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.
As we have reported over the years, DMX, who was the cornerstone of the Ruff Ryders label, has battled substance abuse and has been to rehab several times. His last rehab stint back in 2019 came after he completed a 12-month sentence for tax evasion.
At the time, we were told DMX hadn't relapsed, but checked himself into rehab out of fear he might again, as he felt temptations to use creep up on him again.
DMX made his return to the stage following rehab in December 2019 when he hit Hakkassan in Las Vegas, chatting it up and taking photos with fans before he hit the stage.
During the Vegas show, he took a moment to tell fans, "When you fall down, get back up, everyone here has been through some s**t and you never know what God is willing to do for you until you need him to do something for you."
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Last we saw him perform was in July 2020, when X faced off with Snoop Dogg in a Verzuz battle which saw more than 500K viewers tune in, proving he still had an incredible ability to bring an audience.
We will, of course, update as information becomes available regarding his current situation.
Shadowolf449 on April 3rd, 2021 at 20:00 UTC »
This’ll probably get lost, but I have a DMX story.
One cold stormy night as a pasty white teen I was driving my shitty Corolla down the highway and my tire blew. I was able to get into a gas station but my jack wasn’t in the trunk. I tried to borrow one off the station, but they said they didn’t have one.
Out of the dark and storm drives this massive black SUV, bass blasting. This guy hops out the back, sees my tire, and comes over to ask if I need help. I explained my story and he immediately went to look for his jack. Turns out it was a rental and didn’t have one, but he offered his phone so I could call home (the station wouldn’t let me use theirs).
The lady that got out of the drivers seat said I must feel lucky, DMX helping me out like this. My face must have looked stupid because she asked “You know who DMX is, right?” I had no clue.
They went into the store, bought their stuff. DMX offered to wait with me, but my mom was close by.
So off they drove into the night. I always meant to look up his music, but to this day I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything.
I will never forget the kindness this man showed to some random kid at 2am in a gas station lot. I know it shouldn’t matter, but his fame makes it mean that much more to me.
I hope you can find peace, friend. Whatever else you had going in your life, when I was at one of my lowest your kindness meant so much.
Cappedomnivore on April 3rd, 2021 at 17:19 UTC »
I saw him years ago at a small club in my town. He was supposed to go on at 10 but didn't hit the stage til after midnight. I knew the club owner and later found out from his daughter he wouldn't go on because he didn't have crack. Apparently send his manager out to a sketchy part of town to find some. The show was amazing.
cannonfunk on April 3rd, 2021 at 15:30 UTC »
So sad. The guy has been struggling with addiction for a long, long time, and for years it's seemed like he might not ever make it out of the woods.
I was always hoping we'd see DMX onstage at some point in the future as an old man, enjoying a late-career resurgence, but this could be the end of the game for him. The guy has lived way too fast and way too hard.