New York rapper DMX is free once again. The hip-hop veteran has been released from federal prison after serving a one-year sentence for tax evasion.
According to reports, X left West Virginia’s Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution Friday (January 25) morning reportedly with family there to get him.
As we reported … DMX is planning on dropping a new album and tackling some new movie projects, including a possible biopic! With his prison sentence complete, X must now start forking over $2.3 million in restitution to Uncle Sam … and he also has to start outpatient programs for substance abuse and mental health. DMX’s original release date was supposed to be on Sunday, but it’s federal policy to release inmates early if their release date falls on a weekend. (TMZ)
Last month, buzz developed about X likely getting released before February.
DMX’s attorney, Murray Richman, tells TMZ … X will be released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution on Jan. 27, and he’s excited about coming home to his family and resuming his rap and movie career. DMX has a huge fam — 15 kids to be exact — and he’s anxious to see his youngest son, 2-year-old Exodus Simmons, who we’re told has had serious health problems. (TMZ)
Over the past few months, various hip-hop stars have rallied support for X.
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In March, X couldn’t convince a judge to let him skip out on a tax evasion conviction.
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 with my Mama” and overall feelings of helplessness. And the beats may have moved something inside Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who rejected the government’s request for five years in federal lockup, calling Simmons “a good man” who is “his own worst enemy.” (Page Six)
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