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Executive Producer, Actor Born: December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, MD Biography:Rap star "DMX" is following in the footsteps of "Ice-T", "LL Cool J", "Ice Cube", "Tupac Shakur", and countless other rappers who have moonlighted as actors. But if the great box office or the critical acclaim he received for his performance in the otherwise-maligned "Exit Wounds" means anything, chances are moviegoers will be seeing a lot more of him.
Born as Earl Simmons on December 18, 1970, in Baltimore, MD, "DMX" got his start in the music industry as DJ within the Yonkers Street School Projects and rose to prominence guesting on tracks by "LL Cool J" and the Lox. Shortly after his first album debuted at the top of the Billboard charts, "DMX" took his first starring role in "Belly", hip-hop video director "Hype Williams"' visually stunning but completely incomprehensible first feature. The film flopped and few noticed "DMX"'s turn as a hyperviolent, drug-addled thug. But "Belly"'s critical and... Full Biography
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