DMX, New York Rapper and Actor, Dies at 50

hollywoodreporter.com:

DMX, the New York rapper behind such iconic songs as "Party Up (Up in Here)" and"X Gon' Give It to Ya" and the star of action movies includingExit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Romeo Must Die, died Friday.

He was 50. DMX,whose real name was Earl Simmons, died at White Plains Hospital in New York after being admittedApril 2 following a drug overdose and subsequent heart attack.

He had been on life support and, according to his former manager, in a "vegetative state." "Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end," read a family statement. "He loved his family with all of his heart, and we cherish the times we spent with him.