DMX wants judge to hear his rhymes before being sentenced for tax fraud
Rapper Earl Simmons, aka DMX, wants to play a few rap songs — including “Slippin'” and “Convo” — at his upcoming sentencing, according to a new court filing.
The “Party Up” performer “may be too emotional to speak” at the March 29 sentencing for tax fraud, lawyer Murray Richman wrote in the filing. “We will ask to play a few of his compositions so that the court may understand him genuinely and his voice,” Richman said.
“Ay yo I’m slippin’, I’m fallin’, I can’t get up,” Simmons, who has abused drugs, laments in the song “Slippin’.”
The rapper behind “ X Gon’ Give It to Ya” is seeking probation when he is sentenced for cheating Uncle Sam out of $1.7 million on March 29.
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Despite DMX's rough upbringing, tax fraud and a failed drug test for cocaine and opioids including oxycodone don't make him a likely candidate for probation.