DMX died from a cocaine-induced heart attack, according to experts at the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office.
DMX, real name Earl Simmons, was pronounced dead on 9 April (21), days after he fell into a coma following a cardiac incident.
He was 50.
DMX, Getty Image
“It was cardiac arrest for a period of time, so there was no circulation to the brain,” a medical examiner’s office representative tells Vulture. His death literally happened immediately because the brain was dead.
“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.”
