PHOENIX, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Rapper DMX will spend 90 days in jail and 18 months on supervised probation on Arizona firearms and other charges, a court commissioner says.

PHOENIX, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Rapper DMX pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Phoenix court to one count each of animal cruelty, theft, marijuana possession and possession of a narcotic.

PHOENIX, July 20 (UPI) -- The rapper DMX has been arrested in Phoenix and charged with identity theft in relation to a recent hospital visit, police say.

MIAMI, June 24 (UPI) -- Earl Simmons, the hip-hop star known as DMX, has been arrested in Florida on a warrant for not having a valid driver's license, Miami-Dade police said.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 7 (UPI) -- Police in Arizona say they arrested rapper DMX Tuesday for driving more than 100 miles per hour past three separate checkpoints in January.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. rapper DMX has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages after the mother of his son sued him for defamation, MTV.com reported.

CAVE CREEK, Ariz., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Rapper DMX has a history of mistreating animals, a lawyer who prosecuted him in a previous cruelty case told the Arizona Republic.

PHOENIX, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Rapper-turned-actor DMX is being investigated by sheriff's deputies in Phoenix after three dead dogs and 12 undernourished pit bulls were found at his home.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Rapper DMX took the stage to a standing ovation during the weekend when he performed at the annual Day of the Child event in New York City. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, joined the fifth edition of the benefit Saturday night to not only ent