Exclusive: DMX’s Lawyer Begs For Mercy Ahead Of $1.7 Million Tax Fraud Sentencing

The lawyer said Williams reached out to him to offer help to DMX at his facility, The Rebound Center, where patients are referred to as “teammates” and are put on an exercise regimen in addition to working on their drug and alcohol addictions.

The reason why the “Slippin” rapper continues to use is because of his tragic childhood and “personal trauma,” Richman said, also noting that X would like to be a pastor.

DMX was repeatedly beaten and abused by his mother, and his lawyer cited one brutal incident where he said DMX’s mother knocked two of his teeth out for correcting a spelling error in her notebook. The mom also threw his puppy down the incinerator, the lawyer said. The mom later abandoned him at an orphanage when he was 10, the lawyer told the judge.

Richman said although DMX has enjoyed more than two decades in the music biz, “he literally has no idea what he is actually earning and where that money is,” Richman wrote. But, the lawyer said with the 20th anniversary of “It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot” approaching, he had a huge opportunity to earn money and pay his restitution.

DMX will be in federal court Thursday for his sentencing.