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DMX loses $1.5 mil court case, cuts gospel album

January

It’s been a busy month for Bedford/Mount Kisco homeowner DMX. Since video of him looking coked up and erratic showed up on the Internet right before the holidays, the following has happened:

On January 11, a Maryland judge awarded Monique Wayne $1.5 million in damages, as a result of a character defamation suit she filed against DMX. Wayne, who is the mother of the rapper’s son, sued after he said in an interview with Sister 2 Sister Magazine that he was sexually assaulted during a one-night-encounter in 2003. We reported on this back in 2006, after the interview came out. Wayne already won a paternity suit against DMX in 2004, and was suing the deadbeat dad for $6 million this time around. As has been the case with nearly every other court date the man has faced in the past year, he failed to show up at the Maryland court to defend himself. [E! News]

So, given that Sony dropped him from their label, how is he going to manage to pay Wayne? Why, by cutting an album, duh. But not just any old album—a gospel album this time. And a combination hip-hop album, to boot. Call it gospelraphop. The albums, which are to be released by independent label Bodog Music, will be called “Walk With Me Now” and “You’ll Fly With Me Later,” and as DMX explained it to MTV, “The same title is gonna be on both albums, but on one album one part [of the title] is gonna be [highlighted], … the other album, the other name is gonna be [highlighted].” Got it? Also interesting, the gospel album will have no swearing and “No songs about b——es, no songs about robbing, just straight ‘Give God the glory.’ ” [MTV News]

(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 12:31 pm by Ted Mann.
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One Response to “DMX loses $1.5 mil court case, cuts gospel album”

X FAN January 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
why are u such a damn hater towards DMX?? u must be the only lonley FAgbag that tries to tool and report on everything DMX does. if u think he's so stupid get off of his sh*t then. damn you just a wannabe, i bet i get more money than you. u just sit at home searching for news on DMX that you can report on ur stupid blog on. grow up and get of X's nuts

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