| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
vi, 346 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-340). |
| Summary |
The dark journey of a boy who became a man, the man who became an artist, and the artist who became an icon. A talent for rhyme saved his life, but the demons and sins of his past continue to haunt him. This is the story of Earl Simmons. Ever always real life. |
| Contents |
First memories -- Our side of the world - From bright to bored -- Hollaway house -- Earl v. The board of education -- Three meals a day and a snack -- Crazy earl tries it on -- Earl finds a mission -- What's my name? -- In the game -- 1985 -- Turn out the lights -- Betrayal -- Dmx the great is born -- "E want to do that!" -- "Stolen novas" -- Interlude: Weekend in the Hamptons -- "Wanna battle?" -- Bowlegged cutie -- Talk of the town -- Interlude -- Dog love: "You're not going to boo me!" -- One love boomer -- Buried in paperwork -- 25 x -- Waah rolls by "Born loser" -- Tests of strength & faith -- Interlude: Before light there is dark -- 0 for 2 -- Slippin', fallin' -- Bark in the dark -- Home -- Interlude: Make a move -- Battle for New York -- "Somebody's gonna die" -- Powerhouse -- Niggas done started something -- Harlem -- Let me fly -- Payback on ravine -- One more road to cross -- Interlude -- Taking it back to the streets: "Who is that last guy?" -- "where my dogs at?" -- Official member of society -- In the lab -- Belly up -- Def jam #1 -- Final call -- May 19, 1998 -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Song lyrics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments. |
| Subject |
D M X.
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Rap musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Fontaine, Smokey D.
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| Other Title |
Ever always real life |
| Added Title |
EARL |
| ISBN |
0060934034 |
| Standard No. |
9780060934033 |
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