E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX

Raised in the ghetto, abandoned as a child, addicted to drugs and women all his life but still able to produce four consecutive #1 hip-hop albums in a row ... this is the life and times of the darkest and most dangerously introspective hip-hop artist ever-at the height of his career and completely uncensored.

His real name was Earl Simmons. As a child he placed higher on tests than his fellow students, and liked to spend mornings with his mother and sisters playing games and making pancakes....