Looking back at DMX’s music legacy, impact on hip-hop culture

Vintage_Black on Instagram: "Happy 55th Heavenly Birthday to one of my Favorites, the Profound DMX! Earl Simmons, known worldwide as DMX, was born December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, NY. His early life was marked by hardship including abuse, instability, and chronic asthma, experiences that shaped the raw emotion in his music. While at the Children’s Village juvenile facility, he discovered hip-hop and adopted the name DMX, inspired by the Oberheim DMX drum machine. DMX built a grassroots follow