DMX’s traumatic childhood explained: Inside rapper’s struggles with family and drugs before ‘overdose’ & heart attack

Published Apr 07 2021 at 10:44 PM GMT

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DMX endured a traumatic childhood rife with family struggles drugs "'years before he had a heart attack “triggered by an overdose.” The hip-hop legend known as “Ruff Ryder” is currently in a battle for his life and in a “vegetative state”'at White Plains Hospital in New York while friends, family, and fans anxiously wait for.