While DMX remains incarcerated, for failing to obey bail conditions, his legal team is putting together a new plan of action which includes playing his music for the judge.
The New York Times reports that DMX’s attorney Murray Richman plans to play a few of his songs at his sentencing date on Thursday. Doing so, he believes, will help the Judge truly hear the star’s voice.
The lawyer said the music will help U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff “understand him genuinely in his voice” since DMX may be too emotional to speak.
“It was a salvation of sort to shut out the noise,” Richman said. The lawyer sent the judge lyrics to “Slippin'” and “The Convo,” among other compositions.
“It is raw Earl,” the lawyer said. “We are not here or desirous of molding him into what some may want to see; Earl is uniquely him and that is both his beauty of mind and his genius.”
X aka Earl Simmons pled guilty to tax evasion in November. Prosecutors as are seeking a five-year sentence for Simmons. His attorney offered the following alternative sentence.
“a unique resolution,” including an up to 60-day study of his client by qualified consultants rather than prison, might help Simmons be deemed rehabilitated and enable him to return to the stage, where he can earn money to pay back $1.7 million in taxes and support his 15 children.