Rapper DMX was sent back to jail on Thursday after he failed to show up for a court hearing.

An arrest warrant was issued for DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) by Judge Barbara Leak, and bail was set at $25,000 US, according to E! Online.

The hearing was related to DMX’s arrest earlier this month for traffic violations.

His lawyer, Stacey Murray, said that he was a no-show due to illness, but Leak didn’t buy the excuse.

“We have granted him a number of courtesies. It ends now,” she said.

The Yonkers-born hip-hop hero was ticketed June 2 after police in the Bronx pulled over his 2001 Chevy Suburban for making unsafe lane changes and driving at “unreasonable speeds.”

The 35-year-old was ticketed in early June for making unsafe lane changes, driving at “unreasonable speeds,” driving without a license and not wearing a seatbelt.






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