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DMX has died, as a representative for his family tells Pitchfork. The rapper was hospitalized on April 2 after suffering an apparent drug overdose and subsequent heart attack at his home in White Plains, New York. He was 50 years old. DMX’s family issued the following statement via the press representative: We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, passed away at 50-years-old at White Plains Hospital with his family by […]
In a social media post on Thursday, Rifkind confirmed DMX’s condition following his heart attack last week and called on the public to not spread “false rumors.” He also said that a statement from the family would be coming on Friday. On Sunday, DMX’s former manager Nakia Walker told The New York Times and BuzzFeed that the rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had little to no brain activity or function. On Tuesday, Rikfind said DMX would undergo further […]
More than 200,000 people have signed a petition for LeVar Burton to become the next "Jeopardy!" host. Burton posted the petition on his Twitter page earlier this week. "Between hosting 21 seasons of the educational Reading Rainbow, playing the brainiac engineer Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: the Next Generation, and filling the roll of Kunta Kinte in the ever important mini-series Roots, LeVar Burton has inspired and shaped the minds of several generations of trivia-loving nerds. This petition is […]
