The DMX story is the stuff of legends, but like all good legends, it bears repeating. Born in Baltimore and raised in Yonkers, New York, DMX endured an exceptionally difficult childhood. Shuttling between group homes, in and out of trouble with the law, he might have been destined for a tragic life, if not for his extraordinary talent for expressing himself through rap. Armed with one of the most ferocious flows in the history of hip-hop.