DMX
�One Love Boomer� the tatt reads, shoulder to shoulder. Kids around the world are growling, barking, rhyming in short bursts of rough ghetto energy, anything to imitate an artist they would have no problem calling hero.
�I think society is finally ready to deal with reality,� DMX said a few days before his first album was to drop, �so for that reason I ain�t got no choice but to blow!� And he did! Worldwide. �Get At Me Dog� was the song that did it, a spit-fire piece of uncompromising aggression.
His real name is Earl Simmons. Despite having five sisters, Earl says he had a very lonely childhood, a painful reality that led to an inner strength, a strong introspective side, and an undying bond for dogs. Real dogs. His two pit bulls (Bandit and Bobbi) go with him everywhere � including the recording studio � and his Boomer tattoo is a dedication to his best dog-friend that was run-over by a car. If you meet DMX, and listen to his rhymes, you hear the same person. �To live is to suffer, but to survive, well, that�s to find meaning in the suffering.�
�If you think this reality is positive then you're wrong,� he says, �because there are not too many communities in the hood. There's just a bunch of individuals. But all that matters to me is if niggas know I'm speaking for them - because I am them. See, I�m just starting to realize that I'm good you know, and realize the power I have." To influence others? "Naw, I've always been able to influence others," he laughs, "it's just that now I know I may have done some bad things, but I'm not a bad person.�
It�s Dark & Hell Is Hot is fast on its way to triple platinum status and may go down as the most impressive rap debut ever.
�It's better to have someone being drunk and listening to your shit,� DMX says, �as opposed to being drunk and going out blasting because he can't take it no more. You got your point across yo, but you also got life.�
DMX is more than a rapper, he�s an entertainer and a leader who understands the power and influence he has been blessed with. In opening himself up, DMX believes he can save the souls of those he cares most about. And for that, he�s a unique individual.
Lord you left me stranded, and I don�t know why / Told me to live my life, and now I�m ready to die/ Ready to fly / I cry but I shed no tears / You told me you would dead those fears / It�s been years/ Snakes still coming at me / Just missing / Sometimes I think all you do with me is just listen/ I thought that I was special / That�s what you told me/ Hold me / Stop acting like you don�t know me�
Don�t be afraid, just be ready.
Watch for X's Autobiography (book):
"A Dogz Life"
comin' out summer or fall of 2001
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