Rapper DMX's Woes

By Stephen M. Silverman

12/15/1997 at 12:00 AM EST

An arrest warrant is out for rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, after he failed to appear in a New York court on Wednesday to face charges of speeding, possession of marijuana, failing to signal a lane change and driving with a suspended permit. DMX also was arrested last year after police going through his Teaneck, N.J., home found an illegal weapon, ammunition and 14 pit bulls (whose keeping were in violation of a municipal ordinance).