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DMX accepts the award for Favourite Rap/Hip Hop artist, during a live broadcast of the American Music Awards show January 17, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Getty Images
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DMX attends a party at Elleven45 Lounge, in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on February 19. On Saturday, April 3, the rapper and actor was admitted to hospital in New York and placed on life support, following a heart attack. Getty Images
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DMX performs at Masters Of Ceremony 2019, at Barclays Centre in New York.
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DMX and Jet Li in a scene from 2003 film, 'Cradle 2 The Grave'. Rex Features
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DMX's fifth album, 2003's 'Grand Champ', debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 charts.
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DMX, also known as Earl Simmons, exits the US Federal Court in Manhattan, New York, in July 2017, following a hearing regarding income tax evasion charges. Reuters
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DMX performs on stage at Warsaw Challenge 2014 in Sowinski Park, Warsaw, Poland, in May 2014. EPA
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A police photograph of DMX, after his arrest on August 20, 2013, in South Carolina, on a previous warrant for driving under a suspended license and a new charge of possession of marijuana. Reuters
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DMX poses for photos backstage at the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on March 4, 2000. Getty Images
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DMX, his wife Tashera Simmons and their children attend the premiere of 'Exit Wounds' on March 9, 2001, in New York. Getty Images
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DMX at the Soul Train Music Awards in 2000. Reuters
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DMX in a scene from the 2000 film, 'Romeo Must Die'. Warner Bros
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DMX accepts the award for Favourite Rap/Hip Hop artist, during a live broadcast of the American Music Awards show on January 17, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Getty Images
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Actor and former rapper Mark Wahlberg and DMX on stage during a live broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on September 6, 2001. Reuters
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DMX and actor Steven Segal attend the premiere of 'Exit Wounds' on March 9, 2001, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Getty Images
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DMX offers a prayer after winning the R&B Albums Artist of the Year award at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images
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DMX accepts the award for Favourite Rap/Hip Hop artist, during a live broadcast of the American Music Awards show January 17, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Getty Images
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DMX attends a party at Elleven45 Lounge, in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on February 19. On Saturday, April 3, the rapper and actor was admitted to hospital in New York and placed on life support, following a heart attack. Getty Images
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DMX performs at Masters Of Ceremony 2019, at Barclays Centre in New York.
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DMX and Jet Li in a scene from 2003 film, 'Cradle 2 The Grave'. Rex Features
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DMX's fifth album, 2003's 'Grand Champ', debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 charts.
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DMX, also known as Earl Simmons, exits the US Federal Court in Manhattan, New York, in July 2017, following a hearing regarding income tax evasion charges. Reuters
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DMX performs on stage at Warsaw Challenge 2014 in Sowinski Park, Warsaw, Poland, in May 2014. EPA
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A police photograph of DMX, after his arrest on August 20, 2013, in South Carolina, on a previous warrant for driving under a suspended license and a new charge of possession of marijuana. Reuters
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DMX poses for photos backstage at the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on March 4, 2000. Getty Images
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DMX, his wife Tashera Simmons and their children attend the premiere of 'Exit Wounds' on March 9, 2001, in New York. Getty Images
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DMX at the Soul Train Music Awards in 2000. Reuters
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DMX in a scene from the 2000 film, 'Romeo Must Die'. Warner Bros
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DMX accepts the award for Favourite Rap/Hip Hop artist, during a live broadcast of the American Music Awards show on January 17, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Getty Images
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Actor and former rapper Mark Wahlberg and DMX on stage during a live broadcast of the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on September 6, 2001. Reuters
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DMX and actor Steven Segal attend the premiere of 'Exit Wounds' on March 9, 2001, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Getty Images
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DMX offers a prayer after winning the R&B Albums Artist of the Year award at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards show at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images
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DMX accepts the award for Favourite Rap/Hip Hop artist, during a live broadcast of the American Music Awards show January 17, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Getty Images
Rapper-actor DMX dead at 50 after heart attack
Performer was known for his gruff delivery and popular hip-hop songs like 'Ruff Ryders' Anthem'
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