RAPPER DMX GETS 'WAKE-UP CALL'; FREED FROM JAIL

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RAPPER DMX was finally released from prison yesterday after serving an extra week behind bars for failing a drug test inside the jail.
The Party Up In Here star, who's real name is Earl Simmons served eight months in the Yuma, AZ jail after his probation was revoked when he refused t submit to drug testing and for driving on a suspended license.
A friend of the multi-platinum selling artist who has also starred in movies, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds said: "He's just glad to be out."

They added: "He just wants to put it all behind him and get on with his music. Prison was a real wake up call and he definitely doesn't want to go back.
"He's glad to be back with his family and friends and after a short break, he'll get back to doing what he does best, hit albums."  
The 40-year-old was credited with 117 days he had already served.

NEW DAY, ANOTHER RAPPER BUSTED: FLO RIDA GETS DUI

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ANOTHER day, another rapper in trouble - this time it's Flo Rida who was busted for boozed up driving, Cops say. The R.O.O.T.S star was picked up in his Bugatti after Miami Beach cops noticed him driving erratically and drove on for more than two blocks before eventually pulling over. According to the police report the rapper whose real name is Tramar Dillard as having bloodshot watery eyes, slurred speech and the smell of alcohol on his breath when the rapper got out of the car.
During a road sobriety test, Dillard reportedly said "Officer, I can't do this," "I don't feel like I can walk a straight line," "I've had a few drinks," and "I live on the other side of the bridge, I can make it home."  
Needless to say he failed the test and measured a .185 on a breathalyzer test, more than twice the legal limit, reports WFOR.
Miami Beach police spokeswoman Deborah Doty said: “We always advise people that if they’re going to come out and entertain in Miami Beach they should either take a taxi or get a driver because this could be a tragic incident."

RAPPER CASSIDY BUSTED NABBED IN PHILLY MURDER

HE'S best known for rapping about criminal exploits on vinyl, but it appears Philly rapper Cassidy is now a suspect in a real murder.
The hip hop star whose real name is Barry Reese was taken in Saturday for questioning about one killing and two attempted murders in Philadelphia. He already had a warrant out on him for violating probation and was considered a "high risk" suspect as he was thought to be armed and dangerous. Cassidy who's most well-known single is 2005’s “I’m a Hustla,” which reached No. 8 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts was followed by cops to a local convenience store, Lt Timothy Lloyd said and after being positively identified Reese: “the ERT units moved in and
conducted a felony motor vehicle stop.”
Reese “was very surprised,” Lloyd added saying the officers who arrested the rapper “did an outstanding job,” he said.
"Without the proper teamwork going on, this could have spiraled out of control quickly.”
The rapper has already been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a 2006 shooting case and sentenced to 11 and a half to 23 months in jail.