His shout-rap energy made him a favourite in the outwardly angsty era of Woodstock ’99 and the nü-metal band Korn’s Family Values Tour, but he was also a shirtless sex symbol moonlighting as an actor. He made giant pop crossover hits, but they bubbled with wildly vivid threats better suited for a grindhouse theatre. DMX cut a unique figure for a superstar rapper: He’d battle his inner demons using the horror-centric imagery beloved by heavy metal bands, but his albums reliably offered heartfelt, often a cappella, prayers to God. 1, a feat no rapper has matched before or since. Signed to Def Jam Recordings, his first five albums all debuted at No. DMX was one of the most recognisable emcees in the late 1990s and early 2000s, years when hardcore New York rap could still stake a claim as hip-hop’s central concern. He spent his final days on life support at White Plains Hospital in Westchester County after suffering a heart attack on 2 April. " that could be offensive to some.)Įarl Simmons, the gruff, evocative rapper from Yonkers, New York, better known as DMX, died Friday at 50. (EDS: NOTE language in graf starting "Perhaps the most.
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