(Sept. 21, 2016 – Source: Larry French/Getty Images North America)
*DMX is facing new legal and financial trouble for back taxes amounting to nearly a quarter-million dollars.
The State of New York has filed a tax warrant against the hip-hop star (born Earl Simmons), who is reportedly in the hole for $224,845 in state income taxes, per thejasminebrand.com.
His attorney, Murray Richman, explained to BOSSIP that they expected the state to file a lien against the artist.
“Earl is doing really well,” Richman said. “He’s been working on a documentary. While everybody has been down, he’s been working in Tennessee… He’s a terrific guy, love him.”
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DMX previously spent a year in prison after he was convicted of tax fraud. Feds claimed he intentionally failed to pay $2.2M in income taxes.
Since his release in 2019, the rapper has been busy making new music and is expected to release a biopic.
He recently announced that he wants to go toe-to-toe with Jay Z during a Verzuz hit-for-hit virtual show for fans.
As noted by Vibe, in 2010, X reignited his feud with Jigga when he dissed him at a concert in Arizona. A couple of years later, he claimed it wasn’t personal.
“Like sports teams when you’re playing another team you’re not going to like them. That doesn’t mean that you want them dead, or you mean any physical harm to them, it wasn’t that type of thing,” DMX explain to MTV’s Rap Fix.“I understood and embraced what rap is/was. I didn’t like him because we battled, that’s all it was. I didn’t mean him any harm, I didn’t know him enough not to like him, but I didn’t want to be his friend.”
Irv Gotti previously explained that DMX and JAY-Z were naturally competitive at the height of their careers.
“They always had friction because they battled and X, like, he hated him. Jay didn’t really give a f**k but they was always on some competitive s**t,” he said.
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