DMX, seen performing in Atlanta in 2019, is breathing on his own after suffering a heart attack, his lawyer tells Page Six. Prince Williams/Wireimage
DMX remained on life support Saturday afternoon at a Westchester hospital after suffering a heart attack, his lawyer told Page Six.
The 50-year-old “X Gon Give It to Ya” rapper was taken to White Plains Hospital around 11 p.m. Friday from his nearby home, and initially placed on a ventilator, attorney Murray Richman said.
“He was taken off life support around 3 p.m.,” Richman said. “At the moment, he’s breathing on his own. A lot of people are gathering at the hospital.”
DMX’s first wife and at least some of his 15 children are at the hospital with him, the attorney said.
The lawyer could not confirm a TMZ report that the rapper, who was born Earl Simmons, suffered the heart attack after an apparent overdose.
“I refuse to vouch for that because I have no personal knowledge,” the lawyer said.
The grave news about the “Where the Hood At” rapper sparked an outpouring across social media, where celebrities asked for prayers for the Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers.
WHITE PLAINS, New York — Rapper DMX is on life support in a New York hospital and in grave condition, according to his family.
DMX’s attorney, Murray Richman, said the hip hop artist, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had a heart attack.
“I received a call this morning that Earl Simmons was in the hospital, at the White Plains Hospital, and that he had had a heart attack, and I’m not sure how it was induced and that he’s on life support,” Richman said.
Richman did not say if the rapper suffered an overdose, as has been reported by a number of outlets. “I’ve spoken to the family and the family and I are quite close with each other. I am concerned about his well-being and mindful of his significance. I have known Earl for over 25 years and I believe that his music is quite poignant, very important. He’s truly a poet of our time,” Richman said.
Richman said Simmons had been in the midst of making a movie.
Well wishes came pouring in on social media Saturday from many celebrities.
Hip hop producer Eric B and fellow rapper Missy Elliott asked their followers to pray for DMX.
Please pray, send healing energy, whatever positive vibes you can for #DMX 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 🖤🖤🖤
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) April 3, 2021
Prayers out for DMX, we’re praying for you brother
— Tracy Morgan (@TracyMorgan) April 3, 2021
Praying for DMX 💔💛🙏🏿
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) April 3, 2021
Today is 4/3/21 – it’s only right that we celebrate the talent and genius of my brother @DMX on the 4,3,2,1 song. We Love you X get well fast. 🙏🏾✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/2YejrFdo5E
DMX is reportedly hospitalized after suffering a drug overdose.
Sources told TMZ that the 50-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, suffered an overdose at around 11 p.m. Friday, also triggering a heart attack.
The outlet said DMX was rushed to a hospital in White Plains, New York, and is in the critical care unit with “some brain activity.” One source claimed he’s in a “vegetative state.”
Reps for the hip-hop star did not immediately return Fox News’ request for comment Saturday.
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Stars Missy Elliot and Viola Davis reacted to the news on social media shortly after reports surfaced. “Prayers for DMX and his family,” Elliot wrote. Davis also tweeted that she was “praying for DMX.”
The “Party Up (Up in Here)” rapper is known to have previously battled substance abuse. The report states he last completed rehab in 2019 after serving a one-year prison sentence for tax evasion. At the time, the rapper claimed the rehab stint was not a result of a relapse and instead was a preventative measure.
DMX ALLOWED TO HEAR HIS SONG ‘SLIPPIN’ IN COURT BEFORE GETTING ONE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR TAX FRAUD ADMISSION
Rapper DMX performs onstage during 10th Annual ONE Musicfest at Centennial Olympic Park on September 08, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)
Last April, the rap legend hosted a Bible study reaching over 14,000 viewers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“A time for embracing, and a time to avoid embracing,” DMX said about quarantine and social distancing. “A time for embraces and time for avoiding embraces. What! Come on.”
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He led sermons telling his audience to keep the faith and believe in the will of God.
“At the end of the day, at the beginning of the day, it’s going to be God’s will,” he said. “If you try to understand why He does, what He does, you’re just going to end up with a headache. Just do the right thing.”
Rapper OG YD is identified as victim in fatal freeway shooting in his native San Diego
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Authorities in San Diego on Thursday identified rapper Martell ‘OG YD’ Dean as a victim in a fatal freeway shooting in his native San Diego.
Dean, 37, was one of three people in a vehicle traveling on the southbound Interstate 805 that was shot at, the California Highway Patrol told The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Two people were shot during the incident, which took place at around 2:20 a.m. Saturday near Imperial Avenue, police said.
Details: Authorities identified rapper Martell ‘OG YD’ Dean, 37, as the victim in a fatal freeway shooting on in his native San Diego
Dean died at a hospital, while the other shooting victim was expected to make a recovery, police said.
In video from OnScene TV, first responders were seen tending to Dean alongside a white Dodge Charger that was riddled with bullet holes.
In the clip, another man was seen bleeding with a cloth tied on his arm.
OG YD had success on his YouTube account, with nearly 10,000 views on the video for his track Tag, and more than 8,000 views for his track Came From Nothin.
Details: Dean died at a hospital, while the other shooting victim was expected to make a recovery
OG YD had success on his YouTube account , with nearly 10,000 views on the video for his track Tag, and more than 8,000 views for his track Came From Nothin
CHP Officer Mary Bailey told the paper that no suspect has been identified in the ongoing probe.
Those who have information about the incident are asked to contact Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477, or CHP investigators at 858-650-3600.
A Spanish rapper is accused of hacking off his roommate’s penis with a 12-inch kitchen knife as part of a gruesome attempt to get attention on social media, according to reports.
Aaron Beltran allegedly made a deal with Andrew Breach, an Oxford-educated British teacher, to amputate his manhood — with Breach agreeing to pay a fee depending on how many times the video was shared on YouTube, the Independent reported.
The payout ranged from £173, or about $240, to a maximum of £2,164, or about $3,000, according to the report.
Beltran now faces four and a half years behind bars if convicted of carrying out the grisly act in Zaragoza, Spain, in March 2019, the newspaper said.
“On the afternoon of March 8, just before 7:15 p.m. when both men were in the victim’s bedroom, Andrew tied his pajama cord round the bottom of his penis to avoid hemorrhaging,” the indictment reads, the Sun reported.
“The accused, who was sat on a chair in front of him, cut his penis with a 12-inch kitchen knife which was never found because the accused got rid of it.”
A police officer told the court in eastern Spain that he found Breach, 35, who taught at a local language academy, bleeding heavily after the gory stunt.
Another officer said Breach had wanted to sever his penis because he did not feel like he was completely male.
Prosecutors say the amputation was consensual but argue that Beltran still bears criminal responsibility.Youtube
“When interviewing the victim in hospital he told us the accused cut off his penis. Andrew said he did not feel 100 percent a man and wanted to get rid of his penis,” the cop told the court.
“He agreed on a deal with the accused to pay him €200 which would depend on how many views the video of the amputation received on YouTube. It was done on the basis of hits,” the cop added.
Surgeons managed to reattach the penis, which is now fully functional, according to the Independent.
Breach spent three weeks in the hospital and then returned to the UK.
Prosecutors admit the amputation was consensual but argue that Beltran still bears criminal responsibility.
Meanwhile, Breach claimed in court he had cut off his own penis, contradicting his sworn statement that Beltran was responsible.
“I cut off my own penis. I was unwell. It was myself,” he said, adding that he had felt pressure from police to blame his roommate. Police denied his claim.
Prosecutors have accepted that Breach suffers from gender dysphoria, the outlet reported.
Local reports around the time of the amputation said the two men drank four bottles of wine and took Valium to gather the courage to go through with it, the Sun reported.
Beltran, who spent four months in prison before being released on bail, goes by the artistic name Sanatorio del Atico — or Attic Sanatorium.
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Bobby Shmurda is gearing up for his release from prison — and, thanks to fellow rapper Quavo, he’s already secured a ride home.
In an interview with Billboard published Monday, the Migos member, whose real name is Quavious Keyate Marshall, revealed he’ll be picking up Shmurda from prison, following his release on Tuesday.
“I’m going to get my guy,” said Quavo. “I’m personally gonna go pick up Bobby Shmurda. I’m bout to go get him. I’m gonna let him show you how I’m gonna pick him up, yessir.”
And according to Quavo, the viral hip-hop sensation is already looking forward to his return to music.
“It’s gonna be big,” he said.
In 2016, Shmurda, a rapper once on the rise thanks to a viral 2014 music video that popularized the “Shmoney dance,” was sentenced to seven years in prison after a guilty plea on charges he conspired with a violent drug gang (a plea he claimed he was railroaded into taking). According to Billboard and NPR, he is set for a conditional release from New York prison on Tuesday.
Shmurda thanked his fans “for remaining loyal” throughout his sentence in a message posted on his Instagram Story Monday.
“I love you all and look forward to seeing you all soon,” he added. The rapper also posted a scene from the movie “King of New York” on Instagram Monday and wrote, “How the (expletive) y’all forget about me”
The 26-year-old Shmurda, whose birth name is Ackquille Pollard, is best known for “Hot Boy,” a gritty hit song with rhymes about gunplay. He and Chad “Rowdy Rebel” Marshall — another hip-hop artist who also pleaded guilty in the same case — gained notoriety with their performance in the “Shmoney Dance” video, which has about 29 million YouTube views as of Monday.
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Authorities arrested Shmurda in late 2014 after he left a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall, only days after he performed “Hot Boy” for a national television audience on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Investigators found two handguns and a small amount of crack cocaine in a car in which he was riding, authorities said.
An indictment charged Shmurda and more than 15 defendants with a variety of crimes including murder, attempted murder, assault and drug dealing. Shootings by the gang left one rival dead, injured an innocent bystander sitting on a folding chair outside a Brooklyn home and caused pandemonium outside a nightclub in Miami Beach, Florida, authorities said.
The court papers alleged that Shmurda once fired a gun toward a crowd of people outside a barbershop in Brooklyn. They also said he was present during a 2015 confrontation between rival drug gangs outside a Brooklyn courthouse where shots were fired.
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The 23-year-old, whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, was arrested Monday after police investigated the death of his 34-year-old cousin, Frederick Rooks, according to a statement from the DeKalb County Police Department.
Police responded to a call about a shooting on January 21 and found Rooks with multiple gunshot wounds lying on a road in the Atlanta area suburb of Panthersville, according to an incident report from DeKalb County police. Rooks was pronounced dead at the scene, the report stated.
Security camera footage from nearby homes captured at least one gun shot before several vehicles fled the scene at high speeds, according to the report.
Police said in a statement that Silentó was later identified as a suspect.
Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the shooting.
Silentó was booked into jail on Monday and is currently being held there on a murder charge, jail records show. Authorities charged him with felony murder.
CNN has reached out to representatives for Silentó.
Silentó has faced several run-ins with the law in recent months.
Last October, the rapper was arrested in Atlanta after driving 143 mph in a 65-mph zone, according to a DeKalb County Police Department incident report. He was given citations for reckless driving, speeding, failure to maintain lane and improper stopping, jail records show. The charges are still pending, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
He was also charged in September in Los Angeles with threatening two people with a hatchet. Prosecutors said that he reportedly walked into a stranger’s unlocked home on August 29 and attempted to hit two people with a hatchet before one of them disarmed him. Silentó pleaded not guilty, and the case is still pending, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
CNN’s Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.
An Atlanta rapper, known for the 2015 hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” was arrested Monday for the alleged murder of his cousin, according to authorities.
Silentó, whose real name is Richard “Ricky” Lamar Hawk, was charged in the murder of Frederick Rooks, 34, and is being held in DeKalb County jail, authorities said.
Officers found Rooks suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in an Atlanta area roadway on Jan. 21, according to the DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD). He was pronounced dead at the scene.
RAPPER SILENTO CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TWO STRANGERS WITH A HATCHET
A DKPD investigation later identified Hawk, 23, as the suspect, police said.
“Investigators are still working to uncover the motive for the shooting,” according to the department.
Rapper Silento poses for a portrait in New York on July 21, 2015.(Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File)
Silentó has a history of legal issues. He was arrested last October and accused of driving 143 mph on a Georgia highway.
RAPPER SILENTO ARRESTED AFTER GOING 143 MPH ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY, TELLS POLICE HE’S NOT ‘A REGULAR PERSON’
In September, the rapper was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly attempted to attack two people in their home with a hatchet.
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“Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rose to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has been viewed nearly 1.8 billion times on YouTube.
Fox News’ Tyler McCarthy and Jessica Napoli contributed to this report
Rapper Bad Bunny is set to perform his “Booker T” single at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view this Sunday.
We noted a few months back that the Grammy Award nominated rapper had released the “Booker T” single to pay tribute to the WWE Hall of Famer. Booker even appears in a new music video for the single, which you can see above. WWE announced this afternoon that Bad Bunny will make his first-ever live performance of the single, from his history-making album, at Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
“Performing at the Royal Rumble is a childhood dream come true,” Bad Bunny said in a press release. “I have been a lifelong fan of WWE and I am excited to take the stage and entertain fans around the world.”
Stay tuned for more on Sunday’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. Below is WWE’s announcement on the Bad Bunny performance:
Bad Bunny to perform live at Royal Rumble this Sunday
STAMFORD, Conn., January 25, 2020 – Multi-platinum recording artist and international superstar Bad Bunny will perform his hit single “Booker T” off his new album “El Último Tour Del Mundo” live for the first time at Royal Rumble this Sunday, Jan. 31 streaming live on WWE Network at 7 pm ET, as early reported by Billboard.
“Performing at the Royal Rumble is a childhood dream come true,” said Bad Bunny. “I have been a lifelong fan of WWE and I am excited to take the stage and entertain fans around the world.”
“Bad Bunny is at the top of the music industry, and a pop culture icon with strong ties to WWE and our fans around the world,” said Neil Lawi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, WWE Music Group. “We are thrilled to provide a global platform for his first-ever live performance of ‘Booker T’ as we kick off the road to WrestleMania.”
Bad Bunny has taken over the global music scene as one of the most respected and talented singer-songwriters and producers of this generation. Declared the #1 artist globally of 2020 by Spotify, he has won multiple Latin Grammy Awards, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards for Best Reggaeton Performance, Artist of the Year and Top Latin Album of the Year among others.
Bad Bunny’s most recent and third album of 2020, “El Último Tour Del Mundo” debuted at #1 on the “Billboard 200” chart, the first all-Spanish-language album to reach #1 in the 64-year history of the all-genre chart, as well as #1 on Apple Music’s global “Top Albums” chart for all genres.
