His life and legacy was celebrated at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New. DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, died last month at age 50. Headlines Delivered to Your Inbox Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. It’s an important – and often overlooked – side of the late legend’s persona. His hits include Get at Me Dog, Ruff Ryders’ Anthem, Party Up (Up in Here), and X Gon’ Give It to Ya. His lighter, angel-on-the-shoulder persona encourages the rich to give to the needy, while the growling devil raps about gun violence and cracking skulls. Producer Erick Sermon described DMX as “dangerous” for his threatening bars the rapper was no stranger to a harder way of life, and he makes it known.ĭMX is the rap game’s Robin Hood on “Stop Being Greedy”, portraying two distinct personas on the track. This track is legendary enough for igniting a 20-year beef between LL Cool J and Canibus, let alone for its verses from Method Man, Redman, and DMX. “4, 3, 2, 1” (LL Cool J featuring Method Man, Redman, Canibus, and DMX) (1997) Jay-Z brings his youthful swagger and DMX brings the bark.Ģ. DMX was hot off the release of I t’s Dark and Hell is Hot and Jay-Z brought him into the fold for Vol 2.

“Money, Cash, Hoes” features two kings of New York on the same track, right as both were coming into their own. “Money, Cash, Hoes” (Jay-Z featuring DMX) (1998) His gentle side touched listeners and “Slippin’” went gold in 2017, almost 20 years after the fact.ĭMX performing in Ireland in 2004Jeremy Craine/Shutterstockģ. He opens up about his childhood trauma-abusive mother, drug addiction, group homes and juvenile detention among the obstacles he faced. On “Slippin’”, X gets real about overcoming the harder moments in life. Yaqub ibn Al-Kindis work on optics, see Propagations of Ray: The Oldest. DMX encourages Slim Shady as he tells Ja Rule to “die nameless” on one of Eminem’s greatest diss tracks.ĭMX has a softer side, just one he isn’t always known for. He gon give it to ya X gon give it to ya He gon give it to ya (Repeat Twice) Explore album. also to Dr Rebecca Pinner and Mr Thomas Rutledge for giving me an inspiring. “Go to Sleep” (Eminem featuring DMX and Obie Trice) (2003)īeef is a part of hip-hop, so Eminem tagged in DMX and labelmate Obie Trice for a triple-team attack on Ja Rule and fellow rapper Benzino, who infuriated Eminem by calling him “2003 Vanilla Ice”. But the rapper ended up giving the song a try, handing Swizz Beatz his first major hit while creating a genre anthem.ĥ. The rapper DMX, who left his gritty mark on hip-hop with the 1990s hits Party Up, X Gon’ Give it to Ya, and Get at Me Dog, has died nearly a week after a heart attack caused by Isaac from C-town, Oh There was a large amount of backlash by popular hip hop and rap artists after the album was released, mainly.

The third single from It's Dark and Hell Is Hot was produced again by a young Swizz Beatz, who in 2011 told Complex that DMX didn’t think the beat was “hood enough”. One of DMX’s biggest hits, “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” almost didn’t happen. Swizz Beatz and DMX perform live in 2015Getty Images for Bacardi

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