Behind The Beat is a new series where journalist Thomas Hobbs interviews rap producers about the making of their most iconic beat. For the first edition, he spoke with Dame Grease about crafting DMX's ...

In early 1998, few could have predicted that a rugged battle rapper from Yonkers was about to take over hip-hop. At the time, Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records held court over the airwaves with lush ...

It’s the battle of the dogs for the next edition of Verzuz. Snoop Dogg and DMX will have a friendly face-off and make internet history as part of the first Verzuz battle to be simulcast live on Apple ...

NEW YORK – DMX, the iconic hip-hop artist behind the songs “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here)” whose distinctively gruff voice and thoughtful messages in his rhymes made him one of rap’s ...

Across several Hip-Hop loving plains, subwoofers will blare DMX's music from Harlem to Lagos and then Timbuktu. Since then, encomiums have poured in for the enigmatic rapper, who wore his heart on his ...

The death of hip-hop artist Earl “DMX” Simmons at the age of 50 represents not just an occasion for mourning, but one of celebration and commemoration for the iconic rapper who culled soaring artistry ...

Hip-hop star DMX, the talented but troubled rapper whose hit-making careers in music and movies disappeared amid his drug addiction and constant legal woes, died Friday after suffering a heart attack ...

Eminem and DMX could face off in a Verzuz battle of the hits, but who would emerge the victor? Fat Joe believes he has the answer. (AllHipHop News) Fat Joe has urged fellow rapper DMX to rethink his ...

The music world continues to mourn the loss of DMX, who died Friday, April 8 after suffering a heart attack the prior week. Today, X collaborator Swizz Beatz posted a longer remembrance of the rapper ...