Exactly.Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Pay. Your. Taxes.
This is not a battle anybody wins.
DMX went to visit his family ... and he could go to jail as a result.
The rapper is out on bail in his tax evasion case, and one of the conditions was that he must give the judge a heads-up if he blows out of town. He left New York to see family in St. Louis, without telling hizzoner ... and that could be a deal breaker.
DMX's attorney, Murray Richman, tells TMZ ... it seems like X just forgot, because he was preoccupied with the trip.
Richman says X usually notifies his probation officer if he's leaving New York to perform, so this is unlike him. He's guessing the judge will show a little mercy and just up the restrictions -- like requiring an ankle bracelet -- but Richman vows to fight it.
Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the US attorney for the southern district of NY, tells us X is set to appear in court later this week.

I remember when the IRS hit Robert De Niro with that 6.4 Million Tax Bill
nikka paid it off the NEXT day![]()


According to TMZ, after showing up late to his bail bond hearing on Friday morning in New York City, the judge gave him a major lecture after learning he had failed four drug tests for marijuana and cocaine.
Currently out on bail in the tax evasion case, one of the conditions the rapper had was to stay away from drugs, which he clearly violated. In addition to that, he also went against another order: to not leave the state without the court's permission. Deviating from this instruction, he flew to St. Louis, recently, to handle some "family matters."
Thankfully for the MC, he was shown a bit of leniency and instead of throwing him in jail, the judge placed him on house arrest where he is required to wear an ankle bracelet to ensure he does not stray. The parameters are so tight that he cannot even go outside to mow his lawn.
This comes on the heels of the initial report that DMX faces 14 counts of evading more than $1 million in federal taxes.