DMX was close to being Hip Hop’s first billionaire at the height of his career, according to his ex-wife Tashera Simmons.
In an interview with Carlos King, Simmons — who shares four children with the late rap legend — discussed X’s finances and business moves during his heyday.
“I remember looking at our bank accounts and the zeros wouldn’t stop. I’m not even exaggerating,” she said. “He got $10 million a movie. He made millions just doing a show, and when he went on tour, he would come back with…
“I would say we were very close to being billionaires. X made a lot. It was so much money.”
Simmons also admitted that DMX was not the shrewdest businessman and revealed that he once turned down the opportunity to go into business with former Def Jam labelmate JAY-Z.
“They asked X about the Barclays Center. I’ll never forget it. They called him and said, ‘Jay is in. They wanna know if you wanna put in $1 million to get in,'” she continued.
“Unfortunately, when you’re — I hate to say it — ignorant and you don’t have any real business sense, X didn’t see that as a good investment. I saw it, and I didn’t even have a lot of business sense. X didn’t want to do it, and now look. There were a lot of bad business decisions.”
X wasn’t lacking when it came to generosity, though. “He spent a lot of money … taking care of everybody and their mama,” Simmons added. “If somebody died, he’ll pay for their entire funeral. He would go on vacation and rent the entire hotel out, spend over $150,000 a day. I’m not even exaggerating.”
Despite selling tens of millions of records and starring in a slew of hit movies, DMX suffered from financial troubles during the last decade of his life, filing for bankruptcy three times.
Tax fraud charges also led to him being sentenced to a year in prison and having to pay restitution of more than $2 million.
When X died in 2021 due to a cocaine-induced heart attack at the age of 50, he left behind no will and reportedly millions of dollars worth of debt.
While questions remain over the late rapper’s finances, DMX’s estate recently struck a deal with Artist Legacy Group to “ensure his music lives on.”
The deal was made by X’s fiancée Desiree Lindstrom and daughter Sasha Simmons, who are co-administrators of his estate and believe ALG can continue his legacy in the right way.
“Sasha and I are confident that ALG is the right team to partner with to honor Earl’s music and legacy. For my son and all of Earl’s children and fans, we will keep Earl’s spirit alive,” Lindstrom said in a statement.
Sounds like she was sharing the crack pipe with X. We all know he unfortunately cracked up all his money. The only person who wouldn’t been closest to becoming a billionaire would be his dealer who he buys rocks from.
How about go fuck yourself boi?
Dude is right. There’s no such thing as a rich dope fiend…
y’all gon make me lose my mind. – Gay man who knows a thing or two about sucking dicks.
Hey Shawn Carter rip off, have you ever seen a rich crack fiend? Yes DMX is a legend but let’s be honest he was also addicted to crack which eventually killed him.
Lol where did the sucking dick come from? Sounds like you have a one track mind. There’s plenty of sites like Grindr for people like you. No need to be hostile.
Hey Gay-Z, don’t get mad cuz your mom sucked the glass dick while she was pregnant with you. Blame your dad for not pulling out.
Pardon me but it ain’t my fault if I love dicks and nuts to my face. That’s just who I am.
Nice try but we all know it’s you talking Gay-Z. Still living that Hard Cock Life, I see.
Now Shawn Carter is doing the gay Greg thing and liking his own comments. This site has gotten lame as hell.
Gay Greg 😂
No disrespect intended, but “billionaire crackhead” is a helluva oxymoron…
Rip X
One of the goats
For sure
RIP legend and now RIP Irv
It’s normally the ones they don’t like they whack. Jay-Z tried hurting DMX’s career so much. NYC needs to give him respect alot of the guys now huge influence from X the late PopSmoke and the incarcerated KayFlock
This is total bullshit. He wasn’t anywhere close to a billionaire. The exaggeration is extra heavy on this one. Eminem, Nas, Drake etc nowhere close to a billlion and X is beneath them allbas far as status goes
wtf dmx always been broke as hell
Crack
If X gave a fuck, not only would it have been possible (if he made the right moves), he would also still be alive.
RIP Mr. Simmons💯
Damn. I had no idea crack was so expensive lol. I can assure you dude was nowhere near billionaire.. couldn’t keep his lips off that glass d!ck loaded with a nickel rock.
Bruh, he was going to go on VTV for a lousy 5 or 10 racks for an interview.