Hip-hop legend DMX is unfortunately going through it as the veteran hitmaker is headed back to jail after failing a drug test. X was awaiting sentencing for a tax evasion case (in which he dodged about $1.7 million in taxes) when he failed the test. The icon tested positive for cocaine, and opioids including oxycodone.
Judge Jed Rakoff also noted that during a January 20th performance in St. Louis, DMX didn’t bring his court-ordered “mobile drug counselor” with him, which angered Rakoff even more.
“He in effect said, ‘Judge, trust me.’ That was a great, big lie, a repeated lie, as it turns out,” Rakoff said. “The court went to extraordinary lengths to accommodate his needs, and desires, and he in effect said, ‘Screw you.’”
According to X’s lawyer, “[DMX] was doing well until Jan. 16, when his 1-year-old child was taken ill.” X apparently “fell off the wagon” following that illness, which kept his son in the hospital for days.
X is facing up to 5 years in prison for his tax evasion case, and now after failing this drug test, his $500,000 bond has been revoked and he is headed back to jail. We hope X can get better soon.
