DMX may’ve have been hip-hop’s first billionaire earlier than Jay-Z obtained the title in 2019. Or, a minimum of, that’s the message now being put forth by his ex-wife. Don’t fear, we’ll clarify.
In accordance with a brand new interview with Carlos King, DMX’s ex-wife Tasheera Simmons defined that when her late husband was alive, he pulled in some huge cash by his music, appearing and different ventures. As a consequence of that, Simmons mentioned that the 2 of them had been on their technique to turning into billionaires had he not made some unwise enterprise strikes.
“I keep in mind our financial institution accounts and the zeros wouldn’t cease. I’m not even exaggerating. He obtained $10 million a film. He made tens of millions simply doing a present, and when he went on tour, he would come again with,” she mentioned. “I’d say we had been very near being billionaires. X made lots. It was so a lot cash.”
Referring to the enterprise strikes particularly, Simmons revealed that one of many greatest ones was when the “Get It On the Flooring” rapper opted to not spend money on the Barclays Middle alongside Jay-Z approach again when. The rationale why was as a result of he didn’t suppose it made a lot enterprise sense on the time. Sadly, in response to Simmons, that selection would show to be the fallacious one and the primary of many extra monetary mishaps that may find yourself taking place as DMX aged.
As beforehand reported by The Root, DMX died in 2021 after struggling a coronary heart assault. He sadly left behind no will and reportedly a mountain of debt.