The 50-year-old rapper was taken to White Plains Hospital after a heart attack on Friday.

The crowd of perhaps hundreds heard prayerful words for the rapper, who was taken to White Plains Hospital Friday night after a heart attack.

"He's iconic," said Tonya Williams, of White Plains, who was among those who gathered for the vigil that started about 5 p.m.

DMX: Rapper fights for life in White Plains after heart attack.

Exodus Simmons, 4, the son Earl Simmons, the rapper known as DMX, sleeps during a prayer vigil for Simmons outside White Plains Hospital, in White Plains, N.Y.

DMX was taken to White Plains Hospital, where he remains on life support.

He was brought to the hospital after suffering a heart attack over the weekend.

Family members of Earl Simmons, the rapper known as DMX, hold a prayer vigil for Simmons outside White Plains Hospital, in White Plains, N.Y

DMX was taken to White Plains Hospital, where he remains on life support

He was brought to the hospital after suffering a heart attack over the weekend

A hospital worker holds his arms up in the sign of an X as he looks down on a prayer for vigil for Earl Simmons, the rapper known as DMX, outside White Plains Hospital, in White Plains, N.Y

DMX was taken to White Plains Hospital, where he remains on life support

He was brought to the hospital after suffering a heart attack over the weekend