Rapper DMX, pictured above, was released from Maricopa County jail in Arizona on May 13th. He had been incarcerated for over 90 days for animal cruelty, drug and fraud related charges. His initial sentence was extended because he got into an altercation with a corrections officer.
DMX was found guilty of animal cruelty which involved a raid last August 25th on his property when 12 pitbulls were found neglected, malnourished and scarred. Three dead dogs were buried in the yard. Five pitbull puppies were seized as well.
This isn’t the first time this hip-hop icon has been charged and pled guilty to animal cruelty charges. Back in 1998, DMX, aka, Earl Simmons, pled guilty to animal cruelty because 13 pitbulls were found to be caged, neglected and scarred showing evidence of dogfighting. The case was settled in 2002 when Earl pled guilty.
Now that DMX has been released, he now plans to begin a Christian ministry. He is going to start a tv show called “Pain and Perseverance”. His take on it is that he can reach people that the average person can’t reach because he is grounded!!! Excuse me as I try to compose myself after writing that last sentence.
Pain and Perseverance- what the hell does he know about pain and perseverance?? Who were the true victims of these two afflictions of which he speaks about? I’ll tell you who- his pitbulls!!!
DMX has used the ‘pitbull ‘ for more than one album cover and has used them
in his lyrics. The following is an example:
“Place your bets, You can imagine what the bloodline is like, I love mine to fight, All my pups is crazy, cause off the leash. They can eat, stand a match for 3 hours at least”.
Rap music glorifies dogfighting. Who listens to this crap? Well look around in the city of Reading and you will find a large population walking around with their pitbulls. It seems almost everyone has one.
A pitbull represents physical strength, agility, endurance, resistance to pain and aggression. For those who use this breed of dog as their “status symbol”, they do so because they can’t find the strength within themselves.
Now DMX wants to start a TV Christian ministry even though he was just released from jail this week because he is “grounded”. Please!!
Walk the walk first, Earl Simmons. Any true Christian knows this before you go out and preach to anyone else. You are a joke, Mr. Simmons. Get your act together and show true remorse about animal cruelty by talking to others about how cruel, wrong and illegal it is to be involved in dogfighting.
You are as bad as Kirstie Alley who is determined to lose weight the “Kirstie Way” after losing 75 pounds on the Jenny Craig weight loss program and gained 83 pounds back. Now she wants to tell others how to lose weight her way. She appears on Oprah and tells the world how she plans to tweet while she loses the weight and write a book. Walk the walk. Lose the weight and keep it off for at least two years , if not more, before you can preach anything to anyone.
What the hell don’t I get? No one wants to do the work before they preach. Does Michael Vick ring a bell for anyone?