DMX Net Worth
American actor and rapper DMX net worth is estimated to have around $2 million dollar. Real name as Earl Simmons, he was born on December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, he is preferred to be one of the most known and valued rap vocalist in America. DMX is best known for his song like Party Up and acting in movies like Belly, Romeo Must Die, Cradle 2 The Grave and many more. The early career of DMX started as a beat boxer around 1988. His name DMX was tribute to an instrument, Oberheim DMX Drum machine.
Columbia Records helped DMX to released his first debut album “Born Loser” in 1988. The album was unsuccessful as the single doesn’t get much opportunity to be play on air. In another single “Make a Movie” released under the same level, DMX was featured with other artists like Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Mic Geronimo. His fortune take a turn and get breakthrough in his career, when his album “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot” reached number one on the Billboard 100. His album successfully sold five millions of copies worldwide. Millions of selling these albums provided a lot of help to increase his net worth. In the same year, he released another successful album titled “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood”. The album made him one of the top-grossing hip-hop artist in the music industry as the album was successful to sell more than 30 million of copies worldwide. By selling the album, he had obtained millions of dollar which plays an important role to increase his net worth.
Apart from his music career, he had gave his appearance on movies too. Some of the movies which he acted includes “Fast and Furious” with other actors like Vin Diesel, Jet Li, Paul Walker and Nicolas Cage. Also, he had made an appearance on another movie “Cradle 2: To the Grave”. But his career was not as much as remarkable compare to his music career. DMX has a strange exterior brand, as he is covered in tattoos and has a muscle face and body. In his singing career, his voice is called as barking like his brand because DMX comes with an obsession with dogs.
About his earnings from the selling of the albums, he had gathered $5,400 from the selling of “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot”. Similarly, he had earned $4.5 million from the selling of the album “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood”. He had earned $5.6 million from the selling of 5 million copies of album “..And Then There Was X” and $5 million from the “Cradle 2: the Grave”. In 2004, he earned $3.3 million by selling 3 million copies of album “The Great Depression”. The estimated earnings from the selling of 344 thousand copies of “Year of the Dog… Again” was thirty-five hundred thousand dollar. In 2013, he just earned twenty six thousand from the selling of his album “Undisputed”. DMX was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2013 after being multiple stints in jail. It is stated that he has only $50,000 in assets after paying for child support and his excessive life style. It is reported that Court document for his bankruptcy place him owing around $10 million debts to various lenders. He hopes to restructure his debts so he can begin performing overseas again.
Things to know about DMX
Full Name: Earl Simmons
Date of Birth: 18th December, 1970
DMX in Facebook: 5.3M Fans in Facebook
DMX in Twitter: 356K Followers in Twitter
DMX in Instagram: 1.2M Followers in Instagram
DMX Net Worth: $2 Million