WHITE PLAINS, NY (CelebrityAccess) — Earl Simmons, the rapper popularly known by his stage name DMX, has reportedly been hospitalized in New York on Saturday after he suffered a heart attack while suffering from an apparent drug overdose.
According to TMZ and Billboard, which first reported the incident, Simmons, who has a history of substance abuse, was rushed to a hospital in White Plains after suffering the heart attack at his home on Friday evening.
A rep for Simmons did not immediately respond to CelebrityAccess.
TMZ reported that the rapper is in “grave” condition with some unnamed sources telling the publication that Simmons was in a “vegetative state.”