He would spend only six weeks in jail after accepting a plea deal.Ī lengthy rap sheet, getting his first taste of jail in 1986. Him, they found a handgun, nightstick, 20 rocks of crack cocaine, Oxycodone,Īnd Diazepam.
Was also arrested after he and an accomplice tried to steal a man’s car from Had to put tour plans on hold to re-enter treatment. A medic managed to revive him after he stopped breathing and had no pulse. In 2016, he almost died after he sufferedĪ drug overdose in a New York parking lot.īreathing and had no pulse after suffering collapsing in a New York parking Open this door and start dealing with this sh*t right now before it comes outĪt the wrong time and I just have a meltdown… that’s what’s helped with addictionĭrug troubles have been in the news. Smoked his first blunt when he was eight years old. Never know when the things you stored away are going to come out and just fallĪll over the place…” said the entertainer who previously revealed that he “I never felt like this before, it f***ed me up. The Ruff Ryders Anthem rapper, who cancelled his 20th-anniversary tour last year to check into rehab, said that that his addiction to drugs has been a real struggle, and he is still trying to get better. Why would you do that to someone who looks up to I later found out that he laced theīlunt with crack… Why would you do that to a child? He was like 30, and he “I neverįelt like this before, it f***ed me up. In a November 2020 interview, Simmons shared that the first time he used Crack Cocaine he was only 14 years old. Passed the blunt around and… I hit the blunt,” DMX said. DMX Battle With Addiction Simmons has been open about his substance abuse and how it has influenced his life. He said that he initially had no idea what he had smoked. I later found out that he laced the blunt with crack… Why would you do that to a child? He was like 30 and he knew I looked up to him.With Talib Kweli on his People’s Party show, he explained that his troublesīegan at 14 years old when he smoked a ‘crack-laced blunt’ that was given to … And he came back with a blunt rolled up … and he passed the blunt around … and I hit the blunt … I never felt like this before it f-ed me up. When they returned and started counting the money, the singer says that this person offered him a rolled up blunt. I mean I’m 14 years old.”ĭMX goes on to talk about a night when he and Ready Ron committed a robbery. And the curse aspect of it was… I didn’t smoke cigarettes, I didn’t smoke weed, I didn’t do anything. I looked up to him like an older brother… This guy he introduced me to what would be the best part of my life, which would be the rap, but he also (inaudible) I think my life is blessed with a curse. This guy Ready Ron, he was like an older brother to me. Here’s a partial transcript of DMX’s interview: During this interview, DMX said that about his struggles with addiction and crack started when he was 14 years old, when he unknowingly smoked a marijuana blunt that had been laced with crack.ĭMX says during this interview that he looked up to a local rapper named Ready Ron as an “older brother.” While DMX said Ready Ron encouraged his interest in music, they also introduced him to drugs. This video comes from an interview DMX gave to rapper Talib Kweli on the “People’s Party” show.
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