16] In the same year, Columbia Records signed DMX to its subsidiary label Ruffhouse Records, which released the debut single "Born Loser". [17] His second single, "Make A Move" was released in 1994. He was a guest with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Mic Geronimo on the classic underground song "Time to Build" on Mic Geronimo's debut album 1995.DMX passed away on the 9th of April 2021, after a cocaine-induced heart attack.