Domenick Nati, publicist to DMX, says that DMX hasn’t signed any paperwork yet, so there’s still a chance the fight might not happen.  But why hasn’t DMX signed the papers yet?  Is it because DMX wants to make money off Trayvon’s murder, too?

Twitter reacted with violent opposition to the idea of DMX fighting Trayvon Martin’s killer in a “celebrity” boxing match.

Users rallied around the hashtag #StopTheFight and tracked down DMX’s publicist, Domenick Nati, in record time.

Before speaking with The Source, Nati spoke with TMZ, who reported that DMX hadn’t signed a contract yet, because he was holding out for the right numbers–which sounds to me like DMX isn’t driven by vengeance at all, but by greed–as if it was a win/win situation for both Trayvon’s killer and DMX.

After reading TMZ’s report, I immediately reached out to Nati for comment, asking him several questions about the public’s (understandably) less than enthusiastic response to DMX’s decision.

I asked him if he expected the public backlash to grow increasingly worse in the next few hours, since TMZ has implied that the only reason the fight isn’t official yet is because DMX hasn’t been offered enough money.  They also allege that DMX would likely pocket all of his share, rather than handing any of it over to charity.  I asked him about that, too–if DMX would be donating any of these said proceeds to the Martin family or another charity.

Nati hit me back with an email, expressing the following:

“The boxing match between George Zimmerman and DMX is not officially confirmed. DMX has promised to ‘beat his ass,’ but no contract or paperwork has been signed or agreed to yet. DMX will release an official statement if and when an agreement is made.”  – Domenick Nati, Nati Celebrity Services

We all understand that times are tough right now–DMX filed for bankruptcy at the end of July 2013–but there’s absolutely no excuse for this.

No one should be making money off a murdered child; if this isn’t exploitation, I don’t know what is.  A killer is basically going to be prostituted on Pay-Per-View and DMX, who’s fighting his own battles, will be on the losing end of the situation, even if he stands his ground all over Zimmerman’s face.

Which, according to Talib Kweli, may be unlikely–Talib Kweli noted in a conversation with a Twitter follower that Damon Feldman, the man behind the “celebrity” boxing match, “deals solely in fixed fights.”

How much would DMX have to be paid then….to lose to Trayvon’s killer?

Win or lose, fixed or real, it’s still an abhorrent idea.

As many Twitter users pointed out, DMX wouldn’t even clean up his act for his own son–how then, can we really expect him to get it together for Trayvon?

At this point, it doesn’t really matter how he gets it together; let’s just hope that he does.

The Martin family’s peace is worth a hell of a lot more than DMX’s largely self incurred debt.

We want to see DMX rise above this downhill spiral he’s been on lately–we want to see him winning–but not at the expense of Trayvon Martin.

 

April Dawn (@scarlettsinatra)