DMX GOES TO JAIL : QUEL SURPRISE !!!(VIDEO)

PHOENIX – Rapper DMX was sentenced Tuesday in a Phoenix courtroom after he was arrested for testing positive for drugs and violating his probation.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was recently arrested on five counts of violating his probation.

The probation officer alleges DMX violated terms of his probation by using cocaine and not completing required treatment. He apparently failed a June 2009 drug test.

The arrest was just the latest in a string of arrests for theft, drug possession, and animal cruelty.

DMX was sentenced to 20 months intensive probation with six months in jail, beginning March 16.

Defense attorney Glen Allen argued for rehab, saying, “If we never address the serious substance abuse issues that he has, this is an individual that we are going to see again in the wrong places. And we don’t want to see him back before Your Honor ever again.”

He may be released early if he’s accepted into an inpatient substance abuse program. The judge is reportedly open to sending DMX to a California treatment facility where Celebrity Rehab is taped, if he is accepted. Otherwise, DMX may undergo the Sheriff’s substance abuse treatment at the 4th Ave Jail.