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DMX (real name Earl Simmons) has been slapped with 14 counts of tax evasion (which could add up to decades in prison), according to the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York. A court document says DMX concealed his income between 2002 and 2005, and owes $1.7 million to the IRS. According to the indictment, the veteran rapper earned bundles of money in the early 2000s stemming from multiple hits like “X Gon’ Give It To Ya.”

Prosecutors allege he listed his income in 2011 and 2012 as “unknown,” when he actually made $353,000 and $542,000, respectively. In 2013, he reported an income of $10,000, but according to the feds, he actually earned $250,000 that year.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said, “For years, Earl Simmons, the recording artist and performer known as DMX, made millions from his chart-topping songs, concert performances and television shows. But while raking in millions from his songs, including his 2003 hit ‘X Gon’ Give it to Ya,’ DMX didn’t give any of it to the IRS. Far from it, DMX allegedly went out of his way to evade taxes, including by avoiding personal bank accounts, setting up accounts in other’s names and paying personal expenses largely in cash.

“He even allegedly refused to tape the television show ‘Celebrity Couples Therapy’ until a properly issued check he was issued was reissued without withholding any taxes,” Kim continued. “Celebrity rapper or not, all Americans must pay their taxes, and together with our partners at the IRS, we will pursue those who deliberately and criminally evade this basic obligation of citizenship.”

DMX faces 44 years in prison if he’s convicted. This is presumably another trying time in the …And Then There Was X rapper’s life. At a Ruff Ryders reunion concert in April, he appeared out of it as he rambled about “bitches he fucked.” He’s also battled addiction for years.

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X has been arrested more times than most of you kids have gotten laid in a lifetime...

[Prepper]

Do the crime do the time, it is obvious his actions were intentional now he will finally know where the hood at.

[webdev77]

This is just plain stupidity being held accountable. It's impossible to flaunt yourself publicly and not get caught for tax evasion.

[thales]

damn not my boi dmx :(( 😭

[Jimmie]

He is probably broke this is common for 90's actors and rappers.

[SIM-549182]

44 years for tax evasion? USA is rediculous.. tbh tho im surprised the police havent gone and shot him for it yet. ;)

[Bӏue]

"DMX, Where's your tax payments?"

DMX:

[Lukas]

"DMX, Where's your tax payments?"

DMX:

X didn't give them shit hahaha what are you talking about.

[ɡringo]

He is probably broke this is common for 90's actors and rappers.

For real he's probably fucked, unless he can come up with the money although I doubt it as his fame has kinda fizzled out lmao.

[Gbulla]

They gon make him lose his mind...Up in there, up in there.

[ZuGgY]

X didn't give them shit hahaha what are you talking about.

LOL yeah. He's fucked, my dude.

[J209C]

someone find ja rule, so i can make sense of all this.

[JayBaby]

He should have just took the legal way in life

[hoodrichpablojuan]

Damn man ecerytime i hear about X nowadays he in some kind of legal troubles... hope he make it out okay

[Condoms]

Is Dmx the band that Eminem used to sing with?