All Blog Posts Tagged 'DMX' (111)

Things aren’t looking up for DMX. After being mandated to serve a one-year sentence in jail for tax evasion, a judge reportedly slapped on a hefty restitution bill that is likely to make anyone’s head spin. A judge reportedly ordered the New York veteran rapper to pay $2.3 million in compensation for tax evasion, according to TMZ.

Luckily, the “What’s My Name” rapper…

He couldn’t beat the rap — but at least he got to play some.

Hip-hop icon DMX blared one of his songs for a federal judge Wednesday — before being sentenced to a year in the slammer for evading $1.7 million in taxes.

The 47-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, teared up as his lawyers played his 1998 track “Slippin,’” which talks about his “drama…

Manhattan prosecutors want rapper DMX to be sentenced to up to five years in prison at his upcoming sentencing on Wednesday, according to new court documents.

DMX — whose given name is Earl Simmons — is accused of skipping out on $1.7 million in taxes.

Prosecutors will recommend to a judge that he be hit with between 4 years and 9 months to five years in…

DMX was taken into custody Tuesday for leaving a court-ordered drug treatment program and using cocaine and Oxycodone.

The “Get At Me Dog” rapper was put in handcuffs in Manhattan Federal Court following a brief hearing before Judge Jed Rakoff.

The judge said he had tried to accommodate DMX’s tour schedule, but that the rapper had still failed a drug test, left…

The rapper known as DMX pleaded guilty Thursday to tax charges.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, appeared before a federal judge in New York where he has been charged in what prosecutors called a “multi-year scheme to conceal millions of dollars” from the IRS.

"Today, Earl Simmons admitted to systematically cheating on his taxes. By insisting to be paid in…

Rapper DMX’s fraud trial will start in February, a judge decided Thursday.

DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, appeared in Manhattan Federal Court at 4 p.m.The “Party Up” singer had pleaded not guilty on July 14 to charges he avoided paying some $1.7 million in income taxes.

During a brief proceeding, prosecutor Patrick Egan told Judge Jed Rakoff he expected…

DMX is entering an inpatient rehab program, a court filing indicates.

The rapper, whose birth name is Earl Simmons, tested positive for cocaine and pot several times while out on bail for his federal tax fraud case.

Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff ordered him to home confinement following the failed drug tests.

Shortly thereafter, DMX asked Rakoff for…

Accused tax-evading rapper DMX can travel to Atlanta to shoot a made-for-TV movie, a Manhattan judge ruled Friday.

The rapper, born Earl Simmons, will be allowed to go to Atlanta for three days starting Monday under the condition he is accompanied by a substance-abuse monitor, said federal Judge Jed Rakoff.

Days earlier, the jurist had turned down the…

Rapper DMX can hire "substance monitors" to keep him on the wagon while he's traveling for work, his lawyer said in a new filing.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been going back and forth with Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff for permission to travel for gigs.

Rakoff on Friday ordered Simmons, 46, to home detention because he tested positive for…

The revelations emerged after DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, showed up late for his own bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court.

An angry Judge Jed Rakoff said the 46-year-old Simmons, who was dressed in a blue tie-dyed…

Rapper DMX might have violated his bail conditions "in numerous respects" less than a month after his release post-arrest, a new court filing states.

DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, pleaded not guilty on July 14 to evading $1.7 million in income taxes.

The magistrate judge presiding over Simmons's first court appearance granted the "Party Up (Up in…

Rapper DMX — on the hook for allegedly failing to cough up $1.7 million in taxes — wheezed his way through his arraignment in Manhattan Federal Court on Friday.

The gravel-throated artist, wearing T-shirt emblazoned with the word “RAW,” had to rely on a red inhaler at one point during the hearing, where he pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of tax evasion, failure to…

Rapper DMX pleaded not guilty Friday to dodging $1.7 million in federal income taxes.

The 46-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was busted Thursday in a 14-count indictment accusing him of ducking the tax man to conceal $2.3 million in earnings from 2010 to 2015.

DMX pulled off the scheme by maintaining a cash lifestyle, avoiding personal bank…

X isn’t gon’ give it to ya, apparently.

DMX turned himself in to federal authorities Thursday on charges of tax fraud.

The rapper failed to pay $1.7 million in taxes from 2002 to 2005, according to the IRS.

“For years, Earl Simmons, the recording artist and performer known as DMX, made millions from his chart-topping songs, concert performances and…

DMX is getting help at a rehab facility.

Sources connected with DMX told TMZ he checked himself in Thursday night at a treatment center in Southern California. DMX went voluntarily, but his manager, Pat Gallo, and ex-wife, Tashera Simmons, had encouraged the move.

The rapper has been to rehab before while battling substance abuse issues for years.

DMX…

Hip-hop star DMX reportedly canceled a run of concerts due to undisclosed health issues, and those close to him are said to be concerned.

The rapper's show in Santa Ana, Calif., that was scheduled for Tuesday night was nixed, with the venue blaming a "medical emergency" for the cancellation, TMZ reported.

His concerts in Los Angeles Wednesday and in San Diego…

Hip-hop star DMX went all out to thank the Yonkers police officers who saved him from the brink of death earlier this year.

The rapper provided a free performance at a local charity event and trumpeted his immense appreciation for the cops who rescued him in February after he collapsed without a pulse in a Yonkers hotel parking lot.

"There are a few…

The legend himself DMX visited The Breakfast Club this morning [Tuesday June 28] with Angela Yee, Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy to emphatically talk new music, health scares, religion, Ruff Ryders and plenty more.

There’s been a hold on finishing the Hip Hop veteran’s newest album and everyone has been wondering why but recently, DMX had a health scare that…

This is one house DMX doesn't want to bring down.

The rapper is allegedly furious that he's billed as the opening below "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" reality star Erika Jayne for a show this weekend at Miami's gay-friendly House Nightclub, TMZ.com reports.

The "What's My Name" performer is supposed to take the stage at a concert beginning at 5 p.m.…

A woman charged with swiping a $30,000 watch from rapper DMX has accused him of sexual assault.

Cops responded at 6:44 a.m. Saturday to a report of DMX and the 25-year-old woman arguing in front of the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Costa Mesa Police Department told the Daily News in a statement.

Police collared the woman for grand theft, after which…