![]() ![]() The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S and sold over five million copies. His first major-label album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, which included the single " Ruff Ryders Anthem", was released in May 1998. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA. In February 1998, DMX released his debut major-label single, "Get at Me Dog", on Def Jam Recordings. Throughout this period, DMX viewed hip-hop as an escape from his troubles he enjoyed beatboxing, turntablism, and eventually, rapping.ġ998: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood ![]() While always close to his uncles and a few close friends he found his true companionship in the many stray dogs that he befriended. DMX always looked down on street level drug dealers and found it easier to simply rob the dealers of their earnings at the end of the day. As a youth, he committed crimes such as robbery and spent much of his adolescence in and out of juvenile detention and youth group homes. At a young age his Mother moved them to the infamous School Street projects in Yonkers where DMX would learn his trade of robbing. He was the second child born his mother had a two year old daughter from a previous relationship. There are conflicting reports as to where he was born, with some saying he was born in Baltimore, MD and other saying he was born in Mount Vernon, NY. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.ĭMX was born on December 18, 1970, to Joe Barker and Arnett Simmons (who became pregnant with him when she was nineteen years of age). In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. He has acted in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave, and Last Hour. ![]() And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album. His stage name was originally an acronym of "Divine Master of the Unknown", but also pays tribute to an instrument he used in the 1980s, the Oberheim DMX drum machine. Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970) better known by his stage name DMX (also known as Dog Man X and Dark Man X) is a multi-Platinum American rapper and actor. ![]()
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