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In April 2021, news outlets reported that rapper DMX was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. While details of the singer's condition aren't public, many outlets have speculated that DMX, real name Earl Simmons, was hospitalized after an overdose. Simmons' family said in a statement: As fans worried about DMX's condition — former manager Nakia Walker told the New York Times he was in a vegetative state — a video started going viral that purportedly showed DMX talking about his struggles with addiction. This video comes from an interview DMX gave to rapper Talib Kweli on the People's Party show. During this interview, DMX said that about his struggles with addiction and crack started when he was 14 years old, when he unknowingly smoked a marijuana blunt that had been laced with crack. DMX says during this interview that he looked up to a local rapper named Ready Ron as an older brother. While DMX said Ready Ron encouraged his interest in music, they also introduced him to drugs. Here's a partial transcript of DMX's interview: DMX goes on to talk about a night when he and Ready Ron committed a robbery. When they returned and started counting the money, the singer says that this person offered him a rolled up blunt. DMX said: You can see this full episode of The People's Party below:
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