The rapper and actor
DMX was rushed to a hospital in White Plains, New York on Friday, after an overdose triggered a heart attack, according to TMZ. A source told the outlet that the performer was in a "vegetative state."
Word of his condition spread on Saturday when
Eric B. of the group Eric B. & Rakim uploaded an image of himself with the 50-year-old star, with the caption "Please pray for my brother DMX" followed by hashtags #dmx #ericb #dmxhospitalized.
DMX, born Earl Simmons, has spoken about his issues with addiction in the past. On a recent podcast with
Talib Kweli, he said that a mentor tricked him into smoking crack when he was only 14. " I later found out that he laced the blunt with crack. Why would you do that to a child?" he asked. In October 2019 he cancelled tour dates to check himself into a drug rehabilitation clinic.