Editing DMX (section)

=== 1998–1999 ===
* When officers of the Fort Lee Police Department executed a search of his home in 1999, DMX promptly surrendered himself on weapons possession charges.<ref>{{Cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/02/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-jersey-rap-performer-charged-with-weapon-possession.html |title=METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW JERSEY; Rap Performer Charged With Weapon Possession |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 2, 1999 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612170842/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/02/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-jersey-rap-performer-charged-with-weapon-possession.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* DMX faced a 1999 animal cruelty charge in Teaneck, New Jersey, after a dozen pit bulls were found at his home there;<ref>{{cite news | last=Pinto | first=Fausto Giovanny | url=https://www.nj.com/bergen/2016/09/the_hip-hop_homes_of_bergen_county.html | title=The hip-hop homes of Bergen County | work=[[NJ.com]] | date=September 27, 2016 | quote=DMX – Teaneck: The Ruff Ryder rapper and sometimes actor faced charges of animal cruelty after police found 13 pit bulls at his Teaneck home in 1999 | access-date=July 30, 2019 | archive-date=July 30, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730144550/https://www.nj.com/bergen/2016/09/the_hip-hop_homes_of_bergen_county.html | url-status=live }}</ref> the charge was dismissed after the performer agreed to accept responsibility and record public service announcements for an animal rights group.<ref name=held>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/09/dmx.dogs/ |title=Rapper DMX held on animal cruelty, drug charges |work=[[CNN]] |date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712234011/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/09/dmx.dogs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>