A true defender of the East Coast rap battalion,
Yonkers-based rapper/producer DMX (Dark Man X) rose to local stardom
within the Yonkers School Street Projects as a turntable wizard (originally
named after the DMX digital sound machine). As a result, his rhymes -- steeped
with ferocity, anger and aggression -- combine both traditional hardcore
rap and hip-hop.
DMX was a featured guest on LL Cool J's
"4,3,2,1," Mase's "24 Hours to Live," Mic Geronimo's "Usual Suspects," The
Lox's "Money, Power and Respect," Ice Cube's "We Be Clubbin' (Remix)" and
Onyx's "Shut 'Em Down" before inking his own deal with Def Jam in 1997.
His first single, "Get At Me Dog" appeared in 1998
and was followed by his blazing full-length debut, It's Dark and Hell
Is Hot and its late '98 follow-up, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My
Blood.
DMX's latest release, And Then There
Was X, came out on Def Jam in late 1999.