Rapper DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges after an early-morning raid on his Phoenix home yesterday.
Authorities say the 37-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, initially tried to barricade himself in his bedroom when a SWAT team entered his residence at 3 a.m.
The raid followed two searches of Simmons's home last August, which allegedly turned up weapons, drugs, dog carcasses and abused pit bulls.
Simmons's attorney, Murray Richman, told the Associated Press that his efforts to make DMX available to law enforcement prior to the raid were rebuffed, and that the animal-cruelty charges are not supported by evidence.
The arrest is the second in a week for DMX, who was taken into custody Tuesday after speed-enforcement cameras caught him going 114 mph on a suburban Phoenix freeway.
Reuters reports