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Title: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Okka on April 03, 2021, 09:16:21 AM
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/03/dmx-suffers-od-overdose-hospital-grave-condition/

I hope he pulls through.
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: The Predator on April 03, 2021, 09:47:20 AM
Sounds really bad.

Come on X, fight back dog!
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Duck Duck Doggy on April 03, 2021, 10:07:12 AM
This shit got me fucked up

DMX was one of my favorites back when he first came out. The man is a legend. Shit man :(
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: HighEyeCue on April 03, 2021, 10:26:52 AM
if I’m not mistaken this is the 2nd time he’s OD’d...Prayers Up!🙏
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Sccit on April 03, 2021, 11:31:00 AM
all bad

blessings extended
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: SuperSpider on April 03, 2021, 01:11:08 PM
This shit got me fucked up

DMX was one of my favorites back when he first came out. The man is a legend.

Wholeheartedly agree. That being said.....he just doesn't seem to learn from past mistakes.
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Sccit on April 03, 2021, 04:30:20 PM

taken off life support + breathing on his own

https://pagesix.com/2021/04/03/rapper-dmx-off-life-support-following-heart-attack-lawyer/
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Sccit on April 03, 2021, 07:45:49 PM
now they sayin he has little brain activity and looks like he won’t make it

kids flyin to see him
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: doggfather on April 03, 2021, 10:10:22 PM
all bad

blessings extended


+1
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Rubinho on April 04, 2021, 12:23:11 AM
Damn bad news. One of the few non west coast rappers i really bumped alot. His old shit was really hardcore. Seems like he has been addicted to drugs for a very long time now. Hope he makes it against the odds and will get clean and just live a normal life after it.
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Westdog on April 04, 2021, 02:32:58 AM
Drugs r evil. Stay strong dog ✊
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Proc pka KP on April 04, 2021, 04:48:12 PM
Get at me Dog.
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Marco on April 05, 2021, 11:50:28 AM
Sounds really bad.

Come on X, fight back dog!
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: Proc pka KP on April 08, 2021, 08:10:56 PM
What you bitches want?

Sadly his brain function test reportedly didn't show improvement. His family faces difficult decision.
Title: Re: DMX OD's And In Grave Condition
Post by: doggfather on April 09, 2021, 09:47:02 AM
passed away.

RIP!

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61499/title.dmx-has-died-following-a-week-in-white-plains-hospital-icu
Title: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Sccit on April 09, 2021, 09:58:20 AM
on shabbat like pac .. 7 days later too

RIP
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Okka on April 09, 2021, 09:59:17 AM
I kind of figured this would happen. I really hoped he would pull through though. Rest In Peace, X. One of the greatest of all time.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Marco on April 09, 2021, 10:11:18 AM
Damn, man. :o

I was about to ask here about his condition. Rest in Paradise, Earl "X" Simmons. Very sad news. :'(

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Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: DEKO on April 09, 2021, 11:02:06 AM
DMX born Earl Simmons

50 Years old, from NY, USA

May he Rest In Peace

DMX famous for his career as a rapper born in NY, died today April 9, 2021 after suffering cardiac arrest and being put on life support. The mainstream media are using his part history to smear his name in death claiming he died of a drug overdose. His family say DMX suffered cardiac arrest days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: The Predator on April 09, 2021, 11:03:50 AM
He's gone?!

*takes deep breath*

Been listening to his tunes on my early morning jogs this week, it's going to sting tommorow.

A guy i knew 'Baldy' who was like X's biggest fan also passed away just a few months back due to drink/drugs.
Ill never forget when X dropped his two albums in 98 and Baldy played them to us in a session back to back, quoting all the real shit...was intense!
Everyone at the party would go quiet and bow heads when one of the prayer tracks/skits would play haha.

Feel like grabbing a couple of beers and read X's book for the first time, watch some of his films.

R.I.P Earl Simmons aka Dark Man X (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021),

(http://RIP DMX. No one radiated more agony, pain, and atomic energy. The Cerberus from Yonkers, who suffered for all of our sins and his own. Maybe the rawest rapper of all-time, no pretense or frills, just pure adrenaline, lawless genius, and reckless abandon. The struggle incarnate. - Biz Markie)

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Random DMX story -
https://twitter.com/jenniferfraser/status/1379514963308408834
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ckn5xBEVEAUEJqK?format=jpg&name=medium)

Real shit, how i feel right now (X could touch ya feelings with his music, a rare gift) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHRs2VkBbf4

Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Sccit on April 09, 2021, 11:07:48 AM
DMX born Earl Simmons

50 Years old, from NY, USA

May he Rest In Peace

DMX famous for his career as a rapper born in NY, died today April 9, 2021 after suffering cardiac arrest and being put on life support. The mainstream media are using his part history to smear his name in death claiming he died of a drug overdose. His family say DMX suffered cardiac arrest days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine


where u seein this?
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: dnjp4life on April 09, 2021, 11:18:32 AM
Rest in peace DMX, you dropped some of the best and most memorable raps during your career, and went down as a legend in this shit a long time ago.  One of the most unique and instantly recognisable voices in rap too.

Loved hearing his stuff back in the day when I was at school, going to clubs etc.

I know he had his health issues and it’s not all that surprising but it’s still incredibly sad.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Rubinho on April 09, 2021, 11:19:04 AM
Damn RIP X. One of the frst rappers I listened to.
Since the news he was in the hospital I kept thinking about his song 'Slippin'. He had some great songs with deep lyrics. Will bump some extra the coming weeks. Wonder what the real cause of death is...
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Duck Duck Doggy on April 09, 2021, 11:25:00 AM
This hits on another level. Grew up on DMX
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: The Predator on April 09, 2021, 12:22:54 PM
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DMX: US rapper dies aged 50 following heart attack

Multi-platinum rapper, celebrated for raw storytelling, was first artist to top US charts with first five albums

DMX, the New York rapper whose gruff tone electrified the US music scene in the late 1990s, has died aged 50.

The star, whose real name was Earl Simmons, was hospitalised after a heart attack on 2 April, and had been placed in a critical care unit at White Plains hospital, New York. His family had organised a prayer vigil outside, which took place on Monday.

“Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end,” a statement from his family read. “He loved his family with all of his heart and we cherish the times we spent with him. Earl’s music inspired countless fans across the world and his iconic legacy will live on forever. We appreciate all of the love and support during this incredibly difficult time.”

His label Def Jam Records wrote: “DMX was a brilliant artist and an inspiration to millions around the world. His message of triumph over struggle, his search for the light out of darkness, his pursuit of truth and grace brought us closer to our own humanity. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and all those who loved him and were touched by him.”

Eve, who was a member of the Ruff Ryders rap collective that also included DMX, was among the artists paying tribute. She wrote: “You were one of the most special people I have ever met. Full of humour, talent, wisdom and love and most of all loyalty.”

DMX scored five US No 1 albums, featuring hip-hop anthems such as Party Up (Up in Here), What’s My Name? and X Gon’ Give It to Ya. With his gripping tales of crime and rivalry, peppered with energetic ad-libs and frank lyrics about his own psychology, he was credited with bringing fresh storytelling and rawness to the “gangsta rap” scene of the 1990s.

Simmons was born in the New York suburb of Mount Vernon in 1970, and was partially raised in children’s homes after suffering physical abuse by his mother. He took his stage name from an Oberheim DMX drum machine in one of the homes.

He spent time in juvenile detention centre, and then prison as an adult, for a series of crimes including carjacking – “jail was a playground,” he later said – at the same time as he began honing his rap career. A 1992 deal with Columbia Records faltered, but he later signed with Def Jam, who released his debut single Get at Me Dog in 1998.

It began a period of major success, that included a much-admired performance in front of an estimated 200,000 people at the notorious Woodstock festival in 1999.

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His first two albums – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood – were released in 1998 and quickly went multi-platinum, made him the first living rapper to release two No 1 albums in the same year. With 2003 album Grand Champ, he became the first artist to score five US No 1s with their first five albums.

He was nominated for three Grammy awards, including best rap album for 2001’s …And Then There Was X, and guested on tracks by Jay-Z, Aaliyah, LL Cool J and more.

As he continued to release music, he began an acting career in 1998, heading up the crime drama Belly alongside hip-hop stars including Nas and Method Man.

He found success playing leads in two thrillers by the Polish director Andrzej Bartkowiak: Exit Wounds (2000) with Steven Seagal, and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) with Jet Li, with whom he also starred in Romeo Must Die (2000). Further roles came alongside actors such as Kris Kristofferson and Michael Madsen, and he appeared as himself in the 2014 Chris Rock film Top Five.

Amid his success, he had a fractious personal life, struggling with drug use that began aged 14, and committing further crimes. During the 2000s he was given minor sentences for convictions including animal cruelty, drug possession and various driving charges, and spent short periods in prison, including for parole violations.

In 2015, he was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay child support. Simmons fathered 15 children, with the most recent, Exodus, born in 2016. In 2018, he served a year-long sentence for tax evasion.

During a jail term in 2010, he was moved to a mental health unit. At his original sentencing, the judge had said she believed he had an undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Simmons never announced a diagnosis, but referred to having multiple personalities, including in 2020 when he said: “There’s a few things, a few people in me – they get me through life.” In 2011, he said: “I used to be really clear on who was what and what characteristics each personality had, but I don’t know at this point.”

He visited drug rehabilitation facilities numerous times, most recently in 2019 when he cancelled tour dates, citing an “ongoing commitment to putting family and sobriety first”.

He released seven studio albums in all, the most recent being Undisputed in 2012. A further album, Redemption of the Beast, was released in 2015, but was unauthorised by Simmons.

In 2019, producer Swizz Beatz announced that Simmons had a signed a new deal with Def Jam, and was working on a new album. In 2020, he engaged in a rap battle with Snoop Dogg for the popular online series Verzuz, with more than 500,000 viewers.

Rappers including E-40, Noname and Juicy J were among those also paying tribute, along with Missy Elliott, who wrote: “Even though you had battles you touched so many through your music.” Nigerian music star Burna Boy wrote: “Thank you for being the soundtrack of my childhood.”

Actor Viola Davis wrote: “I pray for the comfort of your children and loved ones,” with Halle Berry writing: “His gift meant so much to so many.”

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DMX obituary

Rap star and actor who embodied the edgy and lawless life depicted in his work

The first rapper to have his first five albums go straight to the top of the US chart, DMX, who has died aged 50 following a heart attack, established himself as the premier exponent of hardcore rap in the aftermath of the violent deaths of the Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur. He announced himself with his multi-platinum-selling debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), a stormy survey of greed, violence, crime and betrayal, which also displayed his gift for blending light and heavy textures behind an intense, menacing presence at the microphone.

Before the end of that year DMX had released his second blockbuster, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, another huge seller. He was suddenly the new king of Planet Rap, yet when the 1999 Grammy award nominations came around he was nowhere to be seen. This omission prompted the rap superstar Jay-Z (who would win the best rap album Grammy that year) to boycott the awards ceremony “because too many major rap artists continue to be overlooked”, as he put it. “Rappers deserve more attention from the Grammy committee and from the whole world.”

Grammy recognition never came DMX’s way, probably because he embodied the edgy and lawless life depicted in his work, even if he did protest that he was a Bible-reading Christian. The son of a broken home who lived on the streets for much of his youth, DMX spent so much time in jails and courtrooms, because of innumerable arrests for drugs, firearms, robberies, tax evasion and more, that it is remarkable he was able to find the time to make records and appear in films and TV. “I’m not going to make [my music] for the mainstream,” he told GQ in 2019. “I’d rather make music for people that I come in contact with, people that I can count on. That’s what I make my music for. People in the hood.”
DMX with his award for male entertainer of the year at the Soul Train Music awards, 2000. The previous year, Jay-Z boycotted the Grammy awards ceremony when DMX failed to win any nominations.


He was born Earl Simmons in a housing project in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Joe Barker, wanted nothing to do with Earl, and his mother, Arnett Simons, moved Earl and his older sister, Bonita, to the School Streets projects in Yonkers, New York. Earl suffered abuse from his mother and her boyfriends, his mother once knocking some of his teeth out with a broom handle. After being ejected from school, he spent 18 months in the Julia Dyckman Andrus home for vulnerable children. Subsequently he occupied much of his time wandering the streets, drifting into robbery and petty crime. He developed a fondness for adopting stray dogs, and dogs would become a regular motif in his work (“Where my dogs at?” became a familiar DMX catchphrase, and he was sometimes known as Dog Man X).

He spent periods in juvenile detention and youth group homes, but in between found a refuge in hip-hop and rap. He worked as a DJ and human beatbox, then began to develop his own rapping style. He took the name DMX from the Oberheim DMX digital drum machine, though it was sometimes considered an abbreviation of Dark Man X. His early mentor was a rapper called Ready Ron. However, as DMX said in an interview in 2020: “Everything in my life is blessed with a curse.” Though Ready Ron gave him a leg up into music, he also introduced him to hard drugs when he gave him a blunt (a joint made with tobacco leaves) laced with crack cocaine. “Why would you do that to a child?” asked DMX, who claimed he had never touched any drug before that. “A monster was born.” He developed a cocaine addiction that he claimed to have beaten in 2011, although he subsequently made several stays in rehab facilities.

He began to get noticed in the media, for instance in the Source magazine’s Unsigned Hype column. He was signed to the Ruffhouse label and released Born Loser (1993) as his debut single, but the label was unable to promote it adequately and released him from his contract. His progress was thwarted by a conviction for drug possession in 1994, but after appearing on a number of underground mixtapes he won a deal with Def Jam in 1997. After reputation-building guest appearances on tracks by LL Cool J, Mase and the Lox, DMX’s first single for Def Jam was the aptly named Get at Me Dog, a hit on the rap and dance charts which set him up for the release of It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. This sold more than 5m copies after its dramatic No 1 debut.

In the same year, he had a starring role in Hype Williams’s movie Belly, which gained cult status among rap aficionados. Then, that December, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (with a cover photo of the artist in a bath full of blood) also went straight to the top of the chart, making him the second rapper in history (after Tupac) to release two albums in the same year that both debuted at No 1.

Despite his burgeoning success, trouble kept following the artist around. In 1998 he was cleared of charges of rape, stabbing and assault. A later police raid on his home brought charges of drug and weapons possession and animal cruelty, though plea bargains kept him out of jail.

His musical profile gained a further boost from his appearance on the compilation album Ryde Or Die, Vol 1 (by the Ruff Ryders posse). His third album, … And Then There Was X, appeared at the end of 1999, another multimillion-seller that debuted atop the chart. It gave him a Top 10 hit on the R&B charts (and a Top 30 on the mainstream chart) with Party Up (Up in Here).
DMX and Steven Seagal in Exit Wounds, 2001, a box-office smash that earned the rapper a multi-picture deal with Warner Bros.

He continued to veer between the dark and the light. In March 2000, he was arrested for driving without a licence and possessing marijuana, and that June he was indicted on weapons and drugs charges. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail, then received an assault charge for attacking prison officers. In the same year, he appeared with Jet Li in the hit action movie Romeo Must Die, and in 2001 starred in Exit Wounds alongside Steven Seagal, a box-office smash that earned the rapper a multi-picture deal with Warner Bros. Further films included Cradle 2 the Grave (2003, with Li), on which DMX also contributed significantly to the soundtrack album, Never Die Alone (2004), Lords of the Street (2008, with Kris Kristofferson), Pimp (2018) and Beyond the Law (2019). He also made a number of TV appearances, and in 2006 appeared in the reality show DMX: Soul of a Man.

He published EARL: The Autobiography of DMX in 2002. His streak of straight-to-No 1 albums continued with The Great Depression (2001) and Grand Champ (2003), though his sales figures were now on a downward trend. Year of the Dog … Again (2006) stalled at 2 on the US chart and failed to reach platinum status. Undisputed (2012) reached 19, while the undistinguished Redemption of the Beast (2015) triggered a lawsuit from the DMX camp against Seven Arts Entertainment for supposedly releasing it without the artist’s consent.

The rapper’s legal tussles continued apace, with jail sentences in 2008 and 2010. In 2018 he was sentenced to a year in jail owing $1.7m (£1.2m) in unpaid taxes and penalties. “In many ways he is, to give the cliche, his own worst enemy,” the judge commented.

DMX had 15 children, including two with the model Yadira Borrego, four from his marriage to Tashera Simmons, from whom he was divorced in 2014 (they appeared together in the TV series Couples Therapy in 2012), and one with his fiancee, Desiree Landstrom. “I got a few in New York; I got a few in Cali,” DMX remarked of his other offspring.

He is survived by Landstrom and his children, and his mother.

DMX (Earl Simmons), rapper and actor, born 18 December 1970; died 9 April 2021
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: SuperSpider on April 09, 2021, 12:27:40 PM
BARK AT 'EM, DAWG


Grew up on his albums. RIP to a legend.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 09, 2021, 12:29:49 PM
Sounds like another cover-up to me—just like Marvin Hagler.  Family says it was from the vaxx not from drug overdose.

That said, RIP DMX.  Definitely not one of my personal favorites—and was a big part of that era that took over after Pac passed and Death Row faded, so I always resented those dudes.  I did like him on some classic joints like that LL all-star cut “4,3,2,1” was legendary and then with Jayo Felony’s lead single “What you Gonna Do”.  Other songs caught my attention but didn’t hold it. 

Overall—DMX really loved, respected, and represented the culture—so hiphop mourns his loss as a community.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: DEKO on April 09, 2021, 12:56:37 PM

where u seein this?

It's on Telegram in the Covid Vaccine Victims group. I got a push notification.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: DEKO on April 09, 2021, 01:08:10 PM
DMX Received Covid Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack - Family Says NO DRUGS! (EXCLUSIVE) - Daily Post USA - https://www.dailypostusa.com/news/dmx-received-covid-vaccine-days-before-heart-attack-family-says-no-drugs-exclusive/
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 09, 2021, 01:38:49 PM
DMX Received Covid Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack - Family Says NO DRUGS! (EXCLUSIVE) - Daily Post USA - https://www.dailypostusa.com/news/dmx-received-covid-vaccine-days-before-heart-attack-family-says-no-drugs-exclusive/

Yeah homie.. https://washingtonnewspost.com/news/dmx-received-covid-vaccine-days-before-heart-attack-family-says-no-drugs-exclusive/ read about it on washingtonnewspost.com and it's all over twitter. 

Bill Gates and his Big Tech Cronies try to censor all of this stuff so they can scrub it off major media but it still gets out through social media and outside the mainstream media.
 
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: BJV on April 09, 2021, 07:00:24 PM
RIP DMX.

I just watched that interview he did with N.O.R.E. on youtube "drink champs" a couple of months ago and thought it was a bit weird for them to have a recovering addict on there taking shots of liquor. Interview was real as fuck though he even talked about dying and saying something like if he died right now he'd have lived a good life.

Gonna watch a couple of his movies this weekend.
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Post by: Westdog on April 09, 2021, 10:02:08 PM
Can't believe 😞. RIP
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Game-Won on April 10, 2021, 12:08:09 AM
R.i.P dog, may you have found peace, love u and thanks for all and everything.

He was one the few where I could relate, fucked up childhood, still trying to stay loyal and positive.. But always beeing a man, and truthful. - Fucking Legend, love u man.

One of very few childhood heroes i had left. - He keeps taking them...

RIP X, Pac, Kobe hope to see y'all one day. Thanks for the life leasons, and parenting I never received anywhere else.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: The Predator on April 10, 2021, 02:22:08 AM
If any one wants a link to read X's book, holla.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: -Davizz- on April 10, 2021, 03:09:36 AM
RIP DMX
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: The Predator on April 10, 2021, 06:05:15 AM
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DMX’s powerful work confronted an American hell of trauma and poverty


The rapper, who has died aged 50, parlayed his life’s difficulties into thrilling, combative, witheringly witty music

 Listening to a DMX song from the late 1990s is like riding a wrecking ball through a gated community. The music video for Stop Being Greedy – one of many confrontational highlights from the rapper’s 1998 Def Jam debut, It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot – shows DMX hunting a wealthy white man across a mansion, before eventually feeding the poor soul like a T-bone steak to his pet pitbull; the rapper’s exhilarating, half-barked vocals gave the sense that he wanted to eat the rich.

It’s a song about the poor feeling so ignored that they have no choice but to confront the ruling classes (“Ribs is touching, so don’t make me wait / Fuck around and I’m gon’ bite you and snatch the plate”) and violently rip up their rules, and its message reflected an urge by DMX – who died on Friday at the age of 50 – to liberate a hip-hop culture that by 1998 had become too preoccupied with shiny suits in tacky music videos filmed inside a blingy Rubik’s Cube.

Stop Being Greedy was raw like Bad Brains’ Attitude or the Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen were raw. It was a moment of pure punk defiance that administered CPR to hardcore rap, which was in stasis following the deaths of gangster rap kingpins 2Pac and Notorious BIG. By including at least four other songs (Get At Me Dog, Ruff Ryders Anthem, Fuckin With D, ATF) that could all qualify as rap Smells Like Teen Spirit moments on what was only his first studio album, X cut through MTV-era capitalism with the precision of Candyman’s rusty hook (blood and horror were all part of his work).

It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot and its sadistic yet brilliant follow-up, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, both reached US No 1 in the same year. With these powerful releases, DMX angled the spotlight back to those who had nothing in their pocket. He appealed to the underdogs and those who missed the frenetic, unapologetic energy of 2Pac, but also to white kids from the suburbs who needed a soundtrack for their Mountain Dew-induced temper tantrums. His conversational, often witheringly witty flow shifted from life coach pep talks to grave threats to enemies (“pluck you like a chicken wit’ your head cut off”). The music got bigger and more stadium-friendly as DMX’s career progressed across the 2000s, with urgent bangers such as Party Up, X Gon’ Give It To Ya and Where the Hood At each capable of starting a riot at a house party.

He also translated his magnetic alpha male energy into an underrated film and TV acting career. Whether boasting about being “untouchable” in cult gangster classic Belly, or tenderly dropping speeches about the beauty of growing orchids on the sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, he always lit up the screen.

The reason he barked like a dog in his verses was because angry stray dogs became rare friends during various spells of teenage homelessness; they also became targets of his frustration, with DMX earning convictions for animal cruelty. During his childhood, he said to GQ he was violently abused by his mother (“she knocked two of my teeth out with a broom”), and he never really knew his father. In a 2020 podcast interview with rapper Talib Kweli, DMX cried as he recalled a male mentor tricking him into smoking a joint that was laced with crack cocaine at just 13. It was a life-defining moment.


On the career-best, gothic trap fable of Damien, DMX – who struggled with mental health and addiction issues – scarily switches between his own voice and a demonic monologue. His twisted alter ego represented the pain he carried from this childhood experience, showing a constant conflict between embracing the darkness of suicide and the light of life. His thunderous expression on the mic sounded like a man venting and purging, and these brutally honest sermons gave his fans the strength to move through their own personal traumas (today, this soul-cleansing energy is continued in the US by rappers like Denzel Curry, Rico Nasty and Jpegmafia).

DMX trained his pitbull to bark ad-libs at terrified rivals during freestyle battles, fathered 15 kids, sold 23m records, totalled sports car after sports car, became a sex symbol in muddy Timberland boots, had Jay-Z open for him on tour, created a moshpit that looked bigger than a small country at Woodstock ‘99, and topped the charts with each of his first five albums. He was a force of nature, an all-or-nothing character who could be profound but also self-destructive, moving in and out of prison for petty crimes. Recent studio videos suggested a man more at ease with himself, relaxed and dancing to Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall in between finishing songs for a long awaited new album. His verse on the Lox’s 2020 single Bout Shit was also an undeniable return to form; that growl still blew you off your feet.

Before his tragically early death, DMX endured so many obstacles America threw at him, detailed in his lyrics: “You wanna be me? Here’s what you do / Grow up neglected by both parents and still pull through”. On Slippin, a warm, bluesy piece of self-motivation, DMX said: “To live is to suffer. But to survive, well, that’s to find meaning in the suffering.” It’s a lyric that tells you everything you need to know about the discography of pain and power that Earl Simmons has left behind.

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R.I.P. DMX


Man do I hate starting out sentences this way, but rest in peace to DMX, rap icon who wielded the most unwieldy mix of bravado, raw intensity, heart-on-his-sleeve vulnerability and demonic horror in some great and idiosyncratic music. He seemed to appear to us already on top, shocking the world with a completely new sound and cadence. The growls, the chants, the gothic organs, the kids chanting about DMX like he’s Freddy, the catchy anthems that still get our hearts pumping today. But underneath it a sense of sincere anguish and struggle.

In his almost 25 years of music and public life he seemed to always be running from demons, on the brink of possible disaster, yet it feels impossible that they finally caught up with him. From the beginning he talked about pain and fear, he covered himself in blood on an album cover, talked about Hell, gave literal voice to his darkest thoughts, prayed to (and conversed with) God, read sad poems. But he was also known for having fun – praising his friends, driving around on four-wheelers doing wheelies and donuts (a trademark!), boasting, being funny.

And of course he had an action movie period! He just happened to be on the top at the right time to intersect with Joel Silver’s action-star-with-rappers-and-R&B-singers period. So he co-starred with Jet Li and Steven Seagal in roles where he just seemed like DMX, even if his character was, like, a hacktivist. I love that kinda shit – his screen presence was more exciting to me than good acting would’ve been – but he showed much more potential in BELLY, the one movie directed by music video legend Hype Williams. Not everything about the movie works, but it looks absolutely incredible, makes numerous interesting artistic choices and really does harness that raw DMX charisma in a powerful way.

I was so hyped for NEVER DIE ALONE, where he was the lead and stretching himself more, adapting a book by Donald Goins. It didn’t turn out to be what I hoped for at the time, and everyone else seemed to ignore it (though I have since seen it discovered and enjoyed by a few people). Like for most movie star type performers there was kind of a decline in quality, and he was content to just show up in random DTV movies on occasion, more cashing in on his name and face than finding good roles. And that’s fine. I can respect that. His heart was on the mic. Why not also play “Davie” in FAST AND FIERCE: DEATH RACE? I’m sure it was fun.

It was long known that he struggled with addiction and mental health issues that got him into reckless and inexplicable misadventures, but in recent years he appeared to have settled down a little. It seemed like the guy who on his first album said, “And I fear that what I’m saying, won’t be heard until I’m gone / But it’s all good, ’cause I really didn’t expect to live long” was aging into an old legend. Last year I watched him on that Verzuz with Snoop Dogg and it was electric to see the two of them celebrating each others’ life’s work, gushing over each other, dancing around like total dorks.

It made me so happy to watch them like that I actually tried to take some live screengrabs to capture the vibe

DMX had a belly like a retiree and seemed so humble and flattered, being self-deprecating, almost bashful about the compliments. I hope he was able to enjoy it and really understand how much the world loved him.
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Post by: The Predator on April 10, 2021, 10:14:13 AM
11 hours worth of content -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxbbAo3vJrU&t=6s

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#BETRemembers​ the legendary New York rapper DMX, who tragically passed away at the age of 50. We honor his legacy by streaming this special marathon of his Ruff Ryders Chronicles documentary and interviews on BET. Double R For Life. Your legacy will live on.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Invincible on April 10, 2021, 08:43:49 PM
R.I.P.

Black Rob is in a seriously bad way in a hospital bed too.

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/10/why-is-rapper-black-rob-in-the-hospital-social-media-users-wonder-what-happened/
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Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 10, 2021, 11:01:26 PM
R.I.P.

Black Rob is in a seriously bad way in a hospital bed too.

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/10/why-is-rapper-black-rob-in-the-hospital-social-media-users-wonder-what-happened/

I've been bumping "I Dare You", watching Slam, and listening to that soundtrack ever since it dropped.  That video and single was bananas.  For that alone I'm a Black Rob fan.. hope he pulls through
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 12, 2021, 12:32:34 AM
RIP DMX.

I just watched that interview he did with N.O.R.E. on youtube "drink champs" a couple of months ago and thought it was a bit weird for them to have a recovering addict on there taking shots of liquor. Interview was real as fuck though he even talked about dying and saying something like if he died right now he'd have lived a good life.

Gonna watch a couple of his movies this weekend.

Yeah.. I should watch this.... be kind of surreal now that he's passed to watch something so recent.  Been bumping a lot of his music today. 

Another fun fact about DMX was that he was actually quite an accomplished beatbox battler before he became known in the streets as a rapper.. he sounds like he's actually doing the dog barks on "Stop Being Greedy"... pretty impressive track actually.  Noticing he does a lot of ill adlibs and sound effects on a number of his tracks. 
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Okka on April 12, 2021, 03:44:29 AM
Yeah.. I should watch this.... be kind of surreal now that he's passed to watch something so recent.  Been bumping a lot of his music today. 

Another fun fact about DMX was that he was actually quite an accomplished beatbox battler before he became known in the streets as a rapper.. he sounds like he's actually doing the dog barks on "Stop Being Greedy"... pretty impressive track actually.  Noticing he does a lot of ill adlibs and sound effects on a number of his tracks.

He did the dog barks himself. He also did the voice of Damien.
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Post by: HighEyeCue on April 12, 2021, 04:29:40 AM
RIP to one of the greats

He basically ran rap for a few years starting in '98
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Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on April 12, 2021, 04:30:53 PM
He did the dog barks himself. He also did the voice of Damien.

Yeah I thought that was him on the dog barks because he was in a lot of interviews talking about how actually he was known around the way as a beatboxer before anyone else.  Those barks are vicious. 

Him spitting like Damien kind of reminds me of Biggie on "Gimmee the Loot". 

On a side note another under-rated beatbox is actually Eminem.  On the Slim Shady LP he's doing a whole range of sound effects and adlibs on his own if you pay attention.  My all time favorites as far as that goes...

Beatboxing

1. Biz Markie  - (obviously nobody beats the Biz)
2. ODB -  A lot of great adlibs on Wu tracks and then there's some good pieces on youtube of him beatboxing. Like DMX he was kind of known coming up as a beatbox as well.
3. Eminem -  Check out the Slim Shady LP and you will hear him with a range of sounds.  Lesser appreciated part of his repertoire. Like for example listen to "Cum On Everybody" and I think he also did the iconic scratch sound for "My Name Is"
4. DMX - the barks on "Stop Being Greedy" are viscous and many interviews of him talking about being known around the way as a beatbox before he got known as a rapper
5.  Doug E Fresh - got to give it up to the man who did "Lodi Dodi" probably the most famous beatbox track of all rhyme
6.  Rahzel - Not actually a fan of the Roots but a big fan of Bonz Malone and Marc Levin so I watched the movie that starred Black Thought called Brooklyn Babylon and Rahzel did the narration.  Incredible beatbox skillz
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: doggfather on April 14, 2021, 12:43:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/k6sBAOpQJaI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6sBAOpQJaI)
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Proc pka KP on April 17, 2021, 02:42:49 AM
Anyone ever see the story of his pre hip hop cash making scheme using his pit against drug dealers?
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: doggfather on April 23, 2021, 10:19:24 PM
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61751/title.snoop-dogg-says-dmx-finished-his-album-at-his-la-studio-following-verzuz-battle



https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.61754/title.irv-gotti-says-dmx-overdosed-on-bad-dose-of-crack-mixed-with-fentanyl
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: The Predator on April 24, 2021, 08:15:22 AM
Hope the last album hits at number 1, DMX to make his mark in music history one more time.

Who ever is handling it, better deliver.
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Sccit on April 25, 2021, 08:53:35 AM
https://mobile.twitter.com/balleralert/status/1385688834243915783?
Title: Re: DMX PASSES AWAY AT 50 YEARS OLD
Post by: Teddy Loc on November 06, 2021, 10:14:49 PM
R.I.P. Dark Man X aka D.M.X.

His energy and mic presence was dope and got major timeless hits.