What does dmx mean in stage lighting?

DMX in celebrity terms is what they call American rapper Earl Simmons. It stands for Dark Man X. It was the name he used when he first started rapping. -gigaturtle DMX is the Oberheim DMX a very influential programmable digital Drum Machine that was introduced in 1981. Davy DMX (David Reeves) was a hip-hop pioneer best known for his work with Orange Krush and for his 1984 track 'One For the Treble'.