Produced by Erick Sermon, LL Cool J’s street hit from his 1997 album Phenomenon is not only famed for inaugurating Def Jam’s late-Nineties “Survival of the Illest” era, but also for sparking a ...

On April 9, rapper, songwriter and actor Earl Simmons, known as DMX, died from cardiac arrest following a drug overdose. As a central figure in the ‘90s hip-hop scene, DMX was considered a trailblazer ...

DMX was a larger-than-life presence, but he contained multitudes as well. The legendary rapper, who died on April 9 at the age of 50 after suffering a heart attack one week prior, became the biggest ...

The gruff, evocative Yonkers rapper was a singular talent in hip-hop. He died on Friday after suffering what his family called “a catastrophic cardiac arrest” a week earlier. By Christopher R.

A new song performed by the late DMX dropped Friday off the soundtrack for Epix drama series “Godfather of Harlem,” one week after the iconic rapper’s death at the age of 50. Readers can listen to the ...