Rapper DMX files for bankruptcy, as he owes over $2 million and family support to his 15 children

DMX - real name Earl Simmons - has filed for bankruptcy for the third time since 2009

DMX steps-out, looks in good form attending his gig in NY just days after 'nearly dying in hotel parking lot

It was only days ago he 'nearly died' and was found unconscious, not breathing in the parking lot. But troubled rapper DMX appeared to have made a swift recovery on Thursday, when he was seen arriving at the Lively nightclub in  New York's Meatpacking District.

DMX nearly dead after being found unconscious and not breathing

Rapper DMX was found unconscious in the parking lot of a Ramada Inn in Yonkers, New York on Monday night. The 45-year-old rapper - who has had run-ins with the law for years - was not not breathing and did not have a pulse, according to TMZ. Police stepped in and saved his life.