DMX Suing Company For Unpaid Album Royalties
Posted by Media Outrage on April 27th, 2010
DMX is finally the one presenting a case to the judge instead of being the target. X is suing a company for unpaid album royalties:
Former platinum-selling emcee DMX (Earl Simmons) has filed a lawsuit against an agency he hired for failing to retrieve his song royalties.
The case was filed yesterday (April 26) against Rich Kid Entertainment 1, who the Yonkers rapper accuses of paying him nothing from his popular multi-platinum albums while collecting the royalties themselves. In addition, X claims the company and its subsidiaries made their own side deals with his record labels to use his music.
According to representatives for DMX, the lawsuit has been in the works for the past year, but was plagued by numerous delays due to the rapper’s separate legal problems.
Currently, Simmons is serving a 6 month sentence in Phoenix for parole violation after failing a drug test. Last year, he served time in the same jurisdiction for drug possession, theft, and animal cruelty. In 2008, DMX pleaded guilty in Miami to attempted cocaine and marijuana possession.
Rich Kid Entertainment, which is based out of Englewood, New Jersey, had been employed by DMX for nearly 10 years.
From 1998-2003, X made music history by becoming the first artist to release 5 consecutive #1 albums. Of those 5, the first 3 albums were multi-platinum: It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (4X), Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (3X), …And There Was X (5X), The Great Depression (1X), and Grand Champ (1X). His last album, 2006’s Year of the Dog…Again, is his only album to debut #2, missing the #1 spot by roughly 100 copies.
At press time, representatives for Rich Kid Entertainment have not answered the complaint, nor has a court date been set.
April 27th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
That pic was so rough that I scrolled down immediately and missed the article. I….cant…
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April 27th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Damn…
He looks a mess.
Withdrawal is a bitch!
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April 27th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
I actually hope he wins. Maybe he’ll get his act together then.
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April 28th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I can’t belive how fucked up my boy looks. Hard drugs is the devil’s workshop. DMX I hope you make a come back cuz you are my nigga for life. DMX fan! Ride or Die! No doubt.
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Kingston Reply:
April 28th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I’m an X fan too. Such a shame to see how he is deteriorating.
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April 28th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
GRRRRRR. Get em X… But please don’t smoke it up…. Damn Nig.. get that ass back to the studio and do what ya do!!!!
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April 29th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Lord have mercy!
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October 12th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
It hurts me to see this picture of the prophet…
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