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NY medics, police revive rapper DMX after opiate overdose

First responders were able to revive the rapper after he was found unresponsive outside a hotel

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.