About the Author

DMX was born Earl Simmons in a housing project in Yonkers, NY. His debut album, It's Dark and Hot as Hell (1998) opened at #1 on the charts and went on to sell nearly four million copies. DMX has headlined two sold-out national tours, starred in two feature films (Belly and Romeo Must Die), and won industry awards His third album, released in December 1999, And Then There Was X, sold over 350,000 copies in its first week of release.