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DMX

Born · December 18, 1970

Died · April 9, 2021 (50 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Bio

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.

Known for

South Park

South Park

Romeo Must Die

Romeo Must Die

Cradle 2 the Grave

Cradle 2 the Grave

Exit Wounds

Exit Wounds

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self (archive footage)

2025

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage)

2021

DMX: Don't Try to Understand

Self

2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

Self (archive footage)

2021

Fast Vengeance

Captain Liddle

2021

Chronicle of a Serial Killer

Detective White

2020

Fast and Fierce: Death Race

Davie

2020

VERZUZ

Self · (1 episode)

2020

Beyond the Law

Detective Ray Munce

2019

Pimp

Midnight John

2018

The After Party

Self

2018

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story

Himself

2017

Fresh Off the Boat

DMX · (1 episode)

2015

Top Five

Self

2014

Couples Therapy

Himself · (8 episodes)

2012

The Bleeding

Tagg

2009

Big Pun: The Legacy

Self

2009

Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent

Nick

2008

Last Hour

Black Jack

2008

Death Toll

The Dog (Narrator)

2008

Jump Out Boys

Thorn

2008

Father of Lies

Paul

2007

DMX: Soul of a Man

Self · (6 episodes)

2006

Trippin'

Self · (2 episodes)

2005

Beef II

Self

2004

Never Die Alone

King David

2004

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards

(10 episodes)

2003

Eve

Xenon · (1 episode)

2003

Beef

Self

2003

Cradle 2 the Grave

Anthony Fait

2003

Half & Half

Himself · (1 episode)

2002

The Making of Exit Wounds

Self

2002

DMX: Angel

Himself

2001

Ruff Ryders: Uncensored

Self

2001

Exit Wounds

Latrell Walker

2001

Backstage

Self

2000

Boricua's Bond

2000

Romeo Must Die

Silk

2000

Third Watch

Kandid Jones · (1 episode)

1999

Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125

Self

1999

Belly

Tommy 'Buns' Bundy

1998

Doggmen

Cowboy

A Journey to Sundance

Self

South Park

DMX (voice) · (1 episode)

1997

The Chris Rock Show

Self · (1 episode)

1997

Moesha

(1 episode)

1996

MADtv

Self · (1 episode)

1995

MADtv

Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)

1995

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

(1 episode)

1992

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)

1975