Rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX o Dark Man X, is admitted in serious condition to a hospital in New York after having a heart attack caused by an apparent drug overdose, according to the TMZ and Billboard entertainment portal.
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Publications reported Saturday that Simmons, 50, who has had a public history of substance abuse, was transferred to a hospital in White Plains, New York, after suffering a heart attack at his home at around 11pm on Friday.
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The musician has always made public his fight against drugs and found that he was in rehabilitation in 2019 after serving time in federal prison for tax fraud. A federal court in Manhattan found that he had failed to pay $ 1.7 million in taxes between 2000 and 2005, when transferring money between accounts owned by managers and associates.
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Her debut album in 1998 It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, was listed as number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and sold more than 5 million copies.
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Along with his rap career, Simmons has starred movies like the 1998 crime drama Belly, the 2000 action film Romeo Must Die, and the 2003 film Heist Cradle 2 the Grave.
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