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.
36 movies · 15 shows
In Whose Name?
2025·6.9
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025·7.8
A Journey to Sundance
2023·0.0
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021·6.4
Fast Vengeance
2021·6.4
DMX: Don't Try to Understand
2021·6.5
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021·6.5
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020·1.6
Fast and Fierce: Death Race
2020·5.4
Beyond the Law
2019·5.2
Pimp
2018·6.2
The After Party
2018·6.1
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
2017·6.2
Top Five
2014·6.1
The Bleeding
2009·2.6
Big Pun: The Legacy
2009·4.8
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
2008·2.8
Last Hour
2008·4.2
Death Toll
2008·3.3
Jump Out Boys
2008·4.2
Father of Lies
2007·9.0
Beef II
2004·7.0
Never Die Alone
2004·5.5
Beef
2003·7.1
Cradle 2 the Grave
2003·6.1
Cypress Hill Smoke Out Presents DMX
2002·0.0
The Making of Exit Wounds
2002·0.0
DMX: Angel
2001·10.0
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
2001·0.0
Exit Wounds
2001·5.9
Backstage
2000·5.5
Boricua's Bond
2000·3.3
Romeo Must Die
2000·6.3
Woodstock '99
2000·5.4
Def Jam: Survival of the Illest: Live from 125
1999·6.0
Belly
1998·6.2