厄尔·西蒙斯（Earl Simmons，1970 年 12 月 18 日 - 2021 年 4 月 9 日），艺名 DMX 更为人所知，是一位美国说唱歌手和演员，于 1990 年代后期声名鹊起。他的艺名向 Oberheim DMX 鼓机致敬，这是他在 80 年代制作自己的说唱节拍时使用的乐器。迄今为止，他最畅销的专辑是他 1999 年的专辑......然后是 X，其中收录了热门单曲“Party Up （Up in Here）”。作为演员，他还出演了电影《肚皮》、《罗密欧必须死》、《出口伤口》、《摇篮 2》、《坟墓》和《最后一小时》，以及他自己的真人秀电视连续剧《男人的灵魂》在美国有线电视网络 BET 上播出。2002年，DMX写了一本自传体书，名为《E.A.R.L.：DMX的自传》。

Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's. To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". As an actor, he also starred in the films Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave and Last Hour, and his own reality television series Soul of a Man on the American cable television network BET. In 2002, DMX wrote an autobiographical book titled E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.

On April 9, 2021, DMX died at the age of 50 from a drug-related heart attack.