( CNN ) -- DMX wo n't sit down with Wendy Williams to talk about his legal troubles this week because of the rapper 's arrest Monday , his spokesman said . `` DMX , you are loved , but if you 're not here by Friday , we 've got to move on with our plans , '' Williams said on her show Tuesday , hours after the rapper was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license and having no car tag or insurance . The rapper , whose real name is Earl Simmons , has been arrested several times in his home state of South Carolina in recent months . He had been booked to appear on `` The Wendy Williams Show '' in New York on Wednesday , but he 's decided to stay at home `` due to recent media scrutiny , '' representative Domenick Nati said . `` The team apologizes to his fans who were anticipating his performance , but we are holding off on interviews and focusing on making music and organizing a world tour , '' Nati said . Williams talked about his troubles on her show Tuesday . `` This is not this man 's fault . This man needs help , and that 's why I just wanted to have a conversation with him . I was n't trying to fix him . '' DMX was pulling up to the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport on Monday evening to catch a flight to New York when he was stopped . An airport police officer recognized him and realized he had recently been arrested for driving without a license , an airport spokeswoman said . He spent three hours in jail Monday night before posting bond , according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center website . `` Oh , DMX -- a mess '' `` The problem is that with all the people he knows , and the drivers that he has access to , he decided to drive himself to the airport , '' Williams said . `` Well , there 's nothing wrong with that . We all like to drive . At least , I like to drive . The problem is I have a driver 's license and plates on my car . '' The plan had been for DMX to talk most of the hour with Williams before performing his 1997 hit `` Party Up ( Up in Here ) '' with Swizz Beatz , she said . `` Y'all gon na make me lose my mind -- that song , '' she said . `` Oh , DMX -- a mess , '' Williams said at the conclusion of her comments . The run-in with the law Monday was his third in his home state in recent months , which included a citation for marijuana possession in Greer , South Carolina , in August . He was arrested then when an officer recognized Simmons and knew there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failure to appear in court for a previous charge , according to the arrest report . Simmons allegedly `` became very aggressive with his words and was making multiple idle threats '' when the officer questioned him about `` a bag of green plant material I knew to be marijuana '' near where he was sitting in a pickup truck , the report said . He was also arrested in Greenville , South Carolina , on July 26 on charges of driving under the influence , driving without a license and driving without a seat belt , police said . A state trooper stopped his 1978 Plymouth station wagon after he was allegedly `` traveling erratically , '' the South Carolina Highway Patrol said . DMX was given a field sobriety test and failed , the agency said . DMX has faced various criminal charges in the past , including probation violation , illegal drug possession and animal cruelty . Maricopa County , Arizona , authorities said he was arrested five times after August 2007 . That included a May 2008 arrest on drug and animal cruelty charges , when Simmons attempted to barricade himself inside his Cave Creek home , sheriff 's deputies said . Simmons also ran into trouble while in prison , being placed on `` lockdown status '' and forced to eat only bread and water for `` jailhouse infractions . '' In February 2009 , he threw a food tray in anger at a corrections officer , according to the sheriff 's office . In 2010 he was sent to prison after violating his probation . Four days later , DMX was admitted to the Flamenco Mental Health unit for an undisclosed disorder . But before the litany of arrests , DMX had a promising music and movie career . He had a huge hit with `` Party Up ( Up in Here ) '' more than a decade ago , and he also appeared in movies , such as `` Romeo Must Die . ''
DMX cancels interviews `` due to recent media scrutiny , '' representative says . Williams : `` This man needs help , and that 's why I just wanted to have a conversation with him '' `` Oh , DMX -- a mess , '' she says . The rapper was arrested for a third time in recent months Monday .