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December 20, 2004 - The Associated Press reports DMX was arrested for allegedly speeding and driving with a suspended license on a Westchester County highway, a week after pleading guilty to plowing through an airport parking gate while on drugs. The 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was pulled over on Interstate 684 at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday. State Trooper Jeffrey Pitkewitz said he clocked Simmons driving 104 mph in a 65 mph zone. Read more.

December 13, 2004 - DMX was photographed outside the Queens Criminal Courthouse in New York City on Wednesday (December 8), where he was sentenced on multiple charges. Check out pictures from GlobePhotos.

November 22, 2004 - DMX will be able to duck jail time under a deal he's cutting with prosecutors over a road-rage fracas at Kennedy Airport, sources told the New York Daily News. In exchange for walking free, rapper/actor will agree next month to take responsibility for the June 24th incident and carry a misdemeanor on his record, according to sources. Read more.

September 27, 2004 -  The New York Daily News reports DMX was slapped with a paternity suit in Queens yesterday by a Maryland woman who got an autograph-hunting fan to make the delivery. Monique Wayne, 24, said she had an affair with the rapper after meeting him at a Washington nightclub. "I don't hate him. I understand his position," Wayne said. "But at the same time, my child shouldn't suffer. He should pay for what he did." Read more.

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