EXCLUSIVE
XXXTentacion[1] is pulling a DMX[2] and asking a judge to let him off house arrest so he can make some cash ... TMZ has learned.
XXX's legal team filed docs, obtained by TMZ, asking a Florida court to remove the rapper's ankle monitor and let him out of the house so he can hit the road and make some touring money after his new record, "?" (the name of the album), hit the shelves last week.
As we reported ... XXX was placed under house arrest after being hit with 15 new felony charges[3] for what prosecutors believe to be witness tampering by coercing his girlfriend into not testifying against him.
According to his attorneys, XXX is gonna be in dire straits financially if he isn't allowed to tour and reap the benefits of his latest work. As is the case with many in the music biz ... XXX insists artists make hardly any dough from the record sales themselves.
XXX's lawyers say he's willing to abide by the same probation terms he was subject to prior to the most recent charges in his domestic violence case[4] ... namely, submitting a travel itinerary, submitting to drug and alcohol tests ... and checking in with a PO early and often.
Considering XXXTentacion "desperately requires" this touring income to "stay afloat" -- according to his team -- he might wanna look to DMX[5] for some guidance. Well, partly[6] ... we suppose.
References
- ^ XXXTentacion (www.tmz.com)
- ^ DMX (www.tmz.com)
- ^ hit with 15 new felony charges (www.tmz.com)
- ^ domestic violence