After serving seven months in an Arizona jail, rapper DMX was released Tuesday July 19th. According to BET.com and allhiphop.com, X was greeted by a small group of family and friends before heading to a visit with his probation officer.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was imprisoned again in December of 2010 for probation violation when he refused to take a drug test. X, who has struggled with drug abuse throughout his career, was then sentenced to a year in prison.
“I’m going to go see my daughter while the sun is up then I’m going to be in the studio, man,” he said.
X’s reps confirmed reports that he was in “serious negotiations” with Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group.
