DMX GETS AN EARLY RELEASE

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Rapper DMX was released from New York City's Rikers Island prison on December 30th after serving a month of a 70-day sentence for violating the terms of his probation. The rapper was placed on probation in December of 2004 after he pled guilty to reckless endangerment and acknowledged he was on Valium when he crashed his SUV into a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City during a road rage incident. Allhiphop.com reports that the rapper was released early for good behavior and because he had accrued credit for time he previously spent incarcerated.

As a term of his probation, DMX's driver's license was suspended, but he was caught behind the wheel twice, once for driving 104 miles an hour near his home and once for an accident with an unmarked police car and another vehicle.

In related news, DMX recently signed a new deal with the Sony Music Group and he's retooling his latest album, Here We Go Again, which was shelved indefinitely by his former label, Def Jam Records.

The rapper will be releasing a new single in the coming months.