- Announced that he's retiring from the music business so he can focus more on church and his family. (2003)
- Is the only artist ever to have two albums debut at #1on the Billboard top one-hundred chart in the same year.
- Known for his barking and growling while rapping.
- Sixth best selling rapper of all time.
- Battled rapper Jay-Z in a rap battle which was determined to be a draw. He later stated in an interview that the battle taught him that his style of rapping was not always the best.
- His wife Tashera Simmons lived above him in his apartment complex when he was young. He did not know this until he met her at a club.
- Was hit by a drunk driver when he was a little kid.
- Has tattoo on his back of his dog killed by a motorist and the words ONE LOVE BOOMER.
- Wrote his first rhymes while spending time in jail.
- Has a scar on his left wrist from a fan trying to rip his watch off.
- Has his own clothing line called Bloodline.
- Wrote an autobiography titled "E.A.R.L.: Ever Always Real Life."
- His second album "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" sold over 670,000 copies in its first week.
- Has 9 dogs.
- He and his wife Tashera Simmons, welcomed a baby girl named Praise Mary Ella Simmons on 18th April 2005. They also have a son called Shawn.
- Was often sick as a child.
- Loved to play with "green army men" toys and watch Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live (1975).
- Has sold more then 15 million records in the United States.
- DMX stands for Dark Man Extreme.
- Is one of the best selling hip-hop artists of all time. His first four albums have each gone at least triple platinum in the US alone, and his CD "Grand Champ" went platinum.
- Lived in Yonkers, New York
- Lives in Cave Creek, Arizona.
- Formed music label Ruff Ryders.
- Estranged father was a street artist.
- Has two sons named Xavier & Tocoma
- The only artist in Soundscan history to have his first four albums debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts.
- When he was a child his family belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group.
- Has a religion-related skit on each of his CDs.
- Like Busta Rhymes, he is known for his high-energy, stylized flow of rapping.
- Has two half-sisters (on his mother's side) and a younger half-brother who died at birth. He also has two half-brothers on his father's side.
- Was briefly on his high school's track team.
- He released a song titled "Born Loser" in 1993 on Columbia Records
- Founded Bloodline Records in New York City in 2000.
- His third album "... And Then There Was X" sold over 600,000 copies in its first week.
- His sixth album, 'Year of the Dog...Again', debuted at #1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at #2 on The Billboard 200 at the end of its first week of release.
- Left Def Jam Records (the label he's been signed to throughout his entire career) and signed a new three-album deal with Sony Records. (January 2006)
- Released the first single from his upcoming album 'Year Of The Dog...Again' called "Lord, Give Me A Sign". (May 2006)
- His sixth album, "Grand Champ", was a #1 debut on the Billboard Pop Charts.
- Filming "The Bleeding" in Wilmington, North Carolina (April 2008)
- Released his sixth album 'Year of the Dog...Again' on August 1st. (August 2006)
- Also a recording artist on Def Jam Music label along with Foxy Brown
- The first three of his CDs debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and each has gone at least triple platinum.
- He was the son of mother Arnett Simmons and father Joe Barker.
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