Here's the least surprising statement you'll hear today -- DMX is back behind bars.

X was apprehended this afternoon by the FBI -- get this -- on an island off Miami Beach. The Feds were tipped off to his location -- a private residence on Palm Island -- by the Maricopa County Sheriff's office. He was arrested without incident.

The arrest comes after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest last Friday, because he missed a court appearance in Arizona.

He's currently locked up in the Miami-Dade County jail.