Days after suffering a heart attack, rapper DMX has died, according to US media on Friday.
The hardcore hip-hop star whose ominous, snarling raps chronicled the violence and struggles of the American street was 50 years old.
The rapper´s longtime lawyer confirmed DMX´s death to AFP, after a statement from his family widely shared on social media said the artist born Earl Simmons died after nearly a week on life support following a heart attack.
"Earl was a warrior who fought till the very end," the statement read.
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