The rapper and actor ... Steve Rifkind, told PEOPLE. DMX, who rose to fame in the '90s, has been open about his battle with substance abuse after the star said he was introduced to drugs by ...

Throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s ... music and making it one of the most memorable subgenres in rap. Additionally, DMX’s lyrical content ranged from hardcore street narratives to ...

They first met in the early 90s in New York’s underground battle rap scene. Even back then, DMX initially wasn’t a big fan of Jay-Z at first. He credited hip-hop manager Irv Gotti for bringing ...

Real name Irving Lorenzo, he co-founded Murder Inc. records and was instrumental in the rise of DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti, among other artists ...

Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of the record label Murder Inc. and an executive at the parent company Def Jam ...