The DMX family is asking for prayers, as the famous rapper is in a “vegetative state” after a drug overdose and a heart attack last week.
“Please keep Earl / DMX and us in your thoughts, desires and prayers, as well as respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” the rapper’s family (born Earl Simmons) wrote in a statement to People.
Sports teams of bikers from his “Ruff Ryders” collective have gathered around White Plains Hospital in Westchester, where 50-year-old rapper “X Gon ‘Give It to Ya” continues to maintain vital support and plans do a prayer vigil on Monday.
DMX is currently in a “vegetative state,” its manager, Nakia Walker, told The New York Times on Sunday.
“We’re just praying,” Walker said, noting that some members of his family have been allowed to visit the Yonkers ’honor.
In addition, Walker told BuzzFeed News that the performer of “What’s My Name” is still “in the same condition, in a vegetative state, [with] pulmonary and cerebral insufficiency and without cerebral activity “.
DMX lawyer Murray Richman also told the New York Times that the rapper had lived a “difficult life” and had used music as a way out.
“He expressed the pain and suffering in a very unique way,” Richman said. “It really reflects a whole segment of our society whose pain and suffering are not recorded.”
Richman added: “He really is an amazing person. He entered a room, lit up the room. I couldn’t help but feel good about his presence. “
The serious news about the rapper “Where the Hood” caused an outpouring on social media, where celebrities asked for prayers for the rapper.