DMX performing in New York in 2019. Photograph: Stephanie Augello/Rex Sat 10 Apr 2021 07.25 EDT Last modified on Sat 10 Apr 2021 08.35 EDT Listening to a DMX song from the late 1990s is like riding a wrecking ball through a gated community. The music video for Stop Being Greedy â one of many confrontational highlights from the rapperâs 1998 Def Jam debut, Itâs Dark And Hell Is Hot â shows DMX hunting a wealthy white man across a mansion, before eventually feeding the poor soul like a T-bone steak to his pet pitbull; the rapperâs exhilarating, half-barked vocals gave the sense that he wanted to eat the rich.