DMX involved in another car accident, also talks 'BELLY' Sequel

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Rapper and actor DMX just refuses to leave the driving to anyone else, and yet again he's involved in a driving incident. DMX's 2006 Chevy Suburban was rear-ended on Sunday (June11th) on the Hutchinson River Parkway outside New York City after he attempted to bypass a traffic jam by driving on the shoulder. Allhiphop.com reports that the rapper was hit when he tried to get back into the right lane from the shoulder.

Westchester County Police Commissioner Monte Long said, "There was congestion on the parkway, and he apparently was driving on the shoulder to avoid it. When he pulled back onto the right lane, the other driver didn't have time to stop."

Neither vehicle was damaged, but DMX was issued a ticket for driving on the shoulder, and he has to appear in Harrison Town Court on July 21st.

The rapper is due in a different court this Friday (June 16th) to answer speeding charges from another incident earlier this month. On June 2nd, he was pulled over for speeding in White Plains, New York, and he got tickets for speeding, failing to wear a seatbelt, and making an unsafe lane change.

The driving infractions are the latest in a long list of moving violations. DMX was placed on probation in December 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 during a road-rage incident. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge, which meant he needed to stay out of trouble for a year or face jail -- and he failed to stay out of trouble. After being placed on probation, DMX got two traffic violations, one for driving 104 miles an hour near his home and one for an accident with an unmarked police car and another vehicle. The rapper was eventually sentenced to 70 days behind bars.

In related news, DMX will star in the sequel to the 1998 movie Belly, which will be titled Beast. The rapper said, "It's me, Nas, and Hype Williams, the director of the film. I go and get (Nas's character in Africa). We start filming this year." The rapper added, "We got a sick story and all that. We're starting this one off how the last one ended and pick it up from there."