Earl Simmons didn’t come out of the womb raging, growling and barking like a pitbull. That sound, the hard sound of DMX, was built on a childhood filled with abuse and brutality. It was fueled by the ...

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 ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: When Earl “DMX” Simmons died last week at the age of 50, tributes to the “Party Up (Up In Here)” and “Ruff Ryders Anthem” rapper flooded the social media landscape, with ...