DMX Sentenced To 6-Months In Jail For Failure To Pay $400,000 In Child Support
DMX's latest mug shot
Trouble prone 44-year-old rapper, DMX, real name, Earl
Simmons, has been sentenced to 6-months in jail for failure to
pay $400,000 in back child support. DMX has been ordered to
serve his sentence in the Erie County Holding Center in New
York. DMX is also facing additional possible charges in New York
for jumping bail and robbery in New Jersey. DMX has been
arrested numerous times for driving violations (driving without
a licenses, car jacking, reckless driving), drug offenses,
resisting arrest, animal cruelty and probation violations.
DMX was one of the most famous rappers in music during the
1990s and early 2000s, with his signature dog barking trademark
and husky rapping voice. He had a string of hip hop hits and
grossed millions of dollars from record sales and touring.
However, drug use and mental illness derailed his rap career.
His marriage suffered as a result as well and he and his wife
separated in 2010. DMX is said to have fathered 12 children with
his wife and during extramarital affairs, which have led to
large child support payments he is unable to fulfill.
DMX
Money problems set in from poor financial planning, excessive
spending and the aforementioned affairs. DMX also stated he was
raped by Monique Wayne, who became pregnant with his child. The
rapper states he had been drinking and had fallen asleep when
she allegedly raped him. Prior to that incident, DMX was
arrested for raping Angela Hooks, a stripper in New York that he
invited to a friend's apartment, but was later acquitted, as DNA
tests cleared him of the crime. The DNA found at the alleged
crime scene did not match the rapper's and was of another man.
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