DMX was sentenced to an extra ten days in prison last week for not showing respect in the courtroom. Those ten days were in addition to the sixty day sentence he was handed for a series of driving offences which violated the parole conditions that followed that incident at New York's JFK Airport back in June 2004 when he drove his car into a gate and told a parking lot attendant that he was a federal agent. Stop smirking, it's not funny.
The rapper, real name Earl Simmons, appeared three hours late for sentencing on Thursday. Despite his profuse apologies, the judge in the case Dorothy Chin-Brandt, handed him the ten day extension. Prosecutor Gerard Brave was, of course in favour of the extra days, telling the New York courthouse, that Simmons "continues to show disregard for the court. He continues to put his own interests and career ahead of the court." Of course, if he behaves himself in the clink, DMX is likely to get the sentence reduced in any case, with some reports suggesting that he could be out in time for Christmas.