PHOENIX (AP) -- Rapper DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for convictions on theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, also was placed on at least 18 months' supervised probation by Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Phemonia Miller.

Simmons pleaded guilty Dec. 30 to three felony counts - theft, possession or use of marijuana, and possession or use of narcotic drugs - and one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty.

The 38-year-old rapper has been in the Maricopa County Jail since being arrested Dec. 9 in Miami on a warrant after failing to appear in court in Phoenix. His attorney, Stephen Lee Crawford, didn't immediately return calls seeking comment.

The Arizona Republic reported that Simmons was smiling as he entered the courtroom but sat down writhing in pain and subsequently said he had pain in his feet and knees and thought he was suffering from gout.

Miller told him she was sentencing Earl Simmons, not DMX, the newspaper reported. "I don't know DMX. Mr. Simmons, it's time you do something different," she said. "What you have been doing is not working."

Despite the prosecutor's objections, Miller said she would allow Simmons to apply to serve his sentence in Florida, the Republic said.

The animal-cruelty and drug charges stem from an August 2007 raid that Maricopa County sheriff's deputies conducted at Simmons' home in Cave Creek, a Phoenix suburb. Authorities investigating a report of animal abuse found three dead dogs, guns, ammunition and drug paraphernalia.

He was not given credit for time served and will not get out of jail until the end of April, said Mike Anthony Scerbo, a spokesman for Maricopa County Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case.

DMX's albums include "It's Dark and Hell is Hot," "Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood" and "Year of the Dog ... Again."

by now, i just think he likes prison

SirPsycho said:

He already said it's cool.

What a dumb ass.

He gon lose his mind
Up in there
Up in there

purplesweat said:

Uh, too late.

purplesweat said:

thanks for the laugh cuz the HQ thread got my pressure up.

SCNDLS said:

you know..it's kinda bittersweet for me....he was the first famous rapper i really really looked up to and found inspiring

ultimately i want him to find peace

horatio said:

..this song had my jackin smaller n*ggas in highschool off gp

SirPsycho said:

I fell in love with his grimy ass cuz of that song, loved the intensity and delivery. Then, that muthafucka went and lost his gatdamn mind!
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SCNDLS said:

went?!





that n*gga been talkin to himself all along...



me and my mans (both diehards from the first album) was talkin recently bout how he wasnt pretending to switch voices...like he was really goin skitso mid-song

(btw- the 2nd song made me and mad kids in the hood marylin manson fans ...my parents loved that)

SirPsycho said:

Listening to his music and knowing about his life in foster care it's obvious he was severely abused and neglected and this is the end result of all that.

Vendetta1 said:

and those bodyguards of his...

SCNDLS said:

poor dude... God aint done with him tho...and regardless of what people say ...his prayers on the albums meant alot (at least i know it did for me and my friends at an important time in boyhood)

SirPsycho said:

Great writer.

SCNDLS said:

shiiiiit dont get me started...i still have his entire first album memorized and i haven't listened to it in forever...

...another thing...i realized that X never really fell off...he's that same old X it's just the crack smoke fucked up his beat selection

(and im not even tryna diss, cuz i know he was still smoking that shit when he made its dark and hell and hell is hot..but he prob had to streeetch them rocks back then )

i just realized what site this is no wonder no one cares

Miss him...



He'll be back.

SirPsycho said:

I was listening to that album the other day and was constantly amazed by his lyrics. You can hear the pain. I think his shit is much more personal than anything Tupac or Biggie or any other "mainstream" rapper has ever done.

noimageatall said:

I miss this show.

noimageatall said:

Damn, that's deep as hell

bboy87 said:

Straight poet.

old school


you can hear the kane influence

SCNDLS said:

Me too.

SirPsycho said:

This song was my anthem for a good three years straight.

SirPsycho said:

I remember him appearing on Tavis's show, talking A LOT about God... Thanks for the reminder.

Oh and, uh, wrong forum...

surely he's used up his 3 strikes by now, right?