Home News DMX Found Unconscious After Apparant Drug Overdose DMX was found unconscious after an apparent drug overdose, according to TMZ. He was lifeless and needed CPR to return to semi-consciousness. His team is saying it was an asthma attack, but people on the seen saw X take some form of powder. He was given an anti-overdose drug on the scene, which is a telling fact. Lets hope that X can get his life in order after another slip up.