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DMX Will Be Released From Jail Today

According to his lawyer, DMX will be released from prison today.   He’s been in jail for a year now on charges of tax fraud and is being released a few…

DMX performs at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001 at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. 8/20/01 Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect

Photo by Scott Gries/ImageDirect

According to his lawyer, DMX will be released from prison today. 

 He's been in jail for a year now on charges of tax fraud and is being released a few earlier than expected since his original release date falls on a weekend. Back in 2017, X plead guilty to tax evasion charges that accused him of a scheme that allowed him to not pay $1.7 million in taxes.

If he was convicted on all counts, he would've had to serve 44 years, but luckily he only got a year. All that is behind him now, hopefully.

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