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DMX
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.
On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.
As actor
In Whose Name?
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
A Journey to Sundance
You're Watching Video Music Box
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
Fast Vengeance
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
Beyond the Law
The After Party
Pimp
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Top Five
Big Pun: The Legacy
The Bleeding
Last Hour
Jump Out Boys
Death Toll
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
Father of Lies
Never Die Alone
Beef II
Cradle 2 the Grave
Beef
The Making of Exit Wounds
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
Exit Wounds
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
DMX: Angel