Rapper Xzibit says he has gone from serving to others pimp their rides to getting pimped.
Now, he’s asking for a Los Angeles courtroom to intervene.
The “Paparazzi” rapper is at present going by a messy divorce from his estranged spouse Krista Joiner, the place she is asking for him to pay spousal help.
In accordance with TMZ, the chart-topper is asking a decide to disclaim her request pointing to the truth that Joiner continues to be dwelling of their $3 million dwelling along with her new boyfriend (and his youngsters).
Moreover, X says his earnings has lowered for the reason that 2020 pandemic. The rapper says he has not labored since 2019 and that what he thought could be a profitable profession in hashish turned out to be a cash pit.
Courtroom paperwork state the previous Loud recording artist is “struggling to make ends meet on the similar time attempting to uphold being a public determine, pay my very own bills and supply for my son.”
Xzibit additionally says that Krista, who filed for divorce in February, can help herself as he believes she earns roughly $175,000 a yr.
He asserts in his counterclaim that the person shouldn’t be solely dwelling of their $3,715,600 dwelling rent-free however utilizing it as the situation to shoot a pilot for his new present. So as to add insult to damage, the brand new man is taking down his paintings and RIAA recording plaques.
Xzibit’s crew additionally claims that Krista has impacted his credit score over the past yr by leasing stuff she will be able to’t afford and inserting it in his or his enterprise’ identify.
She allegedly leased a 2021 Bentley and signed for the lease beneath his firm identify, Xzibit Inc., regardless of not working as an government within the company.
Joiner allegedly solid his identify on a verify when she made the down fee. And when he discovered, as a substitute of getting her locked up, he requested her to return the Bentley as a result of he couldn’t afford the automobile and insurance coverage funds.
The rapper says that Joiner refused and hid the automobile for eight months earlier than it was repossessed in January 2022. She filed for divorce inside a month.
Remarkably, there are components of this journey to marital emancipation which are much like one in all his musical mentors, Dr. Dre.
AllHipHop.com chronicled the seemingly hellish highway to divorce between Dre and Nicole Younger.
Throughout the divorce, Nicole Younger allegedly embezzled $350,000 by writing herself checks from the Report One recording studio, wiping the corporate out. She legally had the authority to entry cash from the account at one level.
Nevertheless, Dr. Dre claimed Nicole violated Penal Code 496 by pulling $353,571.85 from the corporate’s account earlier than she was faraway from the enterprise.
Nicole’s purpose was to not use it for the studio’s wants however “for her personal, private obligations.”
However the “crime” will likely be forgiven.
The divorce was nasty and disturbing, with the 2 arguing over an alleged prenuptial settlement that Nicole stated Dre tore up throughout happier instances.
The divorce was so disturbing that many believed it prompted Dr. Dre to be hospitalized with a mind aneurism in January of 2021.
The 2 referred to as a truce, as Dre can pay the previous legal professional $50 million upfront and one other $50 million later in 2022.
Xzibit can also be combating one other authorized battle. He’s attemping to get Viacom to pay him royalties for syndicating the hit present “Pimp My Trip” for years with out paying him.
“I’m at it, hey @viacom_intl why is it you’ve made thousands and thousands off the present #PimpMyRide I carried on my again and located methods to chop me out?” he wrote. “Like saying I might get percentages of all merch bought not to mention streaming (which wasn’t even within the contract) and placing within the wonderful print ‘with my identify and likeness’ then proceed to take my’ identify and likeness’ off of ALL the merchandise together with dvd gross sales after season 1?”
Xzibit continued, “To prime that you just guys went again and EDITED all of my music out of ALL total seasons as a way to keep away from paying me for my publishing. Let’s discuss worldwide syndication!!!!”
