Funk Flex has some strong opinions on DMXโs current predicament. The Ruff Ryders legend has been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at White Plains Hospital in New York since Friday (April 2) after suffering a reported drug overdose and subsequent heart attack.
DMX has been public about his struggles with substance abuse issues in the past and the Hot 97 radio personality believes someone likely knew X was suffering and shouldโve stepped in sooner.
โThe music business is a gorilla,โ Funk Flex told Page Six. โItโs a bottomless pit of happiness or depression. I donโt wanna say people donโt help you, but I do want to say there are people who actually know [when a star is struggling, but donโt help] sometimes.
โYou donโt always get the best help when money is being made. Itโs rough for someone like a DMX who may be in a mental and emotional state of childhood trauma that has happened to him and then being thrown into the money and fame.โ
During a candid interview last November, DMX confessed he was tricked into smoking crack at just 14 years old and realized a โmonster was bornโ that day. That moment in his life served as the catalyst to his battle with addiction. X has been to drug rehab numerous times, as recently as October 2019, but the fight continues.
Funk Flex is apparently sick of fake friends whoโve seized the moment to share a photo of themselves with DMX on social media but havenโt actually reached out to the veteran rapper in years.
โPeople can find the pictureโฆ that they had with the person thatโs going through a tragedy in 30 seconds, but you havenโt called that person in 10 years,โ he added. โLet me see the picture of you when you went afterwards to his house because you was so concerned. I never see that picture where they go to the house.
