He made giant pop crossover hits, but they bubbled with wildly vivid threats better suited for a grindhouse theater. 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. He spent his final days on life support at White Plains Hospital in Westchester County after suffering a heart attack on April 2.ĭMX was one of the most recognizable M.C.s in the late 1990s and early 2000s, years when hardcore New York rap could still stake a claim as hip-hop’s central concern. Earl Simmons, the gruff, evocative rapper from Yonkers, N.Y., better known as DMX, died on Friday at 50.
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