DMX Net Worth, Fame, Life, Death and More 2024

Net Worth 2024: $1 Million
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DMX  Life before fame

Earl Simmons, well known for his stage moniker “DMX,” was born on December 18, 1970, in Mount Vernon, New York. His rapper name is abbreviated as “Dark Man X.” DMX grew born in the underprivileged Yonkers district of New York, the son of Arnett Simmons and Joe Barker, both in their teens. Earl’s father never married his mother and abandoned them soon after Earl was born. As a result, Earl was subjected to abuse by his mother’s boyfriends as a child.

DMX  Education

As a freshman, DMX attended Yonkers Middle High School, where he was a natural athlete and the team’s second-fastest runner. DMX, on the other hand, struggled in school. With low attendance and grades, he quit college to pursue a criminal career. When he was a youngster, DMX went into armed robbery to get money. His first robbery netted him $100, which he used to purchase a leather leash and harness for his pit bull, as well as a pair of Timberland boots for himself. He was robbing three individuals a day towards the end of the year and decided to switch to carjacking since it was a more lucrative way to make a life. 

In addition, DMX was a devoted Christian when he was alive, and several of his albums have religious references and tracks where he “talks to God” in songs. That’s pretty much what we know about his past life, everything before fame. 

How did DMX amass his fortune?

The success of his first two studio albums, “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot” and “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood,” both in 1998, helped DMX build his early fortune. However, by the year 2000, DMX was in serious financial problems, and he needed the help of fellow rapper Jay-Z, who was also the CEO of Def Jam at the time. DMX’s music was successful, and he finally left Def Jam in 2006 to join Columbia Records. Jay-Z made it feasible by repaying DMX’s debt of $12 million at the time.

Earl’s bank account was not nice to him in the early 1900s, but he would go off the financial cliff in 2008 after fathering two children outside of his marriage. Monique Wayne, the children’s mother, sued DMX for $1.5 million in child support. DMX had 15 children throughout the 2000s, which resulted in multiple child support demands depleting his fortune. In 2015, DMX was sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay $400,000 in child support. He filed for bankruptcy in 2013, claiming $50,000 in assets and debts ranging from $1 million to $10 million. In 2017, the artist was sentenced to a year in prison for 14 charges of tax fraud, with debts totalling more than $2.3 million.

DMX  Death and debt

Earl Simmons, aka DMX, died on April 9 at the age of 50, after suffering a major heart attack a week earlier at his home in White Plains, New York. A cocaine overdose on April 2 apparently precipitated the heart attack, which left the rapper in a coma in the hospital. His family decided to withdraw him from life support after a week of being in a vegetative condition. DMX, who died without a will despite selling over 74 million albums and having a tremendously successful career in both music and film, left behind an estate that some estimates say is millions of dollars in debt.

Despite the fact that DMX died in debt, his family, which includes 15 offspring from nine different women, petitioned the court to become administrators of the late rap star’s estate two weeks after his death. While DMX’s estate may be in the red right now, his loved ones are undoubtedly battling for ownership of the rap legend’s recording and publishing royalties, which are expected to be a substantial source of future revenue. DMX’s overall earnings, which include the publication of a posthumous album, master recording royalties, and licensing prospects, are projected to be worth $17.7 million, according to Billboard.

With so much money at risk and so many children, DMX’s refusal to prepare an estate plan would almost certainly result in his loved ones fighting in court for years. Perhaps no one will suffer more than Desiree Lindstrom, DMX’s fiancée. DMX and Desiree had been dating for seven years before they got engaged in 2019, and she gave birth to his 15th kid, a son named Exodus Simmons, in 2016. Desiree will likely receive nothing from her late fiance’s money because the two were never married and DMX did not arrange any estate planning for her.

So, how rich is DMX?

DMX died in White Plains Hospital in New York on April 9, 2021. DMX’s family stood by him throughout the experience, calling him as “a fighter that battled to the very end.” While it is estimated that he owed more than $1 million at the time of his death, other experts believe it may be as much as $10 million. More or less, that was the story of the late DMX, an artist who had amassed a huge following over the years. 

DMX
Net Worth 2024: $1 Million
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