The DMX family is asking for prayers because the famous rapper is in a “vegetative state” following a drug overdose and a heart attack last week.
“Please keep Earl / DMX and us in your thoughts, desires and prayers, and respect our privacy as we face these challenges,” the rapper’s family (born Earl Simmons) wrote in a statement. addressed to the People.
The sports equipment of the motorcyclists from his team “Ruff Ryders” gathered around White Plains Hospital in Westchester, where the 50-year-old rapper “X Gon ‘Give It to Ya” remains in support of life and intends to organize a vigil prayer Monday.
DMX is currently in a “vegetative state,” its manager, Nakia Walker, told The New York Times on Sunday.
“We’re just praying,” Walker said, noting that some members of his family were allowed to visit the Yonkers native in the hospital.
In addition, Walker told BuzzFeed News that the “What’s My Name” interpreter is “still in the same state – vegetative, [with] pulmonary and cerebral insufficiency and without cerebral activity. ”
DMX lawyer Murray Richman also told the New York Times that the rapper lived a “difficult life” and used music as an outlet.
“He expressed the pain and suffering in a very unique way,” Richman said. “It really reflects an entire segment of our society whose pain and suffering are not recorded.”
Richman added: “He is truly an amazing person. He entered a room, lit up the room. He couldn’t help but make you feel good in his presence. “
The serious news about the rapper “Where the Hood At” caused an outpouring on social networks, where the stars asked for prayers for the rapper.