He made a name for himself on the freestyle battle scene and was written up in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype column in 1991. He found his saving grace in hip-hop, starting out as a DJ and human beatbox, and later moved into rapping for a greater share of the spotlight, taking his name from the DMX digital drum machine (though it's also been reinterpreted to mean 'Dark Man X'). He moved with part of his family to the New York City suburb of Yonkers while still a young child.Ī troubled and abusive childhood turned him violent, and he spent a great deal of time living in group homes and surviving on the streets via robbery, which led to several run-ins with the law. DMX was born Earl Simmons in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 18, 1970. The results were compelling enough to make DMX the first artist ever to have his first four albums enter the charts at number one.
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. 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.
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Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the undisputed reigning king of hardcore rap.
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