DMX, electrifying rapper who defined 2000s rap, dies at 50 By Justin Carissimo, Zoe Christen Jones
Updated on: April 9, 2021 / 7:04 PM / CBS News Rapper DMX dies at 50
DMX, the prolific rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, has died nearly a week after suffering a heart attack, his family said in a statement Friday. He was 50 years old.
The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was hospitalized in White Plains, New York, after suffering the heart attack on April 2. He spent roughly a week on life support and was facing what his family called serious health issues.