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DMX Gets Into Role-Playing

So there's an interview with the perpetually troubled MC DMX up on the Web site of Complex today, and as you would expect from a man who's up on animal-cruelty charges and using fake names on hospital bills, it's full of classy bits about sex and speeding (although he claims he exceeds the maximum MPH while driving much nicer cars than the ones he's been caught in by traffic cameras). But there's one bit that made me wonder if he's actually using the word "groupie" as code for the term "police officer": More »

After giving an Arizona court date the slip under the guise of being in the hospital last week, DMX has been ordered to stay in a Florida jail until Oct. 2, when he's scheduled to appear before a judge regarding a drug-possession charge in Miami. [AllHipHop]

the long arm of the law

DMX Back In Jail, For Those Of You Keeping Score

Miami police arrested DMX yesterday, two days after a bench warrant was issued in his name by an Arizona judge because he failed to show up for a court appearance. Officers found the troubled hip-hop star outside of a Wal-Mart, a venue which seems to contradict his lawyer's claims that he was unable to show up for Tuesday's hearing because he'd checked into a Miami-area hospital. [MTV]

worst year ever?

DMX Checks Into Hospital, Presumably Under His Own Name

The troubled MC Earl Simmons—known professionally as DMX—missed an Arizona court date on Tuesday because he had been admitted to a hospital in Miami, according to his court-appointed public defender Charles Kozelka, and a warrant was issued for his arrest over the missed appearance. It's the latest in this year's long string of troubles for DMX, who has accrued a dossier this year that includes the repossession of a New York townhouse because of his failure to endorse clothing for dogs properly, as well as arrests for drug-related crimes, animal cruelty, and identity theft, which he attempted when he tried to skip out on a hospital bill in Arizona back in May. More »

In case you were wondering just what, exactly, DMX freestyled after his arraignment on felony identity theft and felony theft charges last week, a TV station in the Phoenix area has helpfully provided audio of his impromptu rap. Not only does he rhyme "jail" with "bullshit prevails," he manages to shoehorn a baseball cliche in there. Well, you have to at least give him credit for trying to capitalize on his recent fame by putting out some new material... [KTAR via ONTD]

DMX's year is only getting worse: Over the weekend, he was finally arrested for checking into an Arizona hospital under a fake name a few months ago, a tactic he ineptly employed in hopes of skipping out on a $7,500 bill. He was busted while at a local mall and at last report was currently in jail; given that this arrest is his fourth this year, you'd think that at this point the local law-enforcement types would just want to keep him around for purposes of avoiding future paperwork. [E! via the listenerd / Photo: AP]

x, gonna take it from ya

DMX's Bad Year Gets Even Worse

The old adage "when it rains, it pours" seems to be the key cliche for DMX's 2008: He's been hit with moving violations, raids on his house, and accusations that he's been using aliases to get medical treatment. Friday, he was arrested in Miami after attempting a coke and marijuana run. And now he's going to have to give up one of his Harlem real estate holdings, in part because of his failure to promote a couture line—for dogs. More »

slippin'

DMX Achieves Lamest Legal Woe Yet

DMX tends to get arrested for being high as all fuck while surrounded by guns and sickly pitbulls, but some new allegations aren't criminal in a way that can either be hyped as bad-ass or written off as a proof of troubled times when (and if) his gospel album comes out. Police are now claiming that DMX, while suffering from pneumonia, checked into the Mayo Clinic in Scottsville, Ariz., under an alias in hopes of avoiding the bill. It's even being alleged that he told a fellow patient that his bill would eventually be paid by "someone in the projects." More »

DMX's weekend is starting in a rough manner, with an overnight raid on his Cave Creek, Ariz., home leading up to his arrest on drug and animal cruelty charges, following an investigation that began in August. Upside: the charges might not stick due to the grandstanding incompetence of the area's sheriff. Downside: an missed opportunity for a high speed chase in DMX's bumblebee car. [AZ Central]

i can't drive 114

Why Was DMX Going Over The Maximum MPH?

DMX has been having lots of problems with the law lately, particularly when it comes to what is and what isn't a moving violation. He's had so many issues with that subset of the penal code, in fact, that his license has been suspended! Which makes the fact that he was driving "over 114 miles per hour" in Arizona a few months back a bit sticky. More »

I know everyone in the blog game is having a hearty LOL right now at the news that DMX is unfamiliar with the words "Barack" and "Obama," but I thought anyone familiar with his between-song skits knew that DMX answers to a higher power than a politician from Illinois. [Nah Right]

no, seriously, jesus really is my homeboy

DMX To Make Christian Rap (Briefly) Interesting

There are few musical genres less immediately fascinating than Christian rap. Sure, two or three people might wax nostalgic for the 1990 S.F.C. (Soldiers For Christ, obvs) release A Saved Man In The Jungle, but since DC Talk dissolved, there hasn't been much reason to pay attention to a genre whose reason for existence is dubious, at best. So DMX, I just want to take this moment publicly to thank you for bringing your unique brand of insanity to Team Jesus. More »

The kind of line that can be taken so many (very wrong) ways: "Investigators said a chunky textured substance seized from the bedroom of rapper DMX was not an illegal drug." In less puerile/juvenile news, he's denying any wrongdoing with the whole dead dog thing, the legality of the guns has yet to be determined, and they found his weed stash. [AP via Yahoo]

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Liner Notes: Guns N' Roses Might Be In Need Of A New Replacement

- Guns N' Roses bassist (and former Replacement) Tommy Stinson injured himself after "accidentally" falling down a flight of stairs, prompting the band to cancel a string of international dates. Two men—one with cornrows, the other with a copy of the Open Season soundtrack—were seen fleeing the scene. [Blabbermouth]
- An arrest warrant has been issued for DMX, who missed a White Plains, NY, court date yesterday for a traffic violation. Just so the rapper gets the message, the warrant was WRITTEN! LIKE! THIS!, with the occasional DOG!! thrown in for good measure. [HHNLive]
- A federal judge has dismissed a case brought by the Beach Boys, who claimed that an auctioning group had stolen millions of dollars of the bands' material. The judge also found member Mike Love "guilty of being a grade-A dickwad." [Billboard]

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Liner Notes: DMX Prompts Court Stenographer To Look Up Proper Spelling Of "Dawg"

- DMX swears he's "the only individual with $25,000 bail on traffic violations." That's true, but it's only because George Michael hasn't toured here in 15 years. [The Journal News]
- Marilyn Manson will be served with divorce papers today by Dita Von Teese, his wife of one year. A stung Manson will try to lick his wounds by actually licking his wounds. [Page Six]
- "Papa, papa! When did you realize that we—as a culture that mirrors the interests and ethics of a greater society—were doomed?" "When some pop star's missing dog actually counted as news." [NME]

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Liner Notes: DMX Might Be Hitting You Up For Cab Fare

-DMX manages his 4,325th moving violation of the year. [AllHipHop]
-One of the Shitheads! from Panic! At The Disco! will make a cameo on on Fall Out Boy's upcoming album, All The Ironically Self-Deprecating Interviews In The World Won't Take Away From The Fact That You Do, Indeed, Suck. [MTV]
-The New York Dolls will head out on their first full-on tour in 30 years. Be sure to yell "Hot Hot Hot!" at Johansen! He loves that gag. [Billboard]

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Liner Notes: Moby Puts Rock-Critiquing Hat On His Bald Little Head

- Moby compares Courtney Love's new material to "old Bob Dylan." Shouldn't he be busy not being on the Internet or something? [Virgin.net]
- As if we needed further evidence that these are cruel times, Trans World Entertainment, the Scissor Sisters-banning owner of FYE and other crummy mall record shops, has put in a bid for Tower Records. [Albany Business Journal, via Coolfer]
- A Hot 97-sponsored concert featuring DMX ended with the sound abruptly being cut off and a woman getting hit in the head with a thrown folding chair. [Newsday]

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DMX: Really, Really Doing It For The Kids

Using a tasteful, subtle headline, the AOL Music News blog reports on Sister 2 Sister magazine's recent cover story on DMX, in which the problem-driver rap star and his wife talk about the mother of his out-of-wedlock child: More »