DMX is said to be breathing on his own having been on life support earlier
Rapper was hospitalized after suffering a drug overdose at his home Friday
He was reported to be in critical care and said to be in a vegetative state
The 50-year-old reportedly OD d at 11pm on Friday night and was rushed to the hospital in White Plains, New York but he was without oxygen for half an hour
The star, one of the biggest rappers of the 90s, is known to have battled substances abuse over the years
Prayer vigil planned for stricken rapper DMX
April 4, 2021
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2009, file photo, DMX arrives at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York. DMX s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday, April 3, 2021 at White Plains Hospital. He had a heart attack. He s quite ill, Richman said.Peter Kramer/AP
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) A prayer vigil was planned for Monday outside the suburban New York hospital where rapper DMX remained on life support Sunday following a heart attack.
The family of the rapper said in an email Sunday that the vigil will be held outside White Plains Hospital at 5 p.m.
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The group of fans gathered outside White Plains Hospital in New York Sunday
They played his music after the 50-year-old suffered a heart attack
Sources told TMZ that the star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, overdosed around 11pm on Friday and was rushed to the hospital where he is in critical care
Footage taken outside the hospital Sunday by a Fox5 reporter shows the supporters gathering together wearing Ruff Ryders merchandise
Doctors have said the rapper s prognosis is poor while family members have said his life hangs in the balance and his 15 children are said to be by his bedside