DMX Sent To Arizona Mental Health-Unit

(AllHipHop News) Troubled rap star DMX was admitted to a mental health unit in an Arizona prison facility on December 20th. According to reports, the rapper, born Earl Simmons, was sent to the  Flamenco Mental Health Unit inside the Alahambra Prison complex. The rapper was transferred to the mental-health unit on December 20th, after serving […]

(AllHipHop News) Troubled rap star DMX was admitted to a mental health unit in an Arizona prison facility on December 20th. According to reports, the rapper, born Earl Simmons, was sent to the  Flamenco Mental Health Unit inside the Alahambra Prison complex. The rapper was transferred to the mental-health unit on December 20th, after serving over a month in the infamous Tent City jail, run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. According to reports, DMX is barred from having visitors for 30 days while he is inside the mental-health unit. When the rapper was being sentenced to a year in prison for violating his probation on December 16th, Judge Christine Mulleneaux noted that the rapper may suffer from bi-polar disorder or some sort of mental affliction. DMX is serving the year in prison for violating his probation by drinking alcohol during a concert in November.He later tested positive for cocaine, Oxycontin, driving with a suspended license and other infractions.