Lately, rapper DMX has been in and out of legal trouble, but that doesn’t stop Swizz Beatz from wanting to work with him. Right now, Dark Man X is behind bars, serving a seven month sentence that will end early next week. He is in the Arizona State Prison. When asked about what he thought about X’s legal woes, Swizz said:
“I’ll always work with DMX; that’s my brother no matter what,” Swizz Beatz told AllHipHop.com. “X was a winner already. Now it’s just a matter of getting that title back. Bottom line is, he’s a winner. It’s just on when he wants to win again; it’s all up to him.”
He even goes on to say that if it wasn’t for DMX, folks probably wouldn’t even know who he was.
Another artist facing legal troubles is P. Diddy, who is being sued by Tony Austin (an executive that used to work with Def Jam, but is now co-president of the Russell Simmons music). Tony and a friend, Lawrence Jackson, were outside of Justin’s Restaurant and Bar when someone shot at their vehicle, inflicting several gunshot wounds in both. He is suing P. Diddy and Justin’s for failing to maintain a secure environment. Tony was invited by P. Diddy as a guest to the Atlanta restaurant for an event.
Austin and Lawrence were treated at the Piedmont hospital for multiple gunshot wounds. The lawsuit was filed on July 15th.