DMX arrested for violating probation
The rapper DMX – real name Earl Simmons – has been taken into custody in Arizona, US, yesterday and charged with five counts of probation violation.
Sherrif Joe Arpaio confirmed the arrest and said the star – who was jailed in 2009 on charges of drug possession, animal cruelty and theft, stemming from various arrests in 2008 - is now in a Phoenix jail where he is isolated from other inmates.