A former rapper turned ISIS recruiter was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Syria earlier this month, according to the New York Times.

Hood locator and father of 12 (!) DMX began a six-month stint in jail on Tuesday after failing to pay $400,000 worth of child support, WIVB reports.

In a bizarre (and thus plausible) addition to the Legend of DMX, WPIX reports the rapper is accused of acting a fool, losing his cool, and robbing a 21-year-old New Jersey man at a Newark gas station early Easter morning.

The writers of Jeopardy are good at a very certain thing, which is researching and writing a series of questions that tests both the depth and breadth of your knowledge. They are also bad at a very certain thing, which is making up names for fake rappers.

There's not much to say about this TMZ video other than the basics: It shows a terrified DMX screaming—"THIS IS SCARY SHIT. WHAT? WHAT????!!!"—as an amusement park ride called the Sling Shot shoots him 390 feet into the air.

New York City morning show Good Day NY was playing a lighthearted version of "Name That Tune" throughout its broadcast this morning, and everything was going just fine until someone played the part of DMX's "Party Up" where he shouts "suck my dick!"

This is DMX boarding a bus of wedding partiers in New York City and immediately launching into a performance of his classic single "X Gon' Give it To Ya." THAT IS ALL.

I didn't watch everything on TV today, but really, what could possibly top this?

DMX, the Lindsay Lohan of hip-hop whose messiness has far superseded his art in terms of the current attention he courts, brought his erratic brand of emotional splattering to a 90-minute episode of the OWN series Iyanla Fix My Life last night. Though he spoke as if he had mainlined coke into his larynx, he denied being high to self-help guru Iyanla Vanzant. Her main objective was to reunite him with his son Xavier, to whom he had not spoken in a year and a half. Over the course of their discussion about DMX's infidelity and substance abuse, X repeatedly lashed out at Vanzant, referring to her as "lady" and "bitch." He apologized only to freak out at her again, and her reciprocal smackdown was, in a word, cathartic.

Move over "Jingle Bells" — there's a new traditional holiday tune in town: DMX's rendition of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

The highlight of last night's BET Hip Hop Awards might have been when Missy Elliott came out during the Chris Lighty tribute to rap "Get Ur Freak On," as she does sporadically. The crowd freaked out, as it also does sporadically.

When DMX is made to Google himself he flies into a tizzy, mostly over the concept of Googling. That tizzy, broken down.

He's the Reading Ranbow theme with interjections from DMX. The conceit is the punchline.

Tonight, VH1 premieres Couples Therapy (9 pm ET), a series from the creators of Celebrity Rehab that will trade drug-withdrawal seizures for sex-withdrawal whining. Ah, the lighter side of dysfunction. As is VH1 custom, the cast is full of persons of meh-trest like Linda Hogan and the man who's 29 years her junior that she calls love (Charlie Hill), perpetually returning trash lady Angelina Pivarnick (Jersey Shore) and her dude Chris Nirschel (The Next Food Network Star), some Bachelor/ette alums who aren't content to be undone by those shows' curse (Vienna Girardi and Kasey Kahl) and some gays (The A-List's Reichen Lehmkuhl and Rodiney Santiago).

David Arquette is looking for love in all the booziest places. Tony Parker says he wanted to divorce Eva, too. Miley Cyrus meets a boy. TGIFriday gossip.

Rapper/crazyman DMX was released from jail the other day. But he's been there before.

An "intuitive psychic" healer named Aiden is her new manager. James Brown's body goes missing from its crypt. Socialite shocked to discover racism, anti-semitism, homophobia make you unpopular. Corey Haim died of a too-big heart. Friday gossip is so alone.

He thought he could call her "heavy" if he said "top," first. Ke$ha makes fun of Britney. Kendra Wilkinson's baby weight gave her postpartum depression. "Jessica Simpson weighs in on fat jokes." Thursday's gossip roundup was teased as a child.

Weir explains his creative process. Jessica Simpson cries on Oprah's couch. John Mayer can't get a date. Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson grope each other in public. Johnny Depp fears mirrors. Tuesday gossip is the window to celebrity souls.

Katie Holmes, actress and Bride of Scientology, turns 31 today. Hard-charging hedge fund manager Dan Loeb is turning 48. Brad Pitt turns 46. Steven Spielberg is turning 63. Christina Aguilera is celebrating her 29th birthday today. Dan Klores, the publicist turned documentary filmmaker, is marking his 60th. The head of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, is 52. Memorial Sloan-Kettering president (and Nobel Prize winner) Harold Varmus is turning 70. Troubled rapper DMX is 39. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is 66. Ray Liotta is turning 55. Model agency owner Faith Kates is 52. And former Miss USA Tara Conner is turning 24 today. A bunch of weekend birthdays is below.