- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEarl Simmons
- Nicknames
- Darkman X
- X
- D
- The Dog
- Height1.80 m
- Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), known by his stage name DMX ("Dark Man X"), was an American rapper and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 251,000 copies within its first week of release. DMX released his best-selling album, ... And Then There Was X, in 1999, which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" were also commercially successful. He was the first artist to debut an album at No. 1 five times in a row on the Billboard 200 charts. Overall, DMX sold over 74 million records worldwide.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseTashera Simmons(1999 - 2014) (divorced, 4 children)
- ChildrenTacoma SimmonsShawn SimmonsPraise Mary Ella Simmons
- Wearing a silver dog collar
- His energetic rapping style
- Rarely smiles
- Is the only artist ever to have two albums debut at #1on the Billboard top one-hundred chart in the same year.
- Announced that he's retiring from the music business so he can focus more on church and his family.
- Known for his barking and growling while rapping.
- Battled rapper Jay-Z in a rap battle which was determined to be a draw. He later stated in an interview that the battle taught him that his style of rapping was not always the best.
- Sixth best selling rapper of all time.
- To live is to suffer, but to survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering.
- I used to do the beat box . . . a friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats . . . and I was like, "You got to be the rapper" . . . the rapper's the man . . .
- I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.
- I want "Flesh Of My Flesh" to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world.
- An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence - that is, until proven guilty.
- En sursis (2003) - $5,000,000
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