Rapper-actor DMX dies at 50

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NEW YORK (AP) — DMX, the iconic hip-hop artist behind the songs “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here)” whose distinctively gruff voice and thoughtful messages in his rhymes made him one of rap’s biggest stars, has died, according to a family statement Friday. He was 50. The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest,” according to a