Rapper Dark Man X, aka DMX, has died at age 50. The beloved rapper was taken off life support after brain scans showed very little brain activity.
DMX, born Earl Simmons, was admitted to a hospital in White Plains, NY on Friday, April 2, after he suffered a heart attack. Sources told TMZ that the rapper overdosed on drugs.
However, his family said DMX’s heart attack may have been in “reaction to the vaccine”.
In a statement on Thursday, the family said drugs were not involved in the rapper’s condition.
“[DMX] got the vaccine when they opened it up to people over 50. He got it so that he could go travel and perform, stuff like that,” the statement read. “He took that vaccine, and he had a heart attack. I’m not saying the vaccine did it, but he never had a heart attack before.”
DMX rose to fame in the early 1990s after his debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot received critical acclaim. The album sold over 251,000 copies within its first week of release.
DMX’s manager dismissed reports that he is brain dead after comedienne Luenell tweeted that her friend was “gone.”
Luenell caused an uproar on Twitter on Thursday night, April 8, when she tweeted: “It is over. My friend is gone. Soar w/ the (doves emoji). Join the best that ever did it. RIP… DMX.” The post was later deleted.
“RIP DMX” and “Rest in Power DMX” started trending on Twitter.com, causing DMX’s manager Steve Rifkind to deny the rumors.
In a video message, Rifkind said: “Please stop posting these rumors, DMX is still alive. Yes, he is still on life support but it is not helping anybody by seeing these false rumors.”
DMX welcomed his fifteenth child in 2016. He broke down while discussing his mother in a 2012 interview. “Not once has she ever told me she loved me,” he said.
On February 10, 2016, DMX was found unresponsive in a Ramada Inn parking lot in Yonkers. He was revived with Narcan and rushed to a hospital. He told doctors he suffered an asthma attack at the time.
