When DMX passed away at White Plains Hospital on April 9, he left behind a nearly completed body of work called Exodus, but Dame Grease says there's more.
Jay-Z opened up about caring for his daughter Blue Ivy Carter during a conversation with LeBron James. He also recounted how he boycotted the Grammys in solidarity with the late DMX.
Members of the Erie hip-hop community look back on rapper s legacy by Charles Brown
As if America hasn t dealt with enough heartbreaking news over the past year, we still find ourselves taking curveball after curveball, becoming more unsure of the future. But let s focus the scope on hip-hop, a genre that s claimed to be the sound that runs the world. Fans all over are constantly anticipating the big next song or arguing who is the greatest to ever put the pen to the test. And as always, the culture never lets go of its legends even after their passing. From borough to borough, murals are painted all over to commemorate our street poets in order to keep hip-hop alive. And we ll continue to do so as we have lost one of the rawest talents to ever blaze the scene. That artist, my friends, is none other than Earl Simmons aka DMX who passed away on April 9 of this year due to an apparent overdose. Details of what drug caused his un
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Each year within the field of hip-hop, one artist rises above the rest in terms of streams, record sales and concert revenue. Every now and again, the rapper who emerges in such a fashion is a fresh face who dominates the rap scene with wildly popular, chart-topping debut material. Even more seldom does such a newly established household name capitalize even further on their early success, seemingly leaving their prior accomplishments in the dust. Once in a generation, a new hip-hop artist comes around who changes the game forever.
DMX was all of the above.
Born Earl Simmons just outside of Yonkers in New York City, DMX inarguably had one of the most storied careers in the history of the rap genre before tragically passing away of a drug overdose at the age of 50 a few short weeks ago. Simmons had struggled with drug addiction since the age of 14, ever since a role model of his early childhood pressured him into puffing a joint of marijuana that, unbeknownst to Simmons,
All I Feel Is Rain Remembering DMX The crucial rap artist passed away over the weekend.
DMX, once told photographer Matthew Salacuse that in order to speak to the people, you must walk with the people.
The legendary Yonkers MC, who
died on April 9th aged just 50, ambushed a shiny-suited, Cristal-drenched rap game left hollow by the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Like a hungry junkyard dog, his fierce approach tore chunks out of the ostentatious, big money flexing typical of many of his contemporaries.
After a near-decade of false starts and unsigned hype, a pair of guttural, incendiary verses on posse cuts â4,3,2,1â and â24 Hours to Liveâ introduced listeners to Def Jamâs explosive new talent, shaking down the scene in the process. Flanked by a pair of barrel-chested Pitbulls, X was coming for all your shit, and there wasnât a damn thing you could do about it. âTook it then we split it / you fuckin righ