Rapper DMX has died at age 50

Earl Simmons (C), also known as the rapper DMX has passed away at age 50.
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American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, has died at age 50, People magazine reported on Friday, after the musician was hospitalised for what reports said was a heart attack during a drug overdose.