Rap Artists Appear in Family Court
| Rap Artists Appear in Family Court |
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| Written by Robert ID1340 |
| Tuesday, 10 May 2005 00:55 |
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Hip-hop rap artists DMX and RZA were in court last week in separate paternity cases. A DNA test showed a 99.99% likelihood that rap artist DMX (aka Earl Simmons) is the father of Davita Oden's 3-year-old daughter, Jada, of Buffalo. DMX’s lawyer, Noemi Fernandez Hiltz, asked a judge in Erie County Family Court for another test. Oden's lawyer, Suzanne Kimberly Bracker, asked the judge to issue a warrant for DMX's arrest, since he failed to appear in court. The judge denied both motions, giving the "Exit Wounds" actor one more chance to show up for a hearing next month. Rapper DMX, whose wife, Tashera, just gave birth, has another paternity case pending in Maryland. And in another case Wu-Tang Clan co-founder, hip-hop and rap artist RZA (aka Prince Rakeem, aka Robert Diggs), did show up in Family Court. And he didn''t need any DNA results to acknowledge that he's the father of Jamie Summers'' 4-year-old daughter, Rahindia. RZA's rep gave us the runaround in February, saying he had never even heard of Summers. But Bracker, who also reps Summers, says RZA couldn''t deny his resemblance to Rahindia or resist her when she jumped into his arms. According to Bracker, RZA has been asked to support six children by different mothers. The cousin of late rap artist Ol'' Dirty Bastard, who left 13 children, said his income last year was between $125,000 and $150,000. |
