DMX
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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Movies (38)
In Whose Name?
2025 · Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
2024 · Self (archive footage)
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Self
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Venganza sobre Ruedas
2021 · Captain Liddle
Music Box: DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021 · Self
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020 · Detective White
Rápido y feroz: carrera de la muerte
2020 · Davie
Sobre la Ley
2019 · Detective Ray Munce
Pimp
2018 · Midnight John
The After Party
2018 · Self
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017 · Self
Top Five
2014 · DMX
The Bleeding
2009 · Tagg
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009 · Self
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008 · Nick, Executive Producer
Last Hour
2008 · Black Jack, Original Music Composer
Death Toll
2008 · The Dog (Narrator), Executive Producer
Jump Out Boys
2008 · Thorn
Father of Lies
2007 · Paul
Beef II
2004 · Self
Never Die Alone
2004 · King David, Producer
Beef
2003 · Self
De la cuna a la tumba
2003 · Anthony Fait
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002 · Self
DMX: Angel
2001 · Himself
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
2001 · Self
Red de Corrupción
2001 · Latrell Walker
Backstage
2000 · Self
Boricua's Bond
2000
Romeo Debe Morir
2000 · Silk, Theme Song Performance
Woodstock '99
2000
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999 · Self
Belly
1998 · Tommy 'Buns' Bundy, Songs
Doggmen
· Cowboy
TV shows (15)
VERZUZ
2020 · Self
Los Huang: Un sueño americano
2015 · DMX
Couples Therapy
2012 · Himself
DMX: Soul of a Man
2006 · Self
Trippin'
2005 · Self
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards
2003
Eve
2003 · Xenon
Half & Half
2002 · Himself
Third Watch
1999 · Kandid Jones
South Park
1997 · DMX (voice)
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · Self
Moesha
1996 · DMX
MADtv
1995 · Self, Self - Special Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest