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Baltimore, Maryland (1988 – present)

Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland), better known by his stage name DMX (Dark Man X), is an American rapper and actor signed to Ruff Ryders Entertainment. In 1998 he released his debut solo album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, and has since released 1998’s Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, 1999’s …And Then There Was X, 2001’s The Great Depression, 2003’s Grand Champ and 2006’s Year of the Dog…Again. He has plans to release two more albums, Walk with Me Now and the gospel inspired You’ll Fly with Me Later, but his incarceration on drug possession charges had prevented him from doing so until early 2010.

Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap. He was that rare commodity: a commercial powerhouse with artistic and street credibility to spare. His rapid ascent to stardom was actually almost a decade in the making, which gave him a chance to develop the theatrical image that made him one of rap’s most distinctive personalities during his heyday. Everything about DMX was unremittingly intense, from his muscular, tattooed physique to his gruff, barking delivery, which made a perfect match for his trademark lyrical obsession with dogs. Plus, there was substance behind the style; much of his work was tied together by a fascination with the split between the sacred and the profane. He could move from spiritual anguish one minute to a narrative about the sins of the streets the next, yet keep it all part of the same complex character, sort of like a hip-hop Johnny Cash. The results were compelling enough to make DMX the first artist ever to have his first five albums enter the charts at number one.
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  • abhorion

    @Zaxx87 yup that was pretty damn funny

    Thursday afternoon

  • abhorion

    @BiohazardGT first off: don't assume what i am or am not used to coz you don't know do you? second: i have no problems with his crudeness and third: what is your point? from your shout it seems that being honest is enough for someone to be a good person. as a hypothetical example, if i go around being addicted to all sorts of awful shit, beating up women, ending up in jail, genereally fuck up a lot of things... bla bla bla whatever and im honest about it does that make it ok and should people respect me because of that and that im"staying true" to that? to seddle your difficult dylema, no it definitely doesnt. and last: again im not talking about his music

    Thursday afternoon

  • Zaxx87

    @abhorion, the part in the video about X telling the fake FBI / cop story was hilarious.

    Wednesday evening

  • BiohazardGT

    @abhorion; I don't understand how he's an awful person, I mean he's just being honest and at least he has the courage to do that. A lot of these people are fake in the music industry but DMX stays true to himself and the music, so I can respect that 100%. He might come off crude to you because you're used to all these fake rappers sugar coating everything but he's brutally honest through his music and in these interviews as you see.

    Sunday evening

  • abhorion

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWK1AQkOgvo i dont usually leave comments like this, but fucking hell. how can anyone seriously like him? hes just an all around awful person. im not talking about his music, just a s a person

    last week

  • Lakatoez4

    great hip-hop artist! love this!

    last week

  • gendervariant

    The old overused beats aren't an issue for me, it's his delivery that's weak. I know he still has it in him, but this comeback might be a fail.

    last week

  • gendervariant

    @YaYERZ I think she might be implying that the government targeted Eazy E and gave him AIDS. I'm hoping she's just mistaken and not a buffoon who would believe such ludicrous bullshit.

    last week
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