DMX arrested and released after disturbance on flight
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LONDON (AP) — Police arrested DMX after the rap star refused to put on a seat belt and became abusive on a flight from New York to London, authorities said Monday.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, received a caution and was released after his American Airlines flight landed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, police said on condition of anonymity in line with departmental policy.

A caution means a person has accepted responsibility for the offense, and a record will be made.

The 35-year-old rapper completed a 70-day sentence late last year in New York City after pleading guilty to violating his parole following a 2004 incident in which he crashed his sport-utility vehicle through an airport security gate.

He was behind the 1999 hit single Party Up (Up in Here). His last album was Grand Champ in 2003, but he is working on another album, to be released this summer.

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