DMX Artist Profile

DMX

Current Rating: 4.2000/5

Real name: Earl Simmons
Artist name(s): Darkman X, X, D, The Dog
Label(s): Bloodline Records, Columbia, Ruff Ryders, Sony
Date of Birth: December 18, 1970
Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5' 11" (1.8 m)
Place of birth: Baltimore, MD, US
Website: www.dmx-official.com/
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DMX Biography

Earl Simmons was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the second of three children. He grew up in the housing projects on School Street, in Yonkers, New York. He began rapping around the age of 13,[citation needed]. A local rapper eventually asked Simmons to beatbox for him. Simmons took the professional name DMX, after the Oberheim DMX, an early drum machine. He later adapted the name to mean "Dark...

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