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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 Autobiograph…
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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.
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DMX's Filmography
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In Whose Name?
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
as Self (archive footage)
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage)
Fast Vengeance
as Captain Liddle
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
as Self
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
as Detective White
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
as Davie
Beyond the Law
as Detective Ray Munce
Pimp
as Midnight John
The After Party
as Self
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
as Self
Top Five
as DMX
The Bleeding
as Tagg
Big Pun: The Legacy
as Self
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
as Nick
Death Toll
as The Dog (Narrator)
Last Hour
as Black Jack
Jump Out Boys
as Thorn
Father of Lies
as Paul
Beef II
as Self
Never Die Alone
as King David
Beef
as Self
Cradle 2 the Grave
as Anthony Fait
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
The Making of Exit Wounds
as Self
DMX: Angel
as Himself
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
as Self
Exit Wounds
as Latrell Walker
Backstage
as Self
Boricua's Bond
Romeo Must Die
as Silk
Woodstock '99
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
as Self
Belly
as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
Doggmen
as Cowboy