DMX is currently in a “vegetative state,” his former manager, Nakia Walker, told the New York Times on Sunday. The update comes after the rapper suffered a heart attack on Friday night and was admitted to White Plains Hospital in New York.
“We’re just praying,” Walker said, adding that some of the rapper’s (born Earl Simmons) relatives have been allowed to see him in the hospital. She also told Buzzfeed News that DMX is “still in the same condition — in a vegetative state, [with] lung and brain failure and no brain activity.”
He’s “facing serious health issues,” his family said in a statement to PEOPLE.
The artist’s attorney, Murray Richman, previously confirmed to NBC News that DMX was admitted to the ICU after a heart attack, and he had to be resuscitated and put on life support. The lawyer did not know what caused the heart attack and was unable to confirm TMZ‘s report about an alleged drug overdose.
Previously, there were conflicting reports that DMX was off life support and breathing on his own, but Richman told Rolling Stone that he was “given wrong information.”
On Saturday, DMX’s family issued a statement about his status and thanked fans for their support.
“Last night Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at home. At this time he remains in ICU in critical condition. Earl has been a warrior his entire life. This situation represents yet another road he must conquer,” they told TMZ.
