Streams of the catalogue of songs belonging to late rapper, Earl Simmons a.k.a DMX, have improved by 928 percent in the United States.
DMX died at the age of 50 last Friday from a “catastrophic heart attack” which followed what was suspected to have been a case of a drug overdose.
According to Billboard, MRC (Music Business Worldwide) data shows his tracks raked in 75.7 million on-demand streams (audio and video) on April 9 and 10 –- up 928% compared to the 7.36 million they earned on April 7 and 8.
The rapper’s top five most-streamed songs between April 9 and 10 were ‘Ruff Ryders Anthem’ (9.59 million; up 973%), ‘X Gon’ Give It To Ya’ (5.79 million; up 900%), and ‘Slippin’ (5.52 million; up 853%).
Also included are ‘Party Up (In Here)’ (5.20 million; up 941%) and ‘How It’s Goin’ Down’ (3.52 million; up 691%).
DMX’s music increased up until he was declared dead from his hospitalization on April 2.
Before April 2, his songs were streamed between 700,000 and 1 million times daily. Between April 3 and 8, they rose up to 4 million per day.
In music sales, Billboard also quoted the report as stating that DMX’s collected songs and studio albums sold up to 101,000 copies between April 9 and 11 – up 1,036 percent compared to the 9,000 sold between April 6 and 8.
