It was while at the hospital that Schrody had a heart attack, a result not of rumored substance abuse (he had quit drinking two years prior), but a culmination of a heart condition he had as a child. He awoke after three days with an artificial heart valve and, at 28, recovered steadily. By 1996, Everlast had converted from Catholicism to Islam. In a 2011 interview he stated, "even though I would consider myself still to be Muslim, I don't really. I really kinda reject all organized religion... when a bunch of people get together and are spiritual and they feel good about each other, great things can happen. But when you start enforcing your philosophy and ideals on other people who don’t necessarily share them all, it turns into Palestine and Israel, and all these kinds of things. Ya know? Indians and Pakistanis, ya know?" Also in 2015 he said, "To me, Islam is mine. Allah is God of all the worlds, and all mankind and all the Alameen (worlds/universe). Islam is my personal relationship with God. So nobody can put any more pressure on me than I can put on myself. But as far as the mosque where I pray, I have never felt more at home or more welcome." Musical style and influences After having previously established himself as a rapper earlier in his career, Everlast subsequently reinvented himself with a new sound that fused acoustic rock, folk, blues and hip hop under the alias Whitey Ford. According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "Nobody ever would have guessed that the leader of House of Pain would come back after a bout of obscurity and a serious heart attack to reinvent himself as a hip-hop troubadour, rasping out bluesy folk-rock to a steady-rolling beat." Everlast's influences include N.W.A, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Ice-T, Gang Starr, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and Run-DMC. Accolades ! |- |align=center|2008 |"Saving Grace" |Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | | |- |rowspan="2"| 2000 |"Put Your Lights On" |Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | |rowspan="3"| |- |"What It's Like" |Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | |- |align=center|1992 |"Jump Around" |Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group | |- Discography Studio albums Forever Everlasting (1990) Whitey Ford Sings