BET Remembers DMX | Live Coverage of Homegoing + Special Programming
Earl “DMX” Simmons was a prolific writer and lyricist. His music legacy is cemented, being the first rapper to accomplish having his first five albums debut at #1 and the only to have his first two albums debut at #1 in the same calendar year.
To honor the life of the beloved hip-hop icon, BET will televise and stream “BET Remembers DMX.” Which includes live exclusive coverage of his homegoing celebration Sunday, April 25 at 2:30p.m. ET on BET and its YouTube channel.
In addition to the homegoing celebration, BET will air special programming that day to remember DMX including a selection of films and documentaries starring or featuring the late recording artist and actor. Connie Orlando, Executive Vice President of Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy at BET states;
“DMX is a musical icon whose impact was truly groundbreaking and transcended generations. The authenticity and transparency in his music were profound, creating a lane of his own that changed hip-hop forever. BET is proud to pay our respect to a legend and show our love and support to DMX’s family during this difficult time.”
DMX is the only artist in history to have five consecutive albums debut #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. That they were the first albums of his career, made his success even more astonishing.
In 1998, “Get At Me Dog” (featuring Sheek of the Lox) not only cracked the R&B/Hip-hop Top 20, Rap Top 10 and Pop Top 40 but went gold, appearing on the quadruple platinum It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot, which also included the Top 10 Rap “Stop Being Greedy,” Top 40 R&B “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” (he was a founding member of that group), Top 20 R&B “How’s It Goin’ Down” and “Damien.”
The release of Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood later that year marked DMX as only the second rapper to have two albums debut at No. 1 in one year; the first being 2Pac. The triple-platinum album boasted “It’s All Good” and “Slippin’.” Also in 1998 he debuted on film in Belly, whose “Grand Finale” (DMX, Method Man, Nas and Ja Rule) went Top 20 Rap from the soundtrack.
…And Then There Was X appeared in 1999, again debuting at No. 1. The club banger “What’s My Name?” (Top 15 Rap), party anthem “Party Up (Up In Here)” (Top 10 Rap), “What These Bitches Want” (featuring Sisqo) (Top 25 Rap), “One More Road To Cross” and “Here We Go Again” propelled the album to five times platinum. 2001’s platinum The Great Depression spun off a pair of spirited Top 10 Rap anthems–“Who We Be” and “We Right Here.”
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