Rapper DMX hospitalized in “grave condition”: Attorney

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Multiplatinum rapper DMX has been hospitalized in grave condition, according to his lawyer.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, is currently in a White Plains, New York, hospital after suffering a heart attack, attorney Murray Richman confirmed to ABC New York station WABC Saturday afternoon.

“I received the call this morning that he was in the hospital,” Richman told the station, saying he spoke to his client’s family about his condition. “He is in grave condition, whatever that means. That’s exactly what I’ve been told.”

There were signs of improvement later in the day, though. The rapper