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Rapper DMX performs during week five of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at UIC Pavilion on July 23, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. | Streeter Lecka/BIG3/Getty Images
Earl Simmons, known by his rapper name DMX, died on Friday at White Plains Hospital in New York. He was 50 years old.
DMX’s family issued the following statement about his death: We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, passed away at 50-years-old at White Plains Hospital with his family by his side after being placed on life support for the past few days.
Rapper DMX holds up his award after being named Male Entertainer of the Year at the 14th annual Soul Train Music Awards March 4, 2016. | Reuters/Gary Hershorn
Hundreds of supporters of rapper DMX attended a prayer vigil Monday outside the hospital where he is being cared for in White Plains, New York, after he went on life support.
The family of Earl Simmons, also known as rapper DMX, has called for prayer as they hope for a miracle after he reportedly suffered a heart attack and was taken to the hospital last Friday.
“We ask that you please keep Earl/DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes, and prayers as well as respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” his family shared in a statement.
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