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Rapper DMX sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion

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, whose real name is Earl Simmons, to be handed the maximum jail term of five years, but before sentencing, DMX convinced the judge to listen to his 1998 single Slippin' to illustrate the struggles he has faced in life.
 
Playing the track, as well as DMX admitting his guilt, seemed to have an impact on the judge who gave DMX a one year prison sentence, saying he was a "good man" who had been "his own worst enemy".
 
During the case, the Manhattan Federal Court also heard about DMX's mother abandoning him at a young age, his abusive childhood and problems with drug addiction.
 
DMX, a father to 15 children, cried on the stand while appealing to the judge for clemency so he could spend more time with his 18 month old son, who has a medical condition that has required the baby to already undergo two operations.
 
In addition to a year in prison, DMX has been ordered to pay a $2.3 million fine.
                        


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