DMX PHOENIX - DMX, the raspy-voiced hip-hop artist who produced the songs "Ruff Ryders’ Anthem" and "Party Up (Up in Here)" and who rapped with a trademark delivery that was often paired with growls, barks and "What!" as an ad-lib, has died, according to a statement from his family.
He was 50.According to earlier media reports, DMX, whose real name was Earl Simmons, was taken to the hospital following a heart attack.The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering "catastrophic cardiac arrest," according to the hospital in White Plains, New York, where he died.