Judge gives druggie DMX break

RAPPER DMX TESTED positive for cocaine and pot several times while out on bail in his tax evasion case, a judge said Friday.

The revelations emerged after DMX, whose legal name is Earl Simmons, showed up late for his bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court.

An angry Judge Jed Rakoff said the 46-year-old Simmons, who was dressed in a blue tie-dyed Def Leopard Tshirt, violated bail “probably more times than I can even remember” in such a short period of time.

The gravel-voiced rapper tested positive for cocaine four times in less than four weeks. He was twice found to have marijuana and opiates in his system as well, the judge said.

But the judge still showed mercy on Simmons — ordering him to home detention with an electronic ankle bracelet rather than sending him to jail.

“I’m going to not detain him in jail, although a very strong argument could be made for detaining him in jail,” Rakoff said, adding that he believes too many people are locked up before trial.

Simmons was free on $500,000 bond after pleading not guilty on July 14 to evading $1.7 million in income taxes.

In court, his lawyer Murray Richman said Simmons’ problems stem from his battles with substance abuse.

Drug-abusing rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, makes two new friends in blue outside Manhattan court Friday where he also enjoyed a smoke (below).