DMX and Monique Wayne, a Maryland resident, fought over her claim that he was the father of her son born in 2004. She sued him repeatedly for defamation and for child support. DMX also fathered a child in 2008 and fathered two children with ex-girlfriend Yadira Borrego. His fifteenth child, Exodus Simmons, was born to his fiancé, Desiree Lindstrom, on August 16, 2016.