DMX has been freed from prison after nearly serving one year for tax evasion.On Friday morning, the 48-year-old rapper - real name Earl Simmons - was released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution in West Virginia according to TMZ.
A source for the publication reports that the Ruff Ryder's Anthem hitmaker is expected to be picked up by his family. Despite completing his sentence the Big Apple based rapper must begin paying off $2.3million in restitution to the American government.
He must also start outpatient programs for substance abuse and mental health.DMX's original release date was supposed to be on Sunday but federal policy states that inmates be released early if the date falls on a weekend.
The Ruff Rydah will apparently hit the ground running as TMZ reports that he will be releasing a new album and working on movie projects including a possible biopic.
This comes nearly 10 months after DMX was was sentenced to a year in jail and three more of supervised release in New York City in connection with tax fraud.
The performer had appeared before Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who told DMX that his offense was 'brazen and blatant' and necessitated a stiff sentence, according to the AP. Prosecutors initially asked he spend five years in custody for the infraction, when factoring in past crimes he's been convicted of.
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