Sonovah, who is just 12 years old, took the stage with her family and shared her own version of “Slippin,” DMX’s 1998 song that details his struggle and fight to overcome life’s demons. “Ayo, I’m ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

It was an unconventional request, but one that might have paid off for DMX. The hip-hop artist was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison for tax evasion, but not before his song “Slippin'” blared ...

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 ...

After DMX passed in April, the late rapper was given a hero’s sendoff, complete with a monster truck to carry his casket to the touching memorial service at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena which ...

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 ...

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 ...