DMX the 50 year old rap icon has passed after suffering a heart attack at his home on April 2nd that left him in a coma for seven days. DMX is a multiplatinum-selling rapper and actor.
“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,” read a statement from the rapper’s family Friday morning.
DMX at Woodstock ’99. Photograph: Joe Traver/Reuters
