DMX

Edition of one. Regardless of the genre of music you grew up listening to, the growl and bark of DMX is unmistakable. DMX contributed a great deal to rap music in the '90s and early 2000s, with the club bangers that we all played as loud as possible - like "Ruff Ryders' Anthem", "Up in Here" and "Where the Hood at?". His deep, gravely voice, unique cadence, along with his dog persona, gave X a sound that we all grew to know and love. It was nearly impossible in the early 2000s to turn on a Hip Hop radio station and not hear a DMX song, he was that pervasive. We also got to see him on the big screen, in some bigger films like Romeo Must Die, and in hip hop cult classic Belly. He later brough...View all