DMX Headed Back to Prison, This Time for Violating Probation

PHOENIX (CBS/AP) DMX, the rapper known for a string of gravel-voiced hits in the late 90s, has had his probation revoked and is heading to prison for one year according to the Maricopa County Superior Court.

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The court issued the ruling Thursday against the rapper whose real name is Earl Simmons. The court says Simmons admitted violating his probation.

In handing down the year sentence the Superior Court credited Simmons with 113 days served.

Simmons told local station KSAZ-TV that he was kicked out of a drug treatment program because he had a drink at a Scottsdale club during a performance.

Simmons failed to submit to drug testing and drove on a suspended license, according to court documents.

The rapper was placed on probation last year after convictions for attempted aggravated assault for throwing a food tray at a jail guard, and theft for trying to using a fake name to avoid paying a $7,500 hospital bill.

He has previously completed probation for 2009 felony convictions for cruelty to animals and two drug counts.

Simmons' other legal troubles include pleading guilty in 2008 to attempted cocaine and marijuana possession in Miami, and pleading guilty in a 2004 incident in which he posed as an undercover federal agent and crashed his sport-utility vehicle through a security gate at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.