BUFFALO, New York — The rapper DMX will spend the next six months in jail after being sentenced to serve time in the Erie County Holding Center.
According to WIVB, Earl Simmons, 44, was placed in the Erie County Holding Center on Tuesday.
Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies say a court turned Simmons over to them to serve time for a family court ruling.
The sentencing is following an arrest in late June for failure to pay some $400,000 in child support, according to Billboard.
A New York City Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told local TV station WPIX-11 that DMX was taken into custody for “several issues outstanding,” including a warrant issued over his alleged failure to pay some $400,000 in back child support at the time of his arrest.
Earl Simmons, better known by his stage names DMX and Dark Man X, is an American rapper and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album …And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single “Party Up”.
