DMX

DMX

12/18/1970 – 4/9/2021Mount Vernon, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (52 titles)

In Whose Name?6.9Movie

In Whose Name?

Self · 2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music7.8Movie

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self (archive footage) · 2025

A Journey to SundanceMovie

A Journey to Sundance

Self · 2023

You're Watching Video Music Box6.4Movie

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Fast Vengeance6.4Movie

Fast Vengeance

Captain Liddle · 2021

DMX: Don't Try to Understand6.5Movie

DMX: Don't Try to Understand

Self · 2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage6.5Movie

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Chronicle of a Serial Killer1.6Movie

Chronicle of a Serial Killer

Detective White · 2020

Fast and Fierce: Death Race5.4Movie

Fast and Fierce: Death Race

Davie · 2020

VERZUZ10.0Show

VERZUZ

Self · 2020

Beyond the Law5.2Movie

Beyond the Law

Detective Ray Munce · 2019

Pimp6.3Movie

Pimp

Midnight John · 2018

The After Party6.1Movie

The After Party

Self · 2018

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story6.2Movie

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story

Self · 2017

Fresh Off the Boat7.2Show

Fresh Off the Boat

DMX · 2015

Top Five6.1Movie

Top Five

DMX · 2014

Couples Therapy8.2Show

Couples Therapy

Himself · 2012

The Bleeding2.6Movie

The Bleeding

Tagg · 2009

Big Pun: The Legacy4.8Movie

Big Pun: The Legacy

Self · 2009

Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent2.8Movie

Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent

Nick · 2008

Last Hour4.2Movie

Last Hour

Black Jack · 2008

Death Toll3.3Movie

Death Toll

The Dog (Narrator) · 2008

Jump Out Boys4.2Movie

Jump Out Boys

Thorn · 2008

Father of Lies9.0Movie

Father of Lies

Paul · 2007

DMX: Soul of a Man8.0Show

DMX: Soul of a Man

Self · 2006

10.0Show

Trippin'

Self · 2005

Beef II6.9Movie

Beef II

Self · 2004

Never Die Alone5.5Movie

Never Die Alone

King David · 2004

10.0Show

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards

2003

Eve8.5Show

Eve

Xenon · 2003