The famous rapper sits down with Dr. Drew and talks about how he was physically abused as a child by his mother. He goes on to describe how he disciplines his 10 children…

Dr. Drew - “..in your book, I guess you wrote about some abuse…”
DMX - “I think back then everybody got beatings. To a certain extent it made me a better person. Although some were a little extreme.”
Dr. Drew – “How bad did it get?”
DMX – “It got pretty bad…there was plenty of days I couldn’t sit down at school. She used to have these three extension chords that she braided together. Sometimes we would get it with that. THAT was rough!”
Dr. Drew – “Do you have kids?”
DMX - “yep…10.”
Dr. Drew - “Are you involved in everybody’s lives?”
DMX - “Yes I am. Most of them have gotten beatings.”
Dr. Drew – “You beat your kids?”
DMX - “You don’t really have to beat them. That one time…smack them on the a__ with a belt a couple of times and they’ll get the point. It was not continual beating. Anybody you’ve got to beat over and over again, evidently it’s not working.”
Dr. Drew - “More like spanking?”
DMX - “…you give them a spanking that one time. After you explain to them not to do it…”
Dr. Drew – “But with your mom it got out of control?”
DMX – “Yeah. That’s why I talk to my kids first. I sit them down and explain to them what they did wrong. If I see that they are genuinely remorseful about the situation, then I’ll let it go.”

I don’t know how you were raised, but I was raised in a very religious home, and my parents were firm believers in the whole “spare the rod, spoil the child” style of parenting. I’m not saying I was beat, but I was definitely spanked. With a belt, a spatula, hands. I don’t think that what my parents did was wrong, because it worked! I actually feared getting into trouble! I think our kids should fear us to a certain extent. If we’re all equals – then who calls the shots?

On the other hand, I don’t “spank” my kids. I have never taken a belt to them (I did use a spoon to swat them a couple times when they were younger). When they were toddlers I swatted – but not really spanked. It just never felt right – or natural to me.  I know first hand – that spankings don’t always work. If you have a strong-willed child, then I believe spanking will only make things worse. I think there has to be a better way to discipline a child than taking a belt to their little butts.

What’s your take? Are you a spanker? A non-spanker? Why?

The law came calling for DMX after all.

The beleaguered rapper is in police custody in Phoenix after being extradited yesterday from Miami, where he pleaded guilty two weeks ago to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession stemming from his June 27 arrest during a police drug sting.

He was sentenced to time served and fined $483.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials had 15 business days to come and get him, or else DMX would have been allowed to leave Florida on his own recognizance, according to the Cradle 2 the Grave star’s attorney.

But because Arizona—where he’s facing 11 counts of animal cruelty and drug possession in connection with two raids on his Phoenix-area home—reclaimed him Wednesday on an outstanding warrant for missing a court date, DMX now must post bail in the amount of $25,000 before he’s released.

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DMX is slowly cleaning up after himself. Albeit a bit messily.

The beleaguered rapper was sentenced to time served Thursday in Miami after pleading not guilty to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession, a deal that will allow him to avoid jail time—in the Sunshine State, at least.

He was also ordered to pay a $483 court fine and return for a follow-up hearing Oct. 3. To which DMX could be heard replying, “I ain’t coming back on f–king Oct. 3,” per MTV News.

But they’re apparently going to let him leave anyway.

“You need to tell your client that I’ve heard the F-word before,” Judge Lawrence Schwartz told defense attorney Bradford Cohen. “He can send it to me anytime he wants to come in, if that’s what makes him happy, but he certainly didn’t help his stature any with what he mumbled as he left the podium.”

Cohen, who maintains that the evidence against his client was weak, said that DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, would probably have had to sit in jail until at least October awaiting trial if he hadn’t pleaded out. He could have gotten up to six years in prison if convicted.

The “We Right Here” artist had been behind bars since being denied bail after Miami police picked him up Aug. 14 on a bench warrant for skipping a court date in Arizona.

The drug charge stemmed from his June 27 arrest in Miami after, per authorities, he tried to purchase $30 worth of coke and $15 of pot from an undercover cop. The 37-year-old MC had also been busted June 23 for driving with a suspended license.

Arizona authorities now have 15 days to extradite him back to Phoenix, where the Cradle 2 the Grave star is facing 11 felony counts of animal cruelty and drug possession for allegedly keeping a pack of malnourished, dehydrated pit bulls at his Cave Creek residence and then having pot on the premises when the cops came to search the place. Twice.

He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.

That case, and two felony charges for allegedly trying to use a fake identity to get out of paying his tab at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, where he underwent treatment for pneumonia in April, are what DMX will be facing upon his return to Maricopa County.

If Arizona officials fail to fetch him in Miami within the next 15 days, he’ll be released on his own recognizance. If he is extradited back to Phoenix, he will have to post bond.

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DMX’s Thursday afternoon shopping trip in Miami, Florida was ruined by police, who showed up to arrest him.

The rap star, real name Earl Simmons, was handcuffed as he left a Wal-Mart store.

A warrant for DMX’s arrest was issued after he missed a court date on Tuesday stemming from drug charges in Arizona.

His lawyer, Charles Kozelka, tells TMZ.com he was in the process of working out a self-surrender when police spotted the rapper shopping.

Thursday’s incident is the troubled rapper’s sixth arrest of the year.

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DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of theft and identity theft.

The troubled star has been accused of using a false identity to avoid paying hospital medical expenses and was charged in Arizona on Tuesday.

Authorities claim the rapper gave medical officials the fake name of Troy Jones and the incorrect social security details while receiving treatment for pneumonia at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, in April.

Appearing in court on Thursday, DMX, real name Earl Simmons, refuted the charges. It has been a year of legal woes for the rap star – in January, he was arrested for allegedly speeding down a Phoenix, Arizona freeway. In May, he was charged with suspected drug possession and animal cruelty following raids on his Arizona home.

A month later in June the star was arrested for allegedly attempting to buy drugs from an undercover officer, and earlier this month he was taken into police custody for violating his bail terms relating to a previous driving incident in June.

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Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another.

Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill did not have details of the charge, as it stemmed from a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office case.

The sheriff’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

Hill says DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was being taken Saturday for booking into the Maricopa County jail.

The musician/actor has had a recent string of run-ins with the law, including an arrest at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport earlier this month on outstanding warrants after he failed to appear in court.

The week before, he was arrested in Miami on charges of attempting to purchase cocaine and marijuana.

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DMX has been arrested in Arizona for violating the terms of his bond – the third time he’s been taken into police custody in just 10 days.

The star – real name Earl Simmons – was stopped by cops as he disembarked a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Wednesday morning.

He was arrested for violating his bail terms from a previous incident on June 23rd – by being caught on the wrong side of the law again last Friday, when he allegedly attempted to buy drugs from an undercover officer. According to reports, he was trying to purchase $45 of cocaine and marijuana at the time of the arrest.

DMX was detained at Miami-Dade County Jail before being released to fly back to his home in Arizona.

But he was picked up by police upon his arrival at an Arizona airport, according to website TMZ.com.

This latest arrest is just one of many legal woes the hip-hop star has faced so far this year. In January, he was arrested for allegedly speeding down a Phoenix, Arizona freeway, clocking up a reported 114 miles per hour. And in May, he was charged with suspected drug possession and animal cruelty following raids on his Arizona home.

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