DMX was hospitalized after suffering a drug overdose.
Sources told TMZ that the 50-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, overdosed around 11 pm on Friday, also triggering a heart attack.
The agency said DMX was rushed to a hospital in White Plains, New York, and is in the intensive care unit with “some brain activity”. A source said he was in a “vegetative state”.
Representatives of the hip-hop star did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request on Saturday.
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Stars Missy Elliot and Viola Davis reacted to the news on social media shortly after the reports surfaced. “Prayers for DMX and his family,” wrote Elliot. Davis also tweeted that she was “praying for DMX”.
The rapper “Party Up (Up in Here)” is known to have previously fought substance abuse. The report states that he completed rehabilitation for the last time in 2019, after serving a one-year prison sentence for tax evasion. At the time, the rapper claimed that the rehabilitation period was not the result of a relapse, but a preventive measure.
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The rapper DMX performs on stage during the 10th Annual Musicfest ONE at Centennial Olympic Park on September 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Last April, the rap legend presented a Bible study that reached more than 14,000 viewers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“A time to hug and a time to avoid hugging,” said DMX of quarantine and social detachment. “A time for hugs and a time to avoid hugs. What! Come on.”
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He addressed sermons telling his audience to keep their faith and believe in the will of God.
“At the end of the day, at the beginning of the day, it will be God’s will,” he said. “If you try to understand why He does, what He does, you will just end up with a headache. Just do the right thing.”