DMX Suffers Overdose
INDIO, CA - APRIL 17: DMX performs onstage with DJ Snake during day 1 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at The Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2015 in Indio, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images for Coachella)
Gossip web site TMZ reports that legendary rapper DMX has suffered a drug overdose.
They report that the rapper overdosed on Friday night and is currently in the hospital, and that the prognosis looks dire. The gossip site reports that the OD occurred at his home at around 11 PM and that the overdose triggered a heart attack.
DMX was rushed to a hospital in White Plains, New York and is in the critical care unit. They report that he has “some brain activity” but that he is in a “vegetative state.”
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