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 Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known by his stage name DMX ("Dark Man X"), was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album It's Dark and Hell Is Hot in 1998, to both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 251,000 copies within its first week of release.^[3][4] He released his best-selling album, ... And Then There Was X, in 1999, which included the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". His 2003 singles "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya" were also some of his most popular.

DMX was featured in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, he published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.^[5]

DMX was a Christian,^[37] and stated that he read the Bible every day.^[38] While in prison, DMX stated that he had a purpose for being there: "I came here to meet somebody...Don't know who it was, but I'll know when I see him. And I came here to give him a message. And that message is Jesus loves them."^[39] DMX was a transitional deacon in the Christian Church and aspired to become ordained as a pastor, stating that he received this call in 2012.^[40]

DMX was the father of fifteen children. He married his childhood friend Tashera Simmons in 1999 and they were married for eleven years.^[41] They had four children together (Xavier, Tacoma, Praise Mary Ella, and Sean).^[42] In July 2010, after his first of three incarcerations that year, Tashera announced their separation.^[43] DMX maintained that the two remain friends.^[44] His fifteenth child, Exodus Simmons, was born to his girlfriend, Desiree Lindstrom, on August 16, 2016.^[45]

DMX had multiple extramarital affairs during his marriage to Simmons, some of which produced children. DNA testing confirmed that he was the father of at least two children; the first was born to Maryland resident Monique Wayne in 2004, the second to a different woman in late 2008.^[46][47] DMX and Wayne fought over her claim that he was the father of her son for years, during which she had sued him repeatedly for defamation of character,^[48] and for child support. After DNA testing proved DMX fathered Wayne's son in 2007, he was ordered to pay her $1.5 million.^{[49][50][51][52]}

On July 30, 2013, DMX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing his child support obligations as his priority claim.^[53] The filing was challenged by the Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog trustee program,^[54] and was later dismissed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan on November 11, 2013.^[55]

DMX was first sent to prison in 1986 after stealing a dog from a junkyard. He was sentenced to two years in the juvenile unit of Woodfield Prison in Valhalla, New York. However, just weeks after starting his sentence, he and his cellmate successfully escaped the prison and DMX returned home to New York until his mother forced him to turn himself in and finish his sentence, which he did at the McCormick Juvenile Detention Centre in Brooktondale, New York.^[1] Simmons was sent to prison again in 1988 for carjacking, and was later moved to a higher security prison after attempting to extort a fellow inmate for drugs. He was released in the summer of 1988.^[1]

Since becoming a public figure, DMX's multiple arrests have been for offenses including: resisting arrest, animal cruelty,^[64] reckless driving,^[65] unlicensed driving, drug possession,^[66] and identity falsification.^[67]

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