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Sadly, DMX has been hospitalized after a reported drug overdose. According to TMZ, DMX, born Earl Simmons, was rushed to a hospital on April 2, 2021 after his drug use triggered a heart attack. The “Party Up” rapper is reportedly hospitalized at a hospital in White Plains, New York.
Sources told TMZ that DMX has “some brain activity” while another source said he is in a “vegetative state.”
Throughout most of his life, DMX has struggled has substance abuse. He was introduced to crack cocaine at the age of 14 while living in a group home in Yonkers, New York. During a chat with Talib Kweli for his YouTube show, X said after committing a robbery with someone named Ready Ron, he passed him a blunt that was laced with crack cocaine, something that X wasn’t aware of.
“He passed the blunt around and… I hit the blunt,” he said on the Talib Kweli on his People’s Party YouTube show. “I never felt like this before it f***** me up. I later found out that he laced the blunt with crack… Why would you do that to a child? He was like 30 and he knew I looked up to him. Why would you do that to someone who looks up to you? A monster was born. I wouldn’t do that to my worst enemy. Especially to someone that you supposedly love.”
X checked himself into rehab in 2019 after being fearful of relapsing.
“In his ongoing commitment to putting family and sobriety first, DMX has checked himself into a rehab facility,” read an Instagram. “He apologizes for his cancelled shows and thanks his fans for their continued support.”
DMX was released from prison in January 2019 after serving a year in prison for tax evasion, according to CNN.
