The Ruff Ryders are taking their reunion on the road. According to DMX, the ’90s hip-hop collective is plotting a comeback tour.

X tells TMZ that a blowout reunion tour is in the works. Ruff Ryders Entertainment co-founder Joaquin “Waah” Dean is in the process of booking several venues for the cross-country trek.

Swizz Beatz, Drag-On, and Murda Mook have committed, but Eve and The LOX have yet to sign on because X hasn’t reached out to them yet. He is confident the whole crew will be on board by the time the tour kicks off in a few months.

“We are all family and we’re going to come back stronger than when we left,” said the Yonkers rapper. “It’s going to take the nation by storm.”

Would you buy tickets to see a Ruff Ryders reunion tour? Let us know.

Lil Wayne reunited with an old friend at LIV nightclub in Miami on New Year’s Day. With his protégé Lil Twist by his side, Weezy introduced DMX to the VIP crowd including Rihanna, Rick Ross, and Teairra Mari.

“Tonight is history ’cause I got a fucking legend standing behind me,” said the Young Money captain. “When I turned around, I saw this ni**a, I was like, ‘Stop the music and let these motherfuckas know that DMX is in this bitch.’”

He reflected on touring with X earlier in his career. “I remember when I was 17 years old, I was on the world’s biggest hip-hop tour. It was called the Ruff Ryders/Cash Money tour, and you was rockin’ that shit,” he told X.

A growling DMX then proceeded to perform his classics “Get at Me Dog” and “What These Bitches Want” while Wayne stood onstage. Watch the club go wild.

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2012 will be the Year of the Dog. DMX is set to return to music with a new album, due this spring.

The Yonkers MC, born Earl Simmons, will release his seventh studio album Undisputed on March 27 via United Music & Media Group. A first single will be released in the coming weeks.

According to a press release, the album will feature appearances from Busta Rhymes, Tyrese, and Jennifer Hudson, with production from Swizz Beatz and Deezle (“Lollipop”).

“Expect the unexpected. Expect the new improved,” his Ruff Ryders affiliate Swizz previously said of the project, X’s first since 2006’s Year of the Dog… Again. “Expect hip-hop. Expect real music. Expect the Dog to be back.”

The embattled rapper was released from an Arizona prison in July after serving six months behind bars for a probation violation.

DMX checks in with Dr. Drew on his daytime show “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers.” The hip-hop veteran opens up about his dark past with theft, drugs, and alcohol, as well as his rough childhood, living with an abusive mother.

With a new outlook on life, DMX reaches out to help a troubled young man that is following in his dangerous footsteps. The Ruff Ryders rapper shows him two potential paths, violence and prison or a chance for a productive life. The young man is also introduced to a producer and offered a life-changing proposition.

During the two-part episode, DMX will perform his gospel single “Keep Ya Head Up” for the first time on television.

The shows airs Wednesday, November 9, at 3 p.m. EST on The CW. Watch a sneak peek below.

Photo credit: Ryan Burch/Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers

DMX announces his return on a new freestyle “It’s Over, The Dog Is Back” featuring Swizz Beatz. “It’s a new sheriff in town, just been re-elected,” growls X, while Swizzy teases more music from the rest of the Ruff Ryders crew. The Dog days are far from over.

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DMX marked his return to the spotlight with a rip-roaring performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards. As part of his comeback tour, the Yonkers rapper also stopped by “106 & Park” with Swizz Beatz to premiere his video for “Last Hope” and speak about reuniting with his fellow Ruff Ryder.

Despite his public trials and tribulations, X is not looking back. “I wouldn’t change one thing,” he told hosts Rocsi and Terrence. “That made me the man I am today and I love the way I am.”

When asked what he thought of today’s popular rappers, he responded, “I really don’t think about other rappers, no disrespect. I’d rather focus on what I am seeing, the message I need to get across.”

On “Last Hope,” X rhymes over a beat which was previously used by Drake. “I didn’t know it was his song,” said X. “I heard the beat, the hook. I’m like, ‘I gotta beast on that.’ Thanks for bringing it to the table, I guess.”

He is now back in the lab with Swizz crafting new material. “Expect the unexpected. Expect the new improved,” announced Swizzy. “Expect hip-hop. Expect real music. Expect the Dog to be back.”

DMX returns with his first rap since prison, joining Busta Rhymes on a freestyle over Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne single “Otis.” The hip-hop stars assault the track—literally slapping it at one point—with their aggressive rhymes. Somebody call a doctor.

Busta Rhymes x DMX – “Otis (Freestyle)”

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DMX is free once again. The notorious rapper was released from an Arizona prison this morning after serving six months behind bars for a probation violation.

X, born Earl Simmons, was upbeat upon exiting the facility and was already planning to get back to music. “I’m feeling good, I’m feeling real good,” he told AllHipHop.com. “I’m gonna see my daughter, I just got off the phone with my wife. I’m going to see my daughter while the sun is up then I’m in the studio, man.”

DMX’s prison stay was lengthened by a week after he was caught in violation of multiple disciplinary infractions including drug possession, failing or refusing a drug test, unauthorized smoking, being disrespectful, and disorderly conduct.

According to a press release issued by his label United Music & Media Group, he plans to collaborate with major names in music over the next couple of months and release “hard-hitting rap music that will leave no question as to who truly is the king of rap.”

“Earl has so much more to offer the world,” stated his rep Nakia Walker. “His latest project has been on hold for so long! It is now time for X to redefine the world of hip-hop with his highly-anticipated album of inspirational, painful, and street-accredited rhymes. It is time to let the Dog out of the kennel.”

DMX’s prison stay has been extended. The embattled hip-hop star will remain behind bars after being busted for drugs.

Law enforcement officials tell TMZ that the rapper, born Earl Simmons, violated several rules while serving time in Arizona’s Yuma state prison. He was cited for seven disciplinary infractions including drug possession, failing or refusing a drug test, unauthorized smoking, being disrespectful, and disorderly conduct.

The “Party Up (Up in Here)” hitmaker was scheduled to be released on Wednesday, seven months after he was sentenced to serve time for a probation violation. The date has now been delayed to July 19 because he tested positive for drugs, reports CNN.

DMX barks back on “Get Your Money Up.” Over a trumpeting instrumental by Snagz, the embattled rapper spits gruff rhymes aimed at the judge, police, and snitches. “We don’t want no peace, war till we die!” growls X, peppering it with his signature ad-libs. Listen to him rip the track apart.

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