{"id":221744,"date":"2026-01-10T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=221744"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:03:58","slug":"dmxs-explosive-1998-apollo-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dmxs-explosive-1998-apollo-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"DMX\u2019s Explosive 1998 Apollo Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNjOn7NYlXU?si=bb_LbScW1wm6G8z9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Apollo Theatre turned into hallowed ground for DMX\u2019s debut concert at the legendary venue back in 1998. It was a historic night. Styles P and Jadakiss brought that raw Yonkers energy, standing shoulder to shoulder with their brother. Method Man and Redman lit up the stage with electric chemistry, pushing the crowd into a full frenzy. Every bark, bar, and ad-lib hit harder inside the Apollo, where hip-hop history lives in the walls. This wasn\u2019t just a concert \u2014 it was a moment of legacy and raw power.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"221746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dmxs-explosive-1998-apollo-debut\/dmx-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX.avif\" data-orig-size=\"989,660\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DMX\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX-540x360.avif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX-540x360.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-221746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX-540x360.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX-768x513.avif 768w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DMX.avif 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apollo Theatre turned into hallowed ground for DMX\u2019s debut concert at the legendary venue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dig-of-the-day","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-VGw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}