Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. His accolades included an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and six Grammy Awards nominations. Regarded as an influential figure in the late 1990s and one of the greats of hip-hop, his music is characterized by his "aggressive" rapping style, with lyrical content varying from hardcore themes to prayers. His violent lyricism helped popularize the horrorcore genre.
DMX began rapping in the early 1990s. After an unsuccessful tenure on Columbia Records, he signed with Ruff Ryders Entertainment in a joint venture with Def Jam Recordings to release his debut studio album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), which was met with critical and commercial success—selling 251,000 copies in its first week and spawning the Billboard Hot 100-top 20 single, "Ruff Ryders' Anthem". His second album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998), was followed by his third, ... And Then There Was X (1999), which became his best-selling release and was supported by his second top 40 single, "Party Up (Up in Here)". His fourth album, The Great Depression (2001), was followed by his fifth, Grand Champ (2003), which was led by the single "Where the Hood At?" and included the international bonus track "X Gon' Give It to Ya". DMX became the first artist to have their first five albums consecutively debut atop the Billboard 200, and by his death on April 9, 2021, he had sold over 75 million records worldwide.
DMX acted in commercially successful films such as Belly (1998), alongside rapper Nas, Romeo Must Die (2000) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), alongside Jet Li, and Exit Wounds (2001), alongside Steven Seagal. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, he published a book of his memoirs titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.
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Date: 19 December 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
Times gets Fed ct temporary restraining order enjoining drivers union from refusing to perform normal duties; Pressmen's Union local pres Kennedy says union will abide by contract; restraining order continued against pressmen; union seeks to remand case to Fed ct
Date: 18 December 1970
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
NY Times gets temporary restraining order from NYS Sup Ct barring pressmen from interfering with newspaper production; action is result of pressroom slowdown following Times announcement of new schedule for printing Sunday help-wanted classified sec that would reduce overtime costs; earlier Times publisher A O Sulzberger warned that slowdown could have harmful econ effect on paper and employes and stressed that paper 'was determined to maintain its right to reduce costs in all legitimate ways to meet the pressures of adverse economic conditions'; text of memo; under new schedule help-wanted sec would be printed Saturday morning by day-shift pressmen at regular pay rates
Date: 18 December 1970
By EDWARD COWAN Special to The New York Times
Edward Special
Montreal Police Dept adviser, noting that dept does not oppose sale of Scanlan's Monthly, says Jan copies will be released once formal regis requirement is satisfied
Date: 18 December 1970
By VARTANIG G. VARTAN
Vartanig VARTAN
stock falls 5 3/4 points; SEC has reptdly started inquiry into recent trading activity
Date: 19 December 1970
By LEONARD SLOANE
Leonard SLOANE
Date: 18 December 1970
By JULIUS EPSTEIN
Julius EPSTEIN
J Epstein recounts unsuccessful efforts to have collection of documents dealing with forcible repatriation of millions of displaced Soviet citizens to USSR during and after World War II de-classified and released; repatriation, code-named Operation Keelhaul, was carried out by Amer and Brit mil authorities
Date: 18 December 1970
By GEORGE GENT
George GENT
M F Keating, who has been dismissed as WCBS-TV news dir, says WCBS will go ahead with news program format changes he initiated; WCBS vp R L Hosking says changes will not be as drastic 'as some people think'; denies they are in response to rating pressure; E Joyce, who will replace Keating, says he has no immediate plans for news programs
Date: 18 December 1970
By The Associated Press
Soviet Govt threat to crack down on small group of pol dissidents who have attracted internatl attention includes Solzhenitsyn, Amalrik and Bukovsky; warning issued in article in Pravda under pseudonym used by ed bd on major pronouncements; charges detailed; in connection with article, hard-line author A Perventsev broadcasts 5-min TV statement scoring Solzhenitsyn and others; protest movement, apparently stemming from Sinyavsky-Daniel trials, revd
Date: 18 December 1970
By JAMES RESTON
James RESTON
Reston, querying why Pravda is so upset about Solzhenitsyn, concludes that Pravda's staff are not really newsmen but are disseminators of Govt propaganda