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DMX
Known for: ActingEarl 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 26
Romeo Must Die
as Silk 
Cradle 2 the Grave
as Anthony Fait 
Exit Wounds
as Latrell Walker 
Beyond the Law
as Detective Ray Munce 
Top Five
as DMX 
Pimp
as Midnight John 
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
as Davie 
Never Die Alone
as King David 
Belly
as Tommy 'Buns' Bundy 
Backstage
as Self 
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage) 
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage) 
In Whose Name?
as Self 
The After Party
as Self 
Fast Vengeance
as Captain Liddle 
A Journey to Sundance
as Self 
Jump Out Boys
as Thorn 
Last Hour
as Black Jack 
Death Toll
as The Dog (Narrator) 
Big Pun: The Legacy
as Self 
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
as Detective White 
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
as Self 
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
as Self (archive footage)