US rapper DMX dies in hospital aged 50

By By Nick Zieminski
Updated April 10 2021 - 8:12am, first published 8:10am
Grammy-nominated US rapper DMX has died after suffering "catastrophic cardiac arrest".
Grammy-nominated US rapper DMX has died after suffering "catastrophic cardiac arrest".

American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, has died, his record label says, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose. He was 50 years old.

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