DMX was recently sentenced to 365 days in prison for tax evasion. Now, a judge has ordered the “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” rapper to pay $2.3 million in restitution to the IRS.

As reported by TMZ, the judge is allowing X — real name Earl Simmons — to pay the exorbitant amount in monthly installments. Two months after his release from prison, he will have to pay 10 percent of his gross monthly income every month until it’s paid off.

In addition, X must participate in an outpatient substance abuse program and outpatient mental health program once he’s out.

The 47-year-old New York native will reportedly serve out his time at Danbury Federal Correctional Facility. It’s the same low-security prison in Danbury, Connecticut that was the inspiration for the hit HBO show Orange Is The New Black.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, X is currently being held at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

(This article was last updated on March 28, 2018 and can be found below.)

A humble DMX was sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion on Wednesday (March 28). According to TMZ, X told the judge he knew he was “too old” to be behaving the way he is and admitted he “hasn’t been acting right.”

During the hearing, which was held in a New York City courtroom, X’s attorney Murray Richman played the New York native’s video for “Slippin” to demonstrate his difficult path.

“I’ve been through mad different phases like mazes, to find my way,” he raps in the song. “And now I know that happy days are not far away/ If I’m strong enough I’ll live long enough to see my kids/ Doing something more constructive with their time than bids/ I know because I been there.”

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