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| ‘Please stop posting rumors’: Manager quashes claims DMX is dead, says rapper still on life support after heart attack | ‘Please stop posting rumors’: Manager quashes claims DMX is dead, says rapper still on life support after heart attack |
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| American rapper DMX is alive and on life support, his manager said, pouring cold water on rumors of his demise after a comedian’s Instagram post sparked an outpouring of condolences online. | American rapper DMX is alive and on life support, his manager said, pouring cold water on rumors of his demise after a comedian’s Instagram post sparked an outpouring of condolences online. |
| “Everybody, please stop with posting these rumors,” manager Steve Rifkind pleaded in a video posted to social media on Thursday. | “Everybody, please stop with posting these rumors,” manager Steve Rifkind pleaded in a video posted to social media on Thursday. |
| Born Earl Simmons, the 50-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper suffered a heart attack last week, reportedly related to a drug overdose, and has been in critical condition since. Another of his managers, Nakia Walker, told the New York Times last Sunday that he is in a “vegetative state.” | Born Earl Simmons, the 50-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper suffered a heart attack last week, reportedly related to a drug overdose, and has been in critical condition since. Another of his managers, Nakia Walker, told the New York Times last Sunday that he is in a “vegetative state.” |
| Friday’s rumor mill appeared to be kicked off by comedian Luenell Campbell, who took to Instagram with a post mourning the artist’s death. She later deleted the missive and issued a clarification, saying “when your spirit leaves and your organs fail you, the body becomes just a shell… That’s what I call gone. I’m sorry to all.” | Friday’s rumor mill appeared to be kicked off by comedian Luenell Campbell, who took to Instagram with a post mourning the artist’s death. She later deleted the missive and issued a clarification, saying “when your spirit leaves and your organs fail you, the body becomes just a shell… That’s what I call gone. I’m sorry to all.” |
| The correction, as well as Rifkind’s appeal for netizens to stop spreading rumors, did little to tamp down on the claims, however, with “RIP DMX” remaining in the number-two spot in the Twitter trends later on Thursday night. | The correction, as well as Rifkind’s appeal for netizens to stop spreading rumors, did little to tamp down on the claims, however, with “RIP DMX” remaining in the number-two spot in the Twitter trends later on Thursday night. |
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