X's manager tells TMZ the rapper left a recording studio around 11:20 PM when he was stopped for a minor traffic violation. We're told once officers asked for X's information, they learned that he didn't have a valid driver's license.
TMZ has learned rapper DMX is planning to surrender to authorities in a Los Angeles courtroom and begin serving jail time in connection to a crime he committed "5 or 6 years ago" ... this according to X's manager.