Who are DMX’s parents?
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EARL Simmons, also known as DMX, had a tough upbringing in his native Harlem, New York.
The hip-hop star, who earned the nickname "Ruff Ryder", lost his battle for life following a drug overdose on April 9, 2021.
“Children don’t come with a f**king instruction manual,” he wrote, noting later that his mom was "incapable" of looking after him. "Four sisters; I’m the only boy. Maybe she didn’t know what to do with me.”
Along with the rapper's , the entire family was together at his home and friends' homes in the area, not that far from the White Plains Hospital where the rapper was battling for his life.
The rapper's attorney, Murray Richman, said "he has been taken off the life-support system and is breathing on his own. But we are concerned.
"It would be disingenuous of me to suggest that I'm not a worried man at this particular point."
How did DMX suffer a drug overdose?
It is not clear how DMX suffered the overdose or the types and quantities of drugs he had taken.
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DMX had previously spoken about his addiction to crack cocaine, which he said began when he was 14.
The Ruff Riderz Anthem rapper had been in and out of rehab over the years, the most recent time occurring in 2019.