DMX’s music career took off in the late 1990s with the release of his debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. That album was a massive success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.

Jay-Z had a habit of rubbing DMX the wrong way every now and then, but one time DMX felt his wife, Beyoncé, was the source of Jay-Z’s newer, softer attitude.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. DMX scored a surprising hit last month with a posthumous collaboration with ...

Today ushers in the premiere for “I’m On 4.0” featuring rap greats: Busta Rhymes, Ty Dolla Sign, Joyner Lucas, Young Jeezy, the late DMX, Method Man, Chance The Rapper, D Smoke, Jay Rock and ...