Prayer vigil held for DMX as rapper fights for life in New York hospital ICU
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the Mount Vernon-born and Yonkers-raised rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was on life support at White Plains Hospital.
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Apr 5, 2021, 1:24 PM
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prayer vigil is being held for rapper DMX as he fights for his life at White
Plains Hospital.
He
has been on life
support since suffering a heart attack Friday night.
In this Sept. 23, 2009, file photo, DMX arrives at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
Fans and friends were there all afternoon, playing his music and
gathering to pray for DMX.
There were so many people there that police had to block off the
street.
DMX may be a rap superstar now, but people who were there still
see him as a local.
He grew up in Yonkers, experienced poverty and played basketball
at the Nepperhan Community Center.
Even though he’s famous now, he’s still known for feeding local
families on Thanksgiving and donating money back to the community center that
raised him.
The 50-year-old rapper was rushed to the hospital after having the
heart attack in his White Plains home.
The official cause hasn’t yet been confirmed, although there are
reports it was related to a drug overdose.
The people at the prayer vigil said they would stay there all
night long.
In this August 2017 photo, DMX, the rapper also known as Earl Simmons, has a cigarette after leaving Manhattan federal court in New York following an appearance in his tax fraud case. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)
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