Grammy-nominated US rapper DMX has been taken off life support and is breathing on his own after suffering a heart attack - but his condition remains concerning, his lawyer has said.
Rapper DMX photographed on 30 November 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Gritty US rapper DMX was hospitalised and on life support on Saturday after a heart attack, his lawyer Murray Richman told AFP. He was hospitalised at 11 o clock last night at the hospital in White Plains, the New York suburb where he lives, after suffering a heart attack, Richman, who has represented the rapper for 25 years, told AFP. As far as I know, he is still on life support, the lawyer added, saying he was very worried.
Richman said he could not confirm
a report by entertainment website TMZ that the 50-year-old New Yorker, known for his previous battles with drug addiction, had overdosed.
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support on Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital.
“He had a heart attack. He’s quite ill,” Richman said.
Richman said he could not confirm reports that DMX, 50, overdosed on drugs and was not sure what caused the heart attack.
“I’m very sad about it, extremely sad. He’s like my son. He’s just a tremendous person, tremendous entertainer, tremendous human being, and so much to offer, so much to say. Not the run-of-the-mill rapper. A person of great depth,” Richman said.
On Saturday night, the TMZ.com reported that it received
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