DMX was arrested on Thursday and charged with tax fraud, with the rapper accused of "engaging in a multi-year scheme to conceal" $1.7 million in tax liabilities from the Internal Revenue Service.
"Celebrity rapper or not, all Americans must pay their taxes," Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said in a statement.
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