DMX has revealed that his children motivated him to kick his drugs habit and now insists that he is clean and on the right path.

The rapper’s addiction to cocaine derailed his life and he ended up being arrested countless times and eventually served time inside and was released earlier this year. “Everyone was taking advantage of me with my finances, trying to put me in the direction to fail,” he told TMZ. “I have 10 kids. I have to drive them in the right direction, so I let the cocaine go.”

“I am on a spirtual road to do right in my life. I am leaving out all negativity and going to stay on the right road to positive,” he said.

X’s pastor has also backed up his efforts to stay clean and sober, saying: “When [DMX] first came to my church he looked broken, sad, and full of struggle. Now you see a dramatic change. You see that the drugs and alcohol aren’t in his life.”

Do you think DMX will be able to stay clean?