Documentary Hack
DMX: Don't Try to UnderstandBy Christopher Frierson, Clark Slater

In a Nutshell

In the wake of Earl 'DMX' Simmons' sudden death, filmmaker Christopher Frierson commemorates the rapper's legacy. This intimate documentary draws back the curtain on the off-stage events in the final year of DMX's life.

Favorite Quote

I came here to meet somebody. Don't know who it was. But I'll know when I see him that I came here to give him a message. The gospel according to X.

DMX

Introduction

DMX: Don't Try to Understand documents DMX's tumultuous life, juxtaposing the highs of his musical career with the lows of legal troubles, family dysfunction, and the drug addiction that ultimately killed him.

Opening with DMX's release from prison in 2019, the documentary shifts between the rapper's final months putting his life back together after serving time for tax fraud, and his younger years.

Director Christopher Frierson intersperses highlights from DMX's thirty-year career in hip-hop with intimate snapshots of the rapper's upbringing and personal life as an adult.

From DMX's fraught relationship with his mother to repairing the bond with his own estranged children and raising a three-year-old son while on tour, we see a softer side to the rapper that contrasts with his macho stage persona.

With no sugarcoating, the documentary provides a raw insight into an extraordinary life cut short.

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