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Failed drug test extends DMX's prison stay

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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 7:33a.m.

DMX in his 2008 booking photograph (Reuters)

DMX in his 2008 booking photograph (Reuters)

The rapper known as DMX will have to spend at least an extra week in an Arizona state prison for failing a drug test.

The 40-year-old whose real name is Earl Simmons was given a year in prison in December after his probation was revoked for failing to submit to drug testing and driving on a suspended license. He was credited with 117 days he had already spent behind bars.

Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Barrett Marson confirmed DMX was due to be released from a prison in Yuma on Wednesday. His new release date is July 19.

Prison records show he has also been caught smoking twice and once with drugs since January. He has been making 20 cents an hour as a porter.

AP

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13 Jul 2011 11:45a.m.

erm... wrote:

Some people really are too thick to be let out in public.