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Oct. 14, 2011 / 10:46 AM

DMX says he is done with drugs

DMX poses for pictures at an event in New York Aug. 28, 2003. dg/lc/Laura Cavanaugh UPI

DMX poses for pictures at an event in New York Aug. 28, 2003. dg/lc/Laura Cavanaugh UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. rapper DMX, who was recently released from prison, says he now has his priorities straight and is no longer using drugs.

The hip-hop star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has been in an out of prison for years on drug, weapons and animal cruelty charges.

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"Everyone was taking advantage of me with my finances, trying to put me in the direction to fail. I have 10 kids. I have to drive them in the right direction, so I let the cocaine go," the recording artist told TMZ. "I am on a spiritual road to do right in my life. I am leaving out all negativity and going to stay on the right road to positive."

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