Rapper DMX Talks About Drugs, Dog Fighting and Recovery [New/August/2011]
Rapper DMX talks about drugs, dog fighting and recovery [New/August/2011] – Shortly after sitting down with Earl Simmons, it was clear the multi-platinum rapper is struggling to come to terms with his troubled past. “I’m not the person the media portrays me to be,” he told ABC15 in an exclusive interview. In the hip hop world, DMX is an influential rap artist and one of the best-selling rappers of all time. “There will never be another me, never,” smiled DMX. “To this date I have records that have yet to be broken.” But it’s the criminal records that have overshadowed DMX’s chart topping success and promising acting career. In 2007, he was indicted on felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges following a raid at his Cave Creek home. “Does it bother me?” asked Simmons. “Yeah, of course it bothers me.” During the raid, a SWAT team with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office seized a dozen distressed pit bull dogs and dug up the remains of three other dogs on his property. Authorities also found marijuana and weapons in the rapper’s home. “I wasn’t there, I was on tour,” DMX claimed. “I had my brother watch the house while I was on tour. He was having parties at my house. I didn’t know about this and one of the dogs died. It was just really messy.” DMX said he only pleaded guilty to the animal cruelty charges as part of a plea deal and appeared in a public service announcement against animal abuse. We asked Simmons if he would you ever hurt a dog. “No, I have a dog tattooed on my back I love dogs,” he said. We asked DMX if he had …
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