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Earl 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 trib…
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Earl 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.
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2025
In Whose Name?
Movie Self
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
A Journey to Sundance
Movie Self
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2021
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Fast Vengeance
Movie Captain Liddle
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2021
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
Movie Self
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2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
Movie Detective White
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2020
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
Movie Davie
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2020
VERZUZ
TV show Self
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2019
Beyond the Law
Movie Detective Ray Munce
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2018
Pimp
Movie Midnight John
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2018
The After Party
Movie Self
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2017
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Movie Self
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2015
Fresh Off the Boat
TV show DMX
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2014
Top Five
Movie DMX
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2012
Couples Therapy
TV show Himself
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2009
The Bleeding
Movie Tagg
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2009
Big Pun: The Legacy
Movie Self
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2008
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
Movie Nick
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2008
Death Toll
Movie The Dog (Narrator)
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2008
Last Hour
Movie Black Jack
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2008
Jump Out Boys
Movie Thorn
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2007
Father of Lies
Movie Paul
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2006
DMX: Soul of a Man
TV show Self
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2005
Trippin'
TV show Self
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2004
Beef II
Movie Self
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2004
Never Die Alone
Movie King David
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2003
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
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2003
Eve
TV show Xenon
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2003
Beef
Movie Self
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2003
Cradle 2 the Grave
Movie Anthony Fait
- 2002
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2002
Half & Half
TV show Himself
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2002
The Making of Exit Wounds
Movie Self
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2001
DMX: Angel
Movie Himself
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2001
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
Movie Self
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2001
Exit Wounds
Movie Latrell Walker
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2000
Backstage
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