Hip hop icon DMX’s life is hanging in the balance after the rapper suffered a drug overdose on Friday night.
According to TMZ, sources close to the artist “As I say” say that the OD occurred at 23:00. Sources added that the overdose caused a heart attack.
DMX, 50, is currently in the critical care unit of a White Plains hospital where he reportedly exhibits “some brain activity.” Another source told TMZ that the artist is currently in a “vegetative state” and doctors have warned that he may not succeed.
Ruff Ryders ’MC has long struggled with drug addiction, and last entered rehab in October 2019.
The rapper claims his addiction problems started when his mentor tricked him into smoking crack at 14 years old.
“I was in Yonkers. This guy, ‘Ready Ron’, was to me like a big brother, ”DMX told his hip-hop star Talib Kweli in his“ Popular Party ”podcast.
“He would rap and I would do the beatbox,” DMX said. “I liked this guy like an big brother.”
One night later, the duo “robbed one night … it was their birthday and we split the money again. I said, “Here you go, go get something nice for your birthday.” So he came back with a blunt wrap, and I’m counting the money, he passes[ed] the forceful “.
Holding back tears, he continued, “I touched the blunt and … I was no longer focused on money. I had never felt that way, I had just invented myself. I later learned that he tied the blunt with crack. “Why would you do that to a child? I knew I was looking at him. Why would you do that to someone looking at you? A monster was born. I wouldn’t do that to my worst enemy. Especially to someone you supposedly love.”
“The person I loved was a snake.”
A DMX representative could not be contacted immediately for comment.