DMX suffered a drug overdose Friday night and is currently in the hospital ... and the prognosis is not good.
Sources close to the rapper tell TMZ, the OD occurred at his home at around 11 PM. Our sources say the overdose triggered a heart attack.
DMX was rushed to a hospital in White Plains, New York and is in the critical care unit. We're told he has "some brain activity." Another source says he's in a "vegetative state" and doctors have cautioned he may not make it.
/inb4 "who, I don't listen to rap crap" from the ancient ones on the forum. [Reply]
DMX Received Covid Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack - Family Says NO DRUGS!
LYNDON ABIOYE UPDATED:APR 8, 2021 ORIGINAL:APR 8, 2021
Rap legend DMX, real name Earl Simmons, is currently in the ICU after suffering from a massive heart attack. Early reports speculated that DMX's condition may have been brought about because of an alleged drug overdose.
But MTO News spoke with a member of the Simmons family who believes that it was NOT drugs that caused the heart attack.
In an EXCLUSIVE interview, MTO News spoke with DMX' family member who told us that the rapper received the COVID vaccine about a week before he suffered from the heart attack.
DMX's family member told MTO News, "[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."
New York State opened up the COVID-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 50 in mid March.
And the family member suspects that DMX heart attack could have been a reaction to the vaccine. The family member explained, "Everyone [in the news] keeps saying that [DMX] had a drug overdose. How do they know. I'm in the family and no doctor told me anything about an overdose."
The family member is FURIOUS about the speculation surrounding DMX drug use. She told MTO News, "Yes he had past issues with drugs. But nobody knows that he had an OD. It's f**cked up that its being reported like that."
She told MTO News that she - and the family - are considering taking legal action against news publications prematurely concluding that DMX suffered a drug overdose.
But what is clear - according to the family member - is that DMX did take the Covid vaccine.
The grieving kin explained, "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."
Over 167 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through April 5, 2021. During this time, The CDC received only 2,794 reports of death among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
DMX Received Covid Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack - Family Says NO DRUGS!
LYNDON ABIOYE UPDATED:APR 8, 2021 ORIGINAL:APR 8, 2021
Rap legend DMX, real name Earl Simmons, is currently in the ICU after suffering from a massive heart attack. Early reports speculated that DMX's condition may have been brought about because of an alleged drug overdose.
But MTO News spoke with a member of the Simmons family who believes that it was NOT drugs that caused the heart attack.
In an EXCLUSIVE interview, MTO News spoke with DMX' family member who told us that the rapper received the COVID vaccine about a week before he suffered from the heart attack.
DMX's family member told MTO News, "[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."
New York State opened up the COVID-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 50 in mid March.
And the family member suspects that DMX heart attack could have been a reaction to the vaccine. The family member explained, "Everyone [in the news] keeps saying that [DMX] had a drug overdose. How do they know. I'm in the family and no doctor told me anything about an overdose."
The family member is FURIOUS about the speculation surrounding DMX drug use. She told MTO News, "Yes he had past issues with drugs. But nobody knows that he had an OD. It's f**cked up that its being reported like that."
She told MTO News that she - and the family - are considering taking legal action against news publications prematurely concluding that DMX suffered a drug overdose.
But what is clear - according to the family member - is that DMX did take the Covid vaccine.
The grieving kin explained, "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."
Over 167 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through April 5, 2021. During this time, The CDC received only 2,794 reports of death among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.
Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
Art is always subjective.
While I enjoyed some of biggie's tracks, I never think of him in my top 5.
And I always laugh how easily people forget about Chuck D.
Come on now!!...imo Pac was the best to ever do it but Biggie's flow and charisma was as good as it gets. "You're nobody till somebody kills you" was simply an example of 23 year old master at work. In and out of flow patterns like it was nothing. Nas of course has to be mentioned as does Jay. I also think the run 50 cent had in his prime was up there with most of the big dawgs too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by vailpass:
I liked the innocent stuff. The bitch and ho stuff is as ignorant as it is boring.
How can anyone not like the Fat Boys? :-)
Your example is hilarious. Seriously could be a Cookie Monster rap on Sesame Street. (except, you know, we don't want to encourage childhood obesity. Even though we are not body shaming.) [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Come on now!!...imo Pac was the best to ever do it but Biggie's flow and charisma was as good as it gets. "You're nobody till somebody kills you" was simply an example of 23 year old master at work. In and out of flow patterns like it was nothing. Nas of course has to be mentioned as does Jay. I also think the run 50 cent had in his prime was up there with most of the big dawgs too.
You may be a bit younger than me.
For me, hip hop and rap have always been a combo of the beats and the voice. A lot of 2 pac didnt do it for me cause it didnt make me move (my 2 faves of his being california love and I get around.....which is why I'm also a huge fan of Digital Underground, where many dont know Pac was in).
Beastie Boys' "paul's boutique", is one of the best hip hop albums ever.
But nothing will match the feeling I had when I first heard "it takes a nation of millions" by Public Enemy.
The combo of unique beats/samples and Chuck Ds powerful voice AND flava flav.....c'mon now! :-)
Again, all subjective.
DMX was pretty good, no doubt. I did enjoy Biggie (probably had more hits that I enjoyed than 2 pac if I'm being honest).
But there's been a lot left out of the conversation: Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Common, and can anyone rap faster than Busta or Andre 3000??? And while they were silly, 2 Live Crew had some damn good beats and rhymes. [Reply]
