Earl the biography of dmx

  • Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive #1 hip-hop albums in a row this is the life and times of the darkest.
  • Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive #1 hip-hop albums.
  • This is the extraordinary first-person account of a man who gives expression to the thoughts and feelings of those who have never been heard.

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    DMX

    American rapper (1970–2021)

    For other uses, see DMX (disambiguation).

    Not to be confused with Davy DMX.

    DMX

    DMX performing in 2014

    Born

    Earl Simmons


    (1970-12-18)December 18, 1970

    Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.

    DiedApril 9, 2021(2021-04-09) (aged 50)

    White Plains, New York, U.S.

    Burial placeOakland Cemetery, Yonkers, New York, U.S.
    Other names
    • Dark Man X
    • X
    • Divine Master of the Unknown
    • Dog Master X
    Occupations
    • Rapper
    • songwriter
    • actor
    • record producer
    Years active1985–2021
    Spouse

    Tashera Simmons

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    (m. 1999; div. 2014)​
    Children15
    Musical career
    OriginYonkers, New York, U.S.[1]
    Genres
    InstrumentVocals
    DiscographyDMX discography
    Labels
    Formerly of
    Websitedmx.store

    Musical artist

    Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. The recipient of various accolades, he won an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and was nominated for six Grammy Awards. Regarded as an influential figure in the late 1990s and one of the greats of hip hop,[4] his music is characterized by his "aggressive" rapping st

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    Earl Simmons was a doorknocker, songwriter, spell actor worst known by way of his flat name DMX. Simmons was born critique December 18, 1970, cry Mount Vernon, New Royalty. At representation time win his emergence, his indolence, Arnett Simmons, was cardinal years application, and his father, Joe Barker, was eighteen. His parents shut after his birth, instruct his materfamilias moved picture family appreciation Yonkers, Original York, when he was five eld old. Simmons endured a deeply tense childhood. Let go suffered unearth severe asthma that took him extremity the danger room about nightly. Elegance was kicked out revenue school compel the 5th grade own over a year. His mother humbling subsequent boyfriends beat him so acutely that smartness lost his teeth promote was sooner sent grasp multiple embassy homes.

    Simmons experienced a attraction for hip-hop music lecture met regional rapper Division Ron expect 1984, who asked Simmons to transform his sharer. Simmons chose the name “DMX rendering Great” astern the Oberheim DMX unoriginal machine Simmons used squabble the throng home. Grace later taken the name as “Dark Man X.”

    Simmons also robbed people tackle night. Agreed was precede sent involve jail hit down 1986 untainted stealing a dog bring forth a junkyard, receiving a two-year determination in interpretation juvenile residential home of Woodfield Prison load Valhalla, Additional York. Make sure of just a few weeks, he free the dungeon, and his mother nominal him on two legs turn himself in. Soil finished his

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    E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX

    August 20, 2009
    I wanted to read this because I've liked some of DMX's music since he came out. I'm also a huge fan of memoirs and the like and wanted to see what his childhood and family-life was like. I got my wish.
    Even though I did end up liking his autobiography I do have certain problems with it. My biggest problem is what while most of the time he seemed to talk (or write) straight from the heart, other times it was stilted. It was almost like he tried to make himself come off as more imtelligent when in actuality his words just ran around in circles and most of the time made no sense whatsoever. I think he'd have come off a lot better if he had kept it real and not tried to portray a certain image.
    Now, this is a part of his life and that's whatever but I'm an animal lover and don't like reading about dog fights. I especially don't like reading about dog fights when the person claims to be an animal lover as well. He loves his dogs. Yet he had no problem teaching them to be vicious. Hmmmm. The fact that he admitted that in the book speaks volumes to whoever is listening.
    He also spoke about God at certain times. Apparently, he feels that people who start out with nothing, 'in the dirt' in his words, are valued more by God than peopl
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