In a bizarre twist to the sad tale of DMX being arrested yet again, the rapper's estranged wife tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively she's happy the bust was made.

"It's nice to know he's alive and not on a drug binge somewhere," Tashera Simmons tells us.

The rapper -- real name Earl Simmons -- was pulled over by the South Carolina Highway Patrol at 2 am Friday and booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on charges of driving under the influence, driving without a license and not wearing a seatbelt.