Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack: lawyer

Gritty US rapper DMX was hospitalised and on life assist Saturday after a coronary heart assault, his lawyer Murray Richman stated.

“He was hospitalised at 11 o’clock last night at the hospital in White Plains,” the New York suburb the place he lives, after struggling “a heart attack,” Richman, who has represented the rapper for 25 years, instructed AFP.

“As far as I know, he is still on life support,” the lawyer added, saying he was “very worried.”

Richman stated he couldn't affirm a report by leisure web site TMZ that the 50-year-old New Yorker, identified for his earlier battles with drug dependancy, had overdosed.

DMX, whose actual title is Earl Simmons, reigned over the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s with hits together with ‘X Gon’ Give It To Ya’ and ‘Party Up’.

He has launched eight albums, his most up-to-date in 2015, and is amongst hip-hop’s darkest stars, laying his inside demons out for the plenty in hard-driving anthems that gained him business and significant acclaim.

He launched his debut major-label single ‘Get At Me Dog’ in 1998 with Def Jam, which got here off his first studio album ‘It’s Darkish and Hell Is Sizzling’.

The album debuted at primary on Billboard’s high album chart and boasted one other hit single, ‘Ruff Ryders’ Anthem,” ushering in business success that may final for years.

The artist endured a grim childhood, rising up in housing initiatives together with his mom and 5 sisters the place he suffered abuse, and had continued run-ins with the penal system all through his life, even after he achieved superstar.

In November 2017, he pleaded responsible to evading $1.7 million in tax funds between 2002 and 2005 and spent a 12 months in jail.

DMX has suffered from dependancy to medicine together with crack, which he has stated started as early as age 14.

“I didn’t really have anybody to talk to,” he stated in late 2020 in an emotional interview on Talib Kweli’s weekly podcast.

“In the hood, nobody wants to hear that... Talking about your problems is viewed as a sign of weakness, when actually it’s one of the bravest things you can do. One of the bravest things you can do is put it on the table, chop it up, and just let it out.”