1970-12-18 Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-27 |
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In Whose Name? | Self | 2025-09-19 |
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A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2023-01-01 |
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You're Watching Video Music Box | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-03 |
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Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-23 |
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DMX: Don't Try to Understand | Self | 2021-11-13 |
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Fast Vengeance | Captain Liddle | 2021-07-04 |
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Fast and Fierce: Death Race | Davie | 2020-05-19 |
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Chronicle of a Serial Killer | Detective White | 2020-10-01 |
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Beyond the Law | Detective Ray Munce | 2019-12-06 |
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Pimp | Midnight John | 2018-11-09 |
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The After Party | Self | 2018-08-24 |
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story | Self | 2017-04-27 |
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Top Five | DMX | 2014-12-12 |
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Big Pun: The Legacy | Self | 2009-09-01 |
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The Bleeding | Tagg | 2009-11-02 |
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Jump Out Boys | Thorn | 2008-01-18 |
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Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent | Nick | 2008-07-14 |
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Death Toll | The Dog (Narrator) | 2008-04-15 |
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Last Hour | Black Jack | 2008-04-15 |
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Father of Lies | Paul | 2007-10-30 |
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Beef II | Self | 2004-08-30 |
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Never Die Alone | King David | 2004-03-26 |
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Beef | Self | 2003-08-03 |
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Cradle 2 the Grave | Anthony Fait | 2003-02-28 |
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The Making of Exit Wounds | Self | 2002-03-14 |
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Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX | 2002-11-23 | |
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Exit Wounds | Latrell Walker | 2001-03-16 |
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DMX: Angel | Himself | 2001-12-18 |
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Ruff Ryders: Uncensored | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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Backstage | Self | 2000-09-08 |
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Romeo Must Die | Silk | 2000-03-22 |
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Boricua's Bond | 2000-06-21 | |
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Woodstock '99 | 2000-03-07 | |
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Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125 | Self | 1999-03-12 |
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Belly | Tommy 'Buns' Bundy | 1998-11-04 |
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Doggmen | Cowboy |