To show love for his hip-hop family, he even dedicated one of his biggest bangers, 1998’s “Ruff Ryders Anthem,” to his beloved crew. Getty ImagesĭMX at the forefront of the Ruff Ryders movement turned the rap collective into a hip-hop dynasty in the late ’90s with such acts as the Lox and Eve. 1ĭMX was part of one of the earliest hip-hop collectives. He’s the only rapper to have his first five albums debut at No. Here are eight ways in which DMX changed the rap game.

People thought about hip-hop as being negative, but he brought fun to hip-hop.” His “energy was just amazing, and it was different from what everybody else was doing. “There is nobody like DMX,” Thomas told The Post. DMX was one of the biggest players in the commercial hip-hop world, selling a record-amount of albums in his early career.

“DMX delivered heartfelt, honest music, the vibration that filled the void after the loss of Tupac ,” Paradise Gray, chief curator at the Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM), told The Post.Īnd seeing him onstage was a certain kind of magic, added Shawn “Cutman LG” Thomas, head of music programming for the UHHM. He went on to be one of the most successful commercial rappers of all time - for a good reason. He made his name battling in street circles and had an infamous battle with Jay-Z back in 1993 before the two were famous. However the New York native - born Earl Simmons in Mount Vernon and raised in Yonkers - was as talented as he was troubled. Thank you for being a friend: Betty White’s death sparks flood of emotionĭMX was a hardcore rapper who lived a hard life - and ultimately died from it.īut for true fans, that’s not what he’ll be remembered for.įrom his struggles with substance abuse - with an overdose triggering a heart attack that led to his death at 50 on Friday at White Plains Hospital - to his run-ins with the law, he had fallen from the heights that had once made him one of hip-hop’s biggest stars. Why Betty White decided not to have children during her long lifeįans convinced Betty White’s death is a hoax after her passing is announced Betty White’s 100th birthday party event will still go on

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