Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation A week after reportedly overdosing and suffering a heart attack, DMX has died, multiple outlets report. Born Earl Simmons, the rapper and actor was a foundational member of the Ruff Ryders hip hop collective, celebrated for breakout albums like 1998's It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot and its quickly arriving follow-up, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood. As comfortable ripping through confessional tracks like 1998's “Slippin’” as he was on propulsive party jams like “X Gon’ Give It To Ya,” DMX helped shape the sound of rap at the turn of the century, favoring a verbally aggressive style that rarely relented and frequently stunned. He still holds the distinction of being the only musician to have albums chart at No. 1 on the