DMX is still on life support at a New York hospital following a heart attack
- Grammy-nominated rapper DMX was hospitalized late Friday after a heart attack.
- TMZ was the first to report DMX was transported to a critical care unit in White Plains, New York.
- DMX's lawyer said he was still on life support Saturday evening.
Grammy-nominated rapper DMX has been hospitalized in a New York critical care unit after suffering a heart attack.
Sources told TMZ and Variety that the rapper, born Earl Simmons, overdosed and had a heart attack while at his home on Friday night.
The 50-year-old rapper was transported to a hospital in White Plains, New York, according to the reports. A source told TMZ he "has some brain activity" and another told the outlet he is in a "vegetative state."
DMX's lawyer, Murray Richman, told Rolling Stone the rapper was still on life support as of Saturday evening and that he was "worried."
Richman had previously told NBC News the rapper was taken off of life support and breathing on his own, but later told Rolling Stone he had been "given wrong information."
Richman also told NBC he did not know the cause of the heart attack, but that "there is a little brain activity."
A source told TMZ the prognosis is "not looking good."
DMX, a Yonkers, New York, native, publicly spoke about his extensive battle with drugs throughout the years, which started when he was a teen, as Billboard previously reported.
The multi-platinum rapper rose to fame in the 1990s with Ruff Ryders and Def Jam record labels. One of his earliest hits was the 1999 single "Party Up (Up In Here)." In July 2020, hundreds of thousands of people tuned in to watch the hip-hop legend in a "Verzuz" battle against Snoop Dogg.
News of the rapper's hospitalization sparked an outpouring of tributes from fans and fellow celebrities.
Ja Rule, Viola Davis, Missy Elliott, and Eminem were among those who posted on Twitter to send prayers to the rapper and his family.