Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1970-12-18
Day of Death
2021-04-09
Place of Birth
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
DMX
Biography
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.
Filmography (36)
In Whose Name?
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
A Journey to Sundance
2023
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
Fast Vengeance
2021
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
2020
Beyond the Law
2019
Pimp
2018
The After Party
2018
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017
Top Five
2014
