The DMX family is asking for prayers as the famous rapper is in a “vegetative state” after a drug overdose and heart attack last week.
“We ask that you keep Earl / DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes and prayers, as well as respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” wrote the rapper’s family (born Earl Simmons) in a statement to People.
Bikers wearing the clothes of their collective “Ruff Ryders” gathered around the White Plains Hospital in Westchester, where the 50-year-old rapper “X Gon ‘Give It to Ya” remains on the life support device and plans to hold a prayer vigil. on Monday.
DMX is currently in a “vegetative state,” his manager, Nakia Walker, told The New York Times on Sunday.
“We are just praying,” said Walker, noting that some of his family members were allowed to visit the Yonkers native at the hospital.
In addition, Walker told BuzzFeed News that the artist “What’s My Name” “is still in the same condition – in a vegetative state, [with] pulmonary and cerebral failure and no brain activity. “
DMX lawyer Murray Richman also told the New York Times that the rapper lived a “difficult life” and used music as an outlet.
“He expressed the pain and suffering in a unique way,” said Richman. “It really is a reflection of an entire segment of our society whose pain and suffering is not recorded.”
Richman added: “He is really an incredible person. He entered a room, he lit up the room. He couldn’t help but make you feel good in his presence. “
The serious news about the rapper from “Where the Hood At” generated a wave of repercussions on social networks, where celebrities asked for prayers for the rapper.