DMX Biography

His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's.To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album . . . And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)".As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET.In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E. A. R. L. : The Autobiography of DMX.