{"id":1390,"date":"2021-04-24T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:55:17","slug":"fact-check-did-rapper-dmx-receive-covid-19-vaccine-days-before-his-deadly-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/fact-check-did-rapper-dmx-receive-covid-19-vaccine-days-before-his-deadly-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rapper DMX receive COVID-19 vaccine days before his deadly heart attack? Here are the facts\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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American rapper, songwriter and actor Rapper Earl Simmons, popularly known by his stage name DMX,  died two weeks ago at the age of 50<\/a> following a heart attack. Social media was flooded with tribute messages for the legendary rapper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also there were a number of posts claiming that DMX received Covid-19 vaccine days before heart attack. Our Factcrescendo team did a fact check about the claim and found out that it is yet another hoax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Facebook User shared a picture of DMX with the caption \u201cDMX Received Covid Vaccine Days before Heart Attack Family Says No Drugs! (EXCLUSIVE)!!!\u201d This was published on 09th<\/sup> of April 2021 (09.04.2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook Link<\/a> | Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Facebook profiles and pages shared this claim with similar narratives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fact Check <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


We checked the mtonews.com<\/a> website, because a screenshot of their website was being shared by most of the profiles to claim DMX received vaccine a week before his unfortunate demise. The news was titled \u201cDMX Received Covid Vaccine Days before Heart Attack \u2013 Family Says NO Drugs! This news article was published on April 8th<\/sup>, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, we noticed that there was an update to the original story on 15th<\/sup> of April and in that they had mentioned that the lawyer representing DMX had told USA TODAY that DMX did not receive the Covid vaccine a week before his heart attack. Lawyer also stated that he \u201cwasn\u2019t sure if DMX received the vaccine before that period\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The updated news article is shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mtonews.com<\/a> | Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the attorney of DMX, Murray Richman had confirmed to ABC New York station WABC<\/a> that the rap star was  in “grave condition,” and was hospitalized in White Plains, New York on 3rd<\/sup> April and was on life support. Statement from the DMX family<\/a> also confirmed this and they never mentioned anything about DMX being administered COVID vaccine a week before his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This news has been shared by a few media organizations in USA (shown below) stating that there is \u201cNO EVIDENCE DMX\u2019S HEARY ATTACK WAS CAUSED BY COVID19 VACCINE\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to News 12<\/a> , the officials at White Plains Hospital made no mention of a COVID-19 vaccine in their statement either, while announcing that DMX died “after suffering a catastrophic cardiac arrest”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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news12.com<\/a> | Archived link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Statesman<\/a>, there have been several instances of false stories published on the MTO website and they have been rated multiple times by Independent fact checkers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From our investigation, we can confirm that there is no evidence to suggest that DMX received a COVID-19 vaccine, a week before his heart attack. DMX’s attorney Murray Richman confirmed that did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine a week before his cardiac arrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DMX\u2019s family statement also does not mention anything about a COVID19 vaccine being administered to the famous rapper, who was on life support during his last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t