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"Prayer for DMX" was set for 5 p.m. EDT in
front of White Plains Hospital, said supporters using the
hashtag #PrayerForDMX.
A hospital spokeswoman declined to release his condition or even
confirm to Reuters that DMX, 50, who was born Earl Simmons, was
a patient there, citing privacy laws.
His family, in a statement widely reported in celebrity media,
said he was rushed on Friday, April 2, to the facility roughly
30 miles (48 km) north of New York City after "facing serious
health issues."
Known to his fans by his stage name DMX or Dark Man X, Simmons
was reported to be on life support on Monday, according to
RollingStone.
Celebrity publications TMZ and Billboard reported over the
weekend that Simmons, who has had a public history of substance
abuse, was rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack
at his home about 11 p.m. Friday.
Neither his publicist, manager nor his lawyer immediately
responded to Reuters request for comment on the singer and the
reports.
The singer, a fixture in the music world since the 1990s, has
long struggled with illegal drug use and has spoken about
entering rehab in 2019 after serving federal prison time for tax
fraud. He was convicted of failing to pay $1.7 million in taxes
from 2000 to 2005, by shifting money among accounts belonging to
managers and associates.
His rap career had an impressive start, with his debut album in
1998 "It's Dark and Hell is Hot," listed as number one on the
Billboard 200 chart in the United States. It sold more than 5
million copies.
Simmons also has starred in such films as the 1998 crime drama
"Belly," the 2000 action movie "Romeo Must Die," and the 2003
heist film "Cradle 2 the Grave."
(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg in New York; Editing by Nick
Zieminski)
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