DMX was taken to hospital on Wednesday during a bad bout of food poisoning.

The hip-hop star tells TMZ.com he began feeling unwell after eating some "bad shrimp" shortly before boarding a plane from Miami, Florida to Charlotte, North Carolina.

He began vomiting during the flight and was immediately taken by limousine to Gaston Memorial Hospital in Charlotte upon landing.

DMX spent four hours receiving treatment in the emergency room before he was discharged and sent home to recover.

Before Drake was an international superstar rapper he was an actor, with his most notable role being "Jimmy Brooks" on the teen soap opera, Degrassi. However, Drake is preparing for big acting roles, which he recently spoke about with Vh1.

"I've been reading scripts for a while. I want to do something great. I really want to do something a movie specifically for my culture, the younger people that are still in tune with everything going on. I'm actually writing with my friends right now -- they have a production company called By Any Means Necessary, so we're writing together trying to figure out the right movie. [Ideal role?] Something that's not a rapper or a basketball player, which is all the scripts that I get. [laughs]"