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  • DMX Returns To Rehab

    DMX Returns To Rehab

    The announcement was met with supportive comments from several of his peers in the hip-hop industry.

    Veteran rapper DMX has canceled a slate of upcoming live performances and returned to rehab, according to statements issued via his social media account and management.

    Commitment To Family & Sobriety

    According to Rolling Stone, the performer, who has publicly struggled with substance dependency and mental health issues, was absent from several recent high-profile performances prior to the announcement about his return to rehab on October 13, which cited his “commitment to putting family and sobriety first” while also thanking fans for their support.

    The rehab check-in is the second for DMX in the last two years, and comes on the heels of a productive year following his release from prison in January 2019. After serving a year for tax evasion charges, the 48-year-old launched a 32-city tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his debut album, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, including a performance at Coachella in April 2019 before signing with Def Jam Recordings in September 2019. 

    Long-time producer Swizz Beatz, who reunited with DMX for recording sessions in March 2019, said, “It’s going to be a good year for him, God willing. I just want it to happen so he can go to where he been supposed to have went.”

    Rolling Stone noted that DMX was slated to perform at the Rolling Loud festival in New York on October 13, but was not included on the list of performances when it was released that morning. He was also absent from a 35th anniversary party for Def Jam in Brooklyn for “personal reasons,” according to Page Six.

    His Peers Speak Out

    DMX’s announcement, which was posted on his Instagram account, was met with supportive comments from several of his peers in the hip-hop industry, including Def Jam co-founder and Rush Communications CEO/chairman Russell Simmons, who wrote, “Love you and always will Keep your head up,” while rapper Casanova wrote, “Prayers to you my brother.”

    In an interview with GQ in September 2019, DMX (born Earl Simmons) spoke about his motivation after so many ups and downs in his career and personal life.

    “I don’t need to have a goal in mind,” he said. “I just need to have a purpose. And I don’t even know that purpose, because God has given me that purpose since before I was in the womb, so I’m going to fulfill that purpose, whether I want to or not, whether I know it or not, because the story has already been written. If you appreciate the good, then you have to accept the bad.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Two More Men Arrested In Mac Miller Death Investigation

    Two More Men Arrested In Mac Miller Death Investigation

    The third man stands accused of supplying the pills suspected to have caused Mac Miller’s fatal overdose.

    Arizona police have arrested and charged Ryan Reavis and Stephen “Stevie” Walter in connection to the death of rapper Mac Miller, who died of an unintentional overdose a little over a year ago.

    Officers who searched Reavis’ home reportedly found a physician’s prescription pad, prescription pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, plus firearms, ammunition, and a homemade firearm suppressor.

    The search was reportedly part of an investigation into the death of Mac Miller, real name Malcolm James McCormick. According to Havasu News, police issued a number of charges against Reavis, but none of them appear to be connected directly to the overdose death. He is currently being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond. 

    Arrests Follow That of Co-Conspirator

    Stephen Walter was charged with conspiracy and attempt to distribute a controlled substance and is being held without bond. According to Rolling Stone, the criminal complaint against him alleges that Walter provided the counterfeit pills to Cameron James Pettit, who sold them to McCormick days before he died.

    Cameron James Pettit, 28, was arrested in relation to Mac Miller’s death earlier this month. The Hollywood Hills man is accused of providing McCormick with counterfeit oxycodone pills that were laced with the highly potent opioid, fentanyl.

    This drug has been responsible for many of the overdose deaths that have fueled the opioid crisis in recent years.

    According to NBC, Pettit responded to a friend’s text asking how he was doing soon after McCormick’s overdose by saying “I am not great … Most likely I will die in jail.”

    Transcripts of texts messages obtained by police also allegedly show that Pettit asked Walter for “10 blues” (Percocet). Reavis may have been the “runner” who delivered the drugs from Walter to Pettit, and texts reportedly also show Reavis and Pettit arranging a time and place to meet.

    Deadly Combo Of Cocaine, Alcohol & Fentanyl

    McCormick was pronounced dead in his home in Studio City on September 7, 2018 after being found unresponsive by his personal assistant following the overdose. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office found that he died of mixed drug toxicity involving cocaine, alcohol, and fentanyl.

    The rapper had been struggling with addiction for years and expressed his desire to be sober in the 2016 documentary Stopped Making Excuses.

    “I’d rather be the corny white rapper than the drugged-out mess that can’t even get out of his house,” he said. “Overdosing is just not cool. There’s no legendary romance. You don’t go down in history because you overdosed. You just die.”

    McCormick did achieve sobriety for a time in the second half of 2016, but it was speculated that he had relapsed by 2017 when he told W Magazine that “I’ve spent a good time very sober and now I’m just, like, living regularly.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Wendy Williams Talks Cocaine Addiction, Sober Living On "The View"

    Wendy Williams Talks Cocaine Addiction, Sober Living On "The View"

    “It’s been a very, very difficult time,” she said.

    Talk show host and entrepreneur Wendy Williams opened up about her former addiction issues, sober living, and her recent divorce as a guest on The View last Thursday.

    The host of The Wendy Williams Show confirmed her divorce proceedings from her second husband, Kevin Hunter, after he had a baby with another woman. In the difficult period after Williams discovered the infidelity, she spent some time in a sober living house so that she could focus on her future in a supportive environment without certain distractions.

    “It’s been a very, very difficult time,” she said. “I couldn’t talk to my mom. Who wants to burden her? I couldn’t talk to my sister. And most of my girlfriends would have said, ‘You should have left him a longggg time ago.’”

    At the sober living house, she could “plot on” her next steps in a place she described as “rehab where they take your phone and lock it in a safe, so people can’t call me and inject their opinions on my life.”

    From Functioning Addict to Raising A Family

    Williams was addicted to cocaine for many years while she built her career as a radio DJ, partying all night after her shifts at the station.

    “I was a functioning addict. I’d work from 3 in the afternoon until 7 at night, get off and party until 7 in the morning — then sleep until 2, go to the radio station and do it all over again,” she said in an interview with In Touch Magazine.

    This continued until she met her future first husband. Her love for him inspired her to quit without her having to reach a breaking point. She hasn’t touched cocaine for 25 years.

    Williams remained with Hunter for a time while their son, Kevin Hunter, Jr., completed high school and went off to college. However, she had no doubts about divorcing her husband when she found out about the new baby.

    “I didn’t even go back and forth with oh do I stay, maybe there’s marriage counseling or something. Nooooo. You do this? Get out!” she said.

    Future Plans

    She also addressed the rumors that she would be joining The Real Housewives of New York City, saying that although the pay would be nice, “I’m not that girl.” She joked that ABC also asked her to be on The Bachelorette. 

    On the contrary, Williams is focused on getting ready for the 11th season of her long-running talk show, which premieres on September 16.

    “Look, I’ve got the purple chair, I worked all my life to have that,” she said.

    View the original article at thefix.com