Rapper and actor DMX – a life in pictures
Earl Simmons, better known as the multi-platinum star DMX, has died following a heart attack
Main image: DMX performs in 2016 in New York City. Photograph: Noam Galai/Getty ImagesFri 9 Apr 2021 12.58 EDT Last modified on Fri 11 Jun 2021 10.06 EDT
DMX performing in 1999, at the height of his fame Photograph: Mitchell Gerber/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPerforming a historic set on the main stage at the Woodstock music festival in 1999 Photograph: Joe Traver/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDMX offers a prayer after winning at the Billboard Music awards in Las Vegas, December 1999 Photograph: Ethan Miller/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAnother award win, for male entertainer of the year at the 14th annual Soul Train Music awards, March 2000 Photograph: Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith co-star Aaliyah in the film Romeo Must Die, 2000 Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith Steven Seagal in the film Exit Wounds, 2001 Photograph: Warner Bros./Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterJet Li and DMX star in action thriller Cradle 2 the Grave, 2003 Photograph: Claudette Barius/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWith his wife and children at the world premiere of Cradle 2 the Grave in New York Photograph: Robin Platzer/FilmMagic
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAs King David in the film Never Die Alone, 2004 Photograph: 20 Century Fox/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPerforming at the BET Hip-Hop awards in Atlanta, 2011 Photograph: David Goldman/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPerforming with DJ Snake at the 2015 Coachella festival Photograph: Mark Davis/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPerforming on his 20th anniversary It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot tour in Atlanta, Georgia, April 2019 Photograph: Paras Griffin/Getty Images
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