Posted Aug 25th 2009 11:15AM by TMZ Staff
This is the best thing DMX has done in years, because last night in front of Madeo, the oft-incarcerated rapper completely slammed the entire state of Arizona, insulted the sheriff who controls his fate and broke out some darn impressive freestyle.

Filed under: DMX, Exclusives
Tags: arizona, DMX, jail, sheriff joe arpaio, SheriffJoeArpaio
Posted Jun 24th 2008 4:45PM by TMZ Staff
The Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona thinks Shaq-Fu better shut up! And now he's pulled the NBA baller's special deputy's badge because of his rapping rant against Kobe Bryant.

Last January, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio made the Phoenix Suns star a special deputy, and then promoted him to a ceremonious colonel earlier this month. "I want his two badges back," Arpaio told the AP, "Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they're fired. I don't condone this type of racial conduct."
Arpaio, known as "America's Toughest Sheriff," is best known for forcing inmates to wear pink undies and work on a chain gang.
O'Neal also served as a reserve officer with Miami Beach PD while playing for the Miami Heat.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports, Shaq Attack
Tags: basketball, deputy, maricopa county, MaricopaCounty, NBA, Phoenix Suns, PhoenixSuns, shaq, Shaquille Oneal, ShaquilleOneal, sheriff joe arpaio, SheriffJoeArpaio