DMX

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Birthday:

18 December 1970, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Birth Name:

Earl Simmons

Height:

180 cm

DMX was born on December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Earl Simmons. He has been married to Tashera Simmons since 1999. They have four children.

To live is to suffer, but to survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering.

I used to do the beat box . . . a friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, an...Show more »

I used to do the beat box . . . a friend of mine, he was the rapper and after, we'd be doing a block party or something or a house party, and he's gettin' all the attention and I'd end up with a handful of spit, you know, from doing the beats . . . and I was like, "You got to be the rapper" . . . the rapper's the man . . . Show less «

I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.

I want "Flesh Of My Flesh" to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I'v...Show more »

I want "Flesh Of My Flesh" to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world. Show less «

An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence - that is, until proven guilty.

The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, [Tashera Simmons]. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough t...Show more »

The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, [Tashera Simmons]. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease. Show less «

I didn't have the patience to be a drug dealer . . . I'd just wait 'til the end of the day and rob the dealer of his day's takings.

[on the controversy over what many had criticized as "excessive violence" in his film Belly (2011)] . . . there's a difference between viole...Show more »

[on the controversy over what many had criticized as "excessive violence" in his film Belly (2011)] . . . there's a difference between violence and senseless violence . . . this is not a movie about a serial killer just going around killing for no reason . . . for every reason that someone's murdered in there, for every act of violence there's a reason behind it . . . and you can see why, "Okay, that's why he was shot . . . for this reason" . . . "Okay, he had to do that because of this" . . . it's not just killing for no reason." - on the controversy over his film "Belly" on excessive violence. Show less «

[on being release from Columbia Records] Columbia tried to put me behind other groups . . . so I didn't wanna wait . . . they let me out of ...Show more »

[on being release from Columbia Records] Columbia tried to put me behind other groups . . . so I didn't wanna wait . . . they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did. Show less «