DMX was rushed to White Plains Hospital in early April after suffering a reported drug overdose and subsequent heart attack. Although medical professionals attempted to save his life, the Ruff Ryders legend ultimately passed away on April 9 at the age of 50. Now, there’s an official cause of death.
According to Vulture, DMX died from a cocaine-induced heart attack, which caused a lack of blood circulation to the brain.
“It was cardiac arrest for a period of time, so there was no circulation to the brain,” a source at the Westchester County medical examiner office said. “[The acute cocaine intoxication] caused this chain of events.”
Further analysis of DMX’s urine showed the presence of cocaine, but the medical examiner’s office didn’t perform an autopsy. Instead, they determined the cause of death based on previous reports from medical professionals and police.
The source explained someone called 9-1-1 around 10:03 p.m. local time on April 2 and paramedics were dispatched one minute later. They arrived on the scene at 10:09 p.m. and attempted CPR at 10:10 p.m. Thirty to 40 minutes later, he arrived at the hospital by ambulance. His heart was eventually revived, but his brain was already dead.
“His death literally happened immediately because the brain was dead,” the source added. “So obviously, there were a number of days where he was on ventilatory support and so forth in the hospital. However, he was diagnosed brain-dead early on … He never woke up from [a] coma.”
Irv Gotti Addresses DMX 'Bad Dose Of Crack' Comment Backlash
DMX’s unexpected death sent shockwaves through the Hip Hop community, and there was endless speculation on how he actually passed away. Due to his lifelong struggles with substance abuse, the drug overdose theory seemed plausible. But Irv Gotti prematurely spoke on DMX’s cause of death, infuriating people in the process.
“They said it was a bad dose of crack and they said some drug Fentanyl was mixed in with the crack and that’s what made him overdose,” he told 107.5 WGCI in Chicago. “When when he got to the hospital, he got diagnosed with COVID and he couldn’t breathe — you know that COVID messes with your respiratory system — so that’s why he had to get hooked up to the ventilator. But they said before he did, ‘His brain died.’”
Although there was some truth to what he said, Gotti eventually admitted it wasn’t his place. He ultimately issued an apology for the interview after he faced some serious backlash.
“I spoke with @tasherasimmons Who I love also,” he wrote on Instagram. “And I apologized as soon as I seen it went left. I explained to her I was only saying things that I heard reported already. To which she said they don’t know if it’s real yet. They are waiting for the doctors to come back and tell them. Then which I apologized even more … I apologize for talking out of turn.”
Crack
So irv gotti wasnt wrong?
Yeah. All these people commenting like doing cocaine and smoking crack is exactly the same thing or something. It’s kinda different.
Crack is whack in the words of the late Whitney Houston
You realise on a toxicology report it won’t show up as crack, it’ll say cocaine, unless they’re testing for baking soda too lmao
Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug.
They got mad cause Irv called DMX a cokehead, well, looks like he was a cokehead right? Now you got a bunch of kids out there and no money left in your estate. Come on man.
Not fentanyl….we all knew DMX had addiction issues he battled with….what gets me even more is that once, X was on Iyanla’s show, and she told him he’d end up dead….I think she was trying to hit him with some reality, but he refused that help and asked her to leave, on the show.
I remember X on that show. I wish X had just focused on battling the addiction demon for a good 1-2 years like he needed to
Yes the show where X was high as a kite crying like a baby on tv makin a clown out of himself.. they probably paid him like 5-10 grand for the appearance, i guess he really needed the money for that crack.
Some demons are harder to get off your back than others but the messages remain the same. Rest In Peace Big Brother. Reading your book and revisiting the lessons whenever I get a chance. First tattoo got your words on my arm to keep me going when I thought it was time to go. Everybody that got love for X, pray for his family, I pray for y’all. One
Nah it was vaccine
STFU,retard. If that’s the case then go get the booster shot by heading to your nearest gunsmith and take two sawed-off shotgun blasts to the face and call me in the morning….you stupid motherf*****.
He’s obviously joking you fucking retard
Nope although he is a reeeeetard
Yes it’s true. The Ill-Loomy-nutty done keel him wit dey vaxxxines, yo. Dey was scared of a powerful black brotha like X so dey had to keel him.
Brothers get your life right! You cannot preach the word of God and then don’t follow his every word. R.I.P X but my people please smarten up!
That sounds like a horrible way to die. Rest in Peace, X.
LOL you had all these CNN social justice warrior outrage mob folk attacking Gotti for stating the obvious. I wish i could ask those people how tjey feel know? They probably would say that the coroner was racist white supremacist who wears a MAGA hat to work and he lied just to make DMX look bad.” Oh no not DMX he a gud boi he din du nufin'” the moment i read about his death i knew it was coke. Anybody who says they had no idea have their heads so far up they black mama asshole..
It’s called ignorance and he had no right nor was he in the place to say that ignit shit
Very sad….he was fighting demons for years. I wish he had a better outcome in life. If you don’t know what it was like to walk in his shoes then don’t make harsh comments. His pain made great lyrics….I just wish he wasn’t gone so soon!
You are so RIGHT Chele, what you posted so true if you never gone through it you just don’t know it is so sad for his family and all his fans he will be missed deeply rest in peace DMX
SUCKS THAT HE LOST THE BATTLE TO ADDICTION. CALL ME FOOLISH, BUT I WAS ROOTING FOR HIM. RIP
Pablo’s nickel rock killed dude.
Lies his kids said he took the vaccine a week before he went to the hospital so he could tour.thats what killed him
Nah mayn it was the crack rock that done killed him. Let’s call a spade a spade ok.
Guess he wont be singing “Yall gon’ make me lose my mind” anymore