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The potency of
DMX’s humanity was as heroic as any of his songs.
Photograph:
Chad Batka
for The New York Times
DMX, a Profound
Vessel for Pain
The rapper, who
died Friday, had no imitators
because there was no way to falsify the life that forged him.
He was a colossus,
a fire-starter and a healer.
NYT
April 9, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/
arts/music/dmx-rapper.html
Earl Simmons 1970-2021
stage name DMX (Dark Man X
Earl Simmons,
the snarling yet soulful rapper
known as DMX,
(...)
had a string of No. 1 albums
in the late 1990s and early 2000s
but (his) personal struggles
eventually rivaled
his lyrical
prowess
(...)
The music made
by Mr. Simmons,
a muscular, tattooed
and intense
figure,
was often menacing and dark,
with the occasional nod
to Christian
spirituality.
He committed crimes, served time
in different
correctional institutions
and battled addiction
long before he released an album,
and his troubled past
informed the
gritty content
and inimitable delivery of his
rhymes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/
arts/music/dmx-dead-earl-simmons.html
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/27/
dmx-exodus-review-a-bold-and-bleak-posthumous-finale
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/27/
arts/music/dmx-exodus-swizz-beatz.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/
opinion/dmx-death-rap.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/09/
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/09/
dmx-obituary
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/
arts/music/dmx-dead-earl-simmons.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/
984274079/rapper-and-actor-dmx-dead-at-50
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/
arts/music/dmx-life-support.html
https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2021/apr/06/
new-york-prayer-vigil-for-rapper-dmx-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/04/
984133546/rapper-dmx-on-life-support-following-heart-attack
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-19-
dmx-arrested_N.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/
arts/music/27sann.html
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/
032200romeo-film-review.html - March 22, 2000
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