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Never Die Alone (2004)REAL NAME Earl Simmons
RAP PERSONA Thug whose bite is as bad as his rough bark
SCREEN CHARACTER King David, a flashy drug kingpin whose tale is told in Citizen Kane-like flashback as a writer (David Arquette) unravels his story
WHY HE'S GREAT X's King David may be the most seductive, glamorous, chillingly evil villain of this genre since Wesley Snipes' Nino Brown in 1991's New Jack City. Even offscreen, he remains the film's most charismatic presence, thanks in part to X's distinctive voice on the audiotaped diary his character has left behind.
EW MOVIE GRADE B- (Read the review)
IF YOU LIKE THIS DMX plays a similar drug dealer in Belly and gangsters with a code of honor in Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, and Cradle 2 the Grave.
