A New York judge has heard a DMX rap song before adding his own lyrics to a court proceeding, ordering the rapper imprisoned for a year. Federal Judge Jed Rakoff (RAY'-kahf) took requests Wednesday, ...

DMX has been sentenced for committing tax evasion to the tune of $1.7 million. Prosecutors had been pushing for the 47-year-old rapper, real name Earl Simmons, to be handed the maximum jail term of ...

DMX is going to prison despite playing hit song to a judge to illustrate how tough his life has been. The rapper, who has been in jail since January, managed to avoid the maximum prison term for a ...

Federal Judge Jed Rakoff granted DMX's request to hear his song "Slippin'" while his lawyer recalled his "nightmarish" childhood DMX has been ordered to serve a year in prison for tax fraud. During a ...

Rapper DMX managed to avoid the maximum jail term for a $1.7m (£1.2m) tax evasion offence after a judge was persuaded to listen to one of his hit tracks to illustrate how tough his life had been. The ...

New York rapper DMX, born Earl Simmons, died in the hospital yesterday (9 April), a week after suffering a heart attack and being placed on life support. He leaves behind an inimitable cultural legacy ...