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DMX back in jail yet again
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 22 November 2010
The US prison system’s resident rapper, DMX, is back in jail after being arrested on suspicion of possession of unprescribed Oxycontin and failing to submit to a drugs test.
The arrest sent him straight back to jail because the incident breached probation terms in relation to, well, God knows which of DMX’s many many run-ins with the law these probation terms relate to?
According to court papers, there are also allegations the rap man, real name Earl Simmons, used cocaine and drove on a suspended licence. No bail has been offered and it is thought the rapper could be handed another jail term as a result of the latest probation violations.
A spokesman for the probation service is quoted in court papers as saying: “Mr Simmons has several felony convictions, and has been given multiple opportunities to succeed on probation. He has been directed to treatment … and continues to use illegal drugs following these opportunities”.
A legal rep for Simmons told the Associated Press that probation officials had decided to act now because his client’s latest probation term was close to completion and they wanted to cause problems for the rapper.
