DMX is officially on “lockdown status” in Arizona’s Tent City Jail for threatening to fight the guards.

After DMX didn’t show up for his medication, officials say he began swearing at officers and threatened to “assault somebody to get some respect.”

DMX was immediately tossed into lockdown and punished with a “special diet that is a form of bread and water.”

It all started when he refused to report for work, telling officers, “I already have a job and don’t need this (expletive).”

Sounds like he still hasn’t learned anything from being incarcerated. He fails to obey the rules outside of the cage and it seems while he’s in the big cage.

“They weren’t getting proper food, they weren’t getting proper water, and they were tied outside in 115-degree heat,” Arpaio
said. “We are developing the investigation.” He went on to say that the department is seeking additional warrants to check the guns to determine if
“they’re legal, if he’s allowed to have weapons.”

DMX’s attorney, Stacey Richman, defended her client, saying, “He loves and lives for his animals” and “has caretakers for his homes and especially for his animals.” According to Richman, “The caretaker [DMX had hired] was only coming in once a day. Of course, that was not the arrangement.”

This is history repeating itself where he is concerned. Back in 2002, he pleaded guilty in New Jersey to charges of animal cruelty, stemming from a 1998 raid of his home. Police claimed he had neglected 13 pit bulls. He eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation and community service, and even went so far as to star in a public-service announcement against animal abuse.