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DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer

One of the first photos released of Westchester rapper DMX from prison shows him heavier and grayer -- which some fans believe may be a good sign.

DMX (Earl Simmons), at left, with unidentified inmate.

DMX (Earl Simmons), at left, with unidentified inmate.

Photo Credit: The Jasmine Brand

The once-muscular Earl Simmons has a pot belly and gray hair in the photo published by The Jasmine Brand.

Some fans say the additional weight could simply come from no longer using cocaine and crack

Simmons was sentenced in March to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to ducking $1.7 million in taxes.

The judge at the time called Simmons "a good man" who deserved less than the five years that federal prosecutors sought but still needed punishment for a "brazen and blatant" crime.

There's no parole in the federal system, meaning the father of 15 will have to serve out just about all of his sentence.

DMX is a Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers. He lived near the Bedford border on McLain Street in Mount Kisco with now-estranged wife Tashera Simmons before putting the home into foreclosure in 2016 after filing for bankruptcy.

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