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Rapper DMX freed from an Arizona prison after one serving week for failed drug test

DMX (MUG SHOT): Rapper Back In Arizona Jail After Arrest
DMX (AP Photo)

(CBS/AP) PHOENIX, Ariz. - Rapper DMX was released Tuesday from an Arizona state prison after serving an extra week behind bars for failing a drug test while incarcerated.

Family members picked up the multi-platinum selling artist at the facility in Yuma, according to Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux.

DMX, real name Earl Simmons, was sentenced in December to a year in prison after his probation was revoked over his refusal to submit to drug testing, and for driving on a suspended license.

The 40-year-old Simmons was credited with 117 days he had already served.

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