DMX has been to known to ask you what you really want. Now he might be guilty of taking something that isn’t his.
A 21-year-old New Jersey man has accused the rapper and his entourage of robbing him of more than $3,000 early this morning at a Newark gas station. DMX performed at New Jersey’s Performing Arts Center last night, but while reports have been linking him to the incident, no arrests have been made.
Here’s word via Complex, which has compiled various reports…
DMX might be in trouble with the law again. Police are investigating a New Jersey man’s claims that the rapper and his entourage robbed him of his cash at a gas station early Sunday morning.
The 21-year-old man told Newark police that he recognized DMX at an Exxon station just after midnight. The two started to have a conversation about music. Shortly after, a member of DMX’s entourage pulled out a gun and demanded the man give him his money. When he followed instructions – pulling a large amount of cash from his pocket – allegedly DMX took the money and fled in a group of four Black Escalades.
Newark Police spokesman Ronald Glover says DMX and his crew stole about $3,200. While the man was able to follow them and get one of the vehicle’s license plates, there have been no arrests made in the ongoing investigation. However, DMX was in Newark, confirmed by yesterday’s tweet, in which he performed with several other rappers at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
The 44-year-old DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was arrested in 2013 in South Carolina on an outstanding warrant and simple possession of marijuana. He was also arrested in 2011 near Phoenix, according to the Associated Press, “after a trooper clocked him driving 102 mph. That followed a prison stint on probation revocation for failing to submit to drug testing and driving without a license.”
Over a 17-year rap career, DMX has sold more than 40 million record worldwide, and starred in the 1998 film Belly.
More to come on this incident, for sure.