Fresh Outta Jail, DMX Involved In Bizarre Paternity Mix-Up

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Former Ruff Ryders leader DMX is making headlines this week for being involved in an awkward paternity test mix-up.

Reports claim an Earl Simmons, which is X’s real name, from Massachusetts accidentally received legal documents claiming he would have to pay the rapper’s child support.

Yadira Borrego — X’s ex — tells TMZ she filed the docs to establish paternity with the state, so DMX can pay child support through the proper legal channels … and avoid another jail stint. The person who’s really screwed is the faux DMX, who works in the biomedical field. Poor guy’s got 2 kids of his own, and we’re told Florida is insisting he take a DNA test to prove he’s not the real Ruff Ryder. (TMZ)

With plans to release new music in the near future, X recently acknowledged how much of a presence he still has in the public eye.

“Is there a difference between being misunderstood and people not knowing,” X asked in an interview. “They won’t know unless they see me. … I’ma make it, even though it looks rough. I get a little scared and sometimes a little shook up, when it gets like that, I get on my knees and look up. I jay walk and it’s in the news, you’re talking international news. That’s a good thing, it means people still care. There’s always going to be problems, you’re always going to have problems. That’s the only thing I hate about being famous, you never know who really loves you because everybody’s there – if there love never gets tested, who knows?” (ABC 7)

Reports of X receiving an early exit from jail surfaced online last month.

X was sentenced to serve 6 months in July for child support issues with a baby mama who lives in Buffalo. However, the rapper tells TMZ there was an issue with his original conviction … he was never made aware he owed the baby mama any money. DMX was released Friday and greeted by his attorney Dominic Candino, but he can still find himself behind bars if the court finds X knew about the money problems all along and chose not to pay up. (TMZ)

Child support-related issues landed X behind bars this past summer.

The rapper was jailed in Buffalo, NY on Tuesday for failing to comply with a family court ruling. DMX has a history of issues with child support with one of his baby mamas who lives in the area, and it finally caught up with him. He was slapped with a 6 month sentence, and immediately locked up in Erie County Holding Center. (TMZ)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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