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Rap star DMX is no stranger to prison. In fact, he’s been inside three times in the last two years. So it was no big surprise when he was sentenced to 90 days for a probation violation on July 26^th 2010. Instead, the big surprise is that he’s already been released!

The rapper, famous for chart hits like Get at Me Dog, Party Up, Lord Give Me A Sign, Y’all Gonna Make Me Lose My Mind and Where the Hood At?, as well as for his appearances in films like Romeo Must Die and Cradle 2 the Grave, was released from Los Angeles County prison on 14^th August – just eighteen days after being sentenced!

His previous stints in jail have been for a variety of offences, from drug possession to animal cruelty to driving under the influence, and he has been arrested twice on probation violations. The rapper, who has not released an album since 2006’s Year of the Dog…Again, is now expected to check into rehab. Note for all DMX fans! If you are bored with your rintgone, please check DMX rintones on mobijoy.com

Earl Simmons, better known by the pseudonym DMX, is an American rapper and hip hop artist.

Born 18^th December 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, Simmons first came to prominence after appearing in The Source magazine’s Unsigned Hype column. He was subsequently signed by Ruffhouse Records but, after the commercial failure of his debut single Born Loser, was swiftly dropped.

Despite the setback Simmons released a second single Make a Move in 1994. He then spent the next few years earning collaborations with artists like LL Cool J, Mase, The LOX and Sum 41, which created enough of a buzz to persuade Def Jam Recordings to sign him up as a solo artist. Before releasing his first record, he chose the stage name DMX after the Oberheim DMX drum machine he had used to record his own material in the early days.

DMX released his debut album It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot in May 1998. It went straight to number one on the Billboard 200, sold over six million copies worldwide and produced three singles that charted on the Hot 100: Get at Me Dog, Stop Being Greedy, How’s It Goin’ Down and the classic Ruff Ryders Anthem.

DMX’s second album, 1998’s Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, stayed at number one in the US for three weeks and produced the hit single Slippin’, while 1999’s …And Then There Was X sold almost 700,000 copies in its first week and produced the singles What’s My Name, Party Up (Up in Here) and What These Bitches Want.

Since the turn of the century, DMX has released two more albums – 2001’s The Great Depression and 2003’s Grand Champ – both of which hit number one on the Billboard 200. This gives DMX the distinction of being only artist in history to have his first five albums debut at number one in America.

DMX’s seventh and eighth studio albums are due for release in late 2010.