YONKERS, N.Y. — Paramedics and police saved rapstar DMX after he was found lifeless outside a hotel, LOHUD reported.
Ramada Hotel Inn manager Hari Shukla confirmed DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had a medical issue Monday night.
Medics and police rushed to the scene after receiving a call about an unresponsive man in the hotel’s parking lot, Detective Lt. Patrick McCormack told the news site. Simmons was on the ground next to a parked car in a “lifeless condition” with no pulse.
Empress Ambulance personnel performed CPR, administered air through a valve mask and gave Simmons Narcan. Simmons regained breath after a minute.
“The police did a wonderful job,” the rapper’s attorney, Murray Richman, said.