Eminem is pushing his "Relapse 2" album -- originally scheduled for a late 2009 release -- to next year. But in the meantime, on December 21 he'll re-release his fifth...
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Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums. That turned out to be only partially true. "Relapse," the Detroit rapper's first...
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Courtesy of NME.com -- Em to re-visit 'Guilty Conscience' with Fiddy Eminem and 50 Cent 'face off' on a new song set for Eminem's forthcoming 'Relapse 2' album, the rapper...
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Apple Inc. and the music publisher for Eminem have settled a lawsuit over the digital downloading rights to many of the Detroit rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style attorney...
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Apple Inc and Eminem have failed to settle a lawsuit over whether the rapper's songs can be downloaded on the iTunes music service, paving the way for a federal trial to...
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Eminem was never a part of Def Jam Records, but the rapper is going to be part of the celebration when the legendary label is honored by VH1. Eminem will join Mary J....
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Eminem says he knew full well what he was about to face at the MTV Movie Awards — including Sacha Baron Cohen's bare butt. Enimem told the Web site RapRadar.com that...
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The head writer for the MTV Movie Awards has settled the debate: the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards was completely planned. Comedy...
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It may just be a few seconds of music, but Dr. Dre fans will remember the new Dr Pepper ad as the spot where they heard the first officially released beats from his...
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Eminem's new album, "Relapse," has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year. Nielsen SoundScan says the Detroit rapper's first album in...
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Eminem has given hundreds of hometown fans in Detroit extra reason to celebrate his first new album in almost five years — a free show. The rapper put on a free...
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Eminem, "Relapse" (Interscope) Every summer, some character from a past blockbuster comes back to entertain yet again. They tease with the notion that this time will be...
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Eminem says he and Jimmy Kimmel will fly about 200 laid-off autoworkers to Los Angeles for Friday's taping of his appearance on Kimmel's show. The Michigan rapper says he...
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Eminem's pulling a U2. The rap superstar is set to continue his return to the spotlight with a three-night residency on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, beginning with an...
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Eminem debuted the video to "We Made You," the first single off his forthcoming album "Relapse" on MTV Tuesday. The video, directed by Joseph Kahn, mercilessly spoofs a...
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Rapper Eminem, guitar legend Jimmy Page and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones are among the presenters for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The ceremony will...
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The real Slim Shady is not only standing up, he's coming back. And, most important, setting a date for his ever-elusive resurgence. Eminem has at long last pinned down...
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Eminem's record company says the mega-selling rapper will release not one, but two new records this year. Interscope Records said Thursday the Detroit star will release...
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50 Cent is taking a back seat to Eminem. The rapper says he won't release his "Before I Self Destruct" CD until Eminem's album — tentatively titled "Relapse" —...
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He's baaaaaaack. Eminem, with assists from high-powered pals 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, has landed at No. 1 on the charts—and in the record books—with his latest...
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Eminem is unlikely to release his forthcoming new album, Relapse, before the end of 2008, claims an anonymous record company "insider." According to the New York Post,...
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Guess who's back? Shady's back. So is Eminem, and Marshall Mathers, too. Whatever you might call him, the man recently named the "best rapper alive" by...
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After several years away from the limelight, rapper Eminem may release a new album this year. During a recent appearance on his Sirius XM satellite radio station, Shade...
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The real Slim Shady is not only standing up, he's coming back. Four years after his apparent curtain call, Eminem has announced that he has returned to the studio and...
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He might be MIA, but that doesn't stop trouble from finding Eminem. A man has filed a lawsuit against the Oscar- and Grammy-winning "Lose Yourself" rapper for...
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A man has sued Eminem, claiming the rapper punched him two years ago while they were in the bathroom of a Detroit strip club. The Detroit News reports Miad Jarbou of Royal...
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Eminem is about to lose himself with his word processor. The rap megastar, who has chronicled his turbulent life on his albums and the film 8 Mile, is now cranking out an...
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Eminem was hospitalized in relation to complications from contracting pneumonia over the Christmas period, it has emerged.
The rap star, real name Marshall Mathers, spent...
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Eminem is getting some R&R after a rough patch over the holidays.
Instead of spending time under the tree, the 35-year-old rapper logged some days in sick...
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The publisher of Eminem's music has filed a federal lawsuit against computer giant Apple Inc. for selling downloads of his songs without permission.
Apple has an agreement...
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Apple has been accused of partaking in some (slim) shady downloading.
Eminem's music publisher, Eight Mile Style LLC, and copyright manager, Martin Affiliated LLC,...
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Eminem has been stalked by a fan, after he stole the rapper's number from his ex-wife's phone.
Kyle Spratt stole Kim Mathers' mobile and wrote down Eminem's number before...
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Michael Jackson has bought a stake in Eminem's back catalog.
Jackson, who also currently owns the Beatles' copyright, has bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom.
As well as...
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Eminem is being lined up for a possible future collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber on a musical.
The legendary composer has been speaking of his admiration of the rap...
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Eminem wants to buy a Detroit venue which was featured in his film 8 Mile.
The rapper is in negotiations to purchase the St. Andrew's Hall venue from Live Nation for an...
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Eminem is one of the guests featured on the new 50 Cent album Curtis.
The album, which is released on June 26, will be proceeded by the single "Straight To The Bank."
The...
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Eminem and Kim Mathers have agreed to quit talking trash. About each other, at least.
The frequently sparring exes entered into a parental cooperation pact Monday...
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Eminem has been asked to appear in an Irish court, following the 2005 cancellation of a show at Slane Castle.
The rap superstar is at the centre of a $3 million...
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Will Slim Shady please stand up—in Ireland?
A Dublin High Court judge on Wednesday formally requested that Eminem provide testimony under oath explaining why he...
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Eminem and Kim Mathers were officially divorced for a second time yesterday.
The couple, who were first married for two years after tying the knot in 1999, remarried in...
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Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose
commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim,
was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite
scoring three...
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Few musicians can lay claim to an
innovation that has changed the face of popular culture but
disc jockey Grandmaster Flash fits the bill.
Flash, 48, was honored with the...
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Piracy and competition for consumer
spending drove global music sales down 4 percent in the first
half of 2006 despite the continued popularity of digital music,
an industry...
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Flamboyant New York band the Scissor
Sisters dominated music sales in Britain for a second week as
they stayed at the top of both the singles and album charts.
Their...
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Martha Stewart wants Eminem to appear on her "Martha" TV show. Not because he can knit or bake brownies but because audience members love his music.
"We play his music...
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It's official: The amount of time Eminem has spent in divorce
proceedings has outlasted the time he spent in his remarriage.
And at the rate things are going, the case...
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Eminem, his estranged wife and their lawyers met privately in a judge's chambers Tuesday but failed to agree to terms for the couple's second divorce.
"We didn't settle...
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Grammy- and Oscar-winning rapper Eminem continued divorce proceedings with his wife, Kimberley Mathers, in an hour-long private hearing Tuesday.
Macomb County Circuit...
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Eminem will release a selection of new music next month, completely dismissing suggestions he is retiring from the music business.
The rapper is understood to have recorded...
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Semi-retired as a rapper, Eminem has decided to try his hand as a
cobbler.
The hip-hop superstar is joining forces with Nike
to create a limited-edition line of Air Max...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Slim Shady is off the hook.
Days after Eminem
was accused of attacking a man in the restroom of a Detroit nudie bar,
the alleged victim has decided to drop assault...
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So this is how Eminem is celebrating his semi-retirement.
Police in Detroit said Monday they are seeking the
hip-hop superstar for questioning for his alleged role in a...
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Eminem has launched a website to raise funds for the family of his best friend Proof, who was killed in a gun battle in April.
The rap superstar and his label Shady Records...
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To reach his second first divorce hearing, Eminem had to go
under ground.
According to the Detroit News, the
Grammy winner entered a Detroit-area courthouse Thursday by...
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Eminem has agreed to appear in a new film as a bounty hunter, according to reports.
The rap star, who starred in the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile in 2003 to much acclaim,...
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Eminem is ringing in a compromise.
Lawyers for the
Slim Shady's publishing empire, Michigan-based Eight Mile Style and
Martin Affiliated, have settled a lawsuit with...
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You can add rapping to the list of Jodie Foster's talents. The Oscar-winning actress spoke Monday at the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremonies, ending her...
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The real Mrs. Slim Shady is standing up--in divorce court.
Kim Mathers, soon to be Eminem's ex-wife for the second time,
filed a response Wednesday in a Detroit court to...
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Eminem filed divorce papers Wednesday, less than three months after remarrying his high school sweetheart, Kim Mathers.
The filing on behalf of Marshall Bruce Mathers III...
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Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, and his ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers, have decided to give it another try. The couple got remarried on Saturday (January 14) in...
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If he really is retiring, then Eminem is going out with a bang.
The rapper's greatest hits collection, the possibly
prophetically titled Curtain Call, bowed on top of...
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Rap star Eminem has been admitted to a Detroit hospital to treat a dependency on sleep medication, his label said on Thursday. The announcement came just two days after the...
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Rapper Eminem, who has won nine Grammy Awards in his career, is contemplating retirement, according to those close to him. The rapper's best friend, Proof of D12, told the...
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And for the halftime show, Mike Tyson will chomp off one lucky
fan's ear...
Just days after pleading no contest to a
slugging a Nashville strip club deejay during a bar...
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Charity rocker Bob Geldof on Tuesday
announced plans for five star-studded concerts aimed at
pressuring world leaders into eradicating African poverty.
Twenty years after...
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As if pairing Eminem and 50 Cent isn't wild enough, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz are going be joining their "Anger Management 3" tour this summer.
But expect the...
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Mariah Carey will perform at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, joining Eminem and Nine Inch Nails to complete the lineup.
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the 14th annual awards show will...
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The morning after a blistering three-hour concert to celebrate the release of their new album, members of the Dave Matthews Band were still jazzed — about the songs no...
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Looks like 50 Cent has dodged another bullet.
The rap
superstar managed to avoid jail time Friday after cutting a plea deal
with prosecutors in Springfield,...
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The concept seems great: Place
CD-burning kiosks that can manufacture out-of-stock albums in
retail stores and offer customized compilations, too.
But after numerous false...
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Eminem, who grew up on both sides of 8 Mile Road, is helping revitalize the highway he made famous in a hit song and film.
The rapper, born Marshall Mathers III, has...
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Apple is making nice with Eminem.
A lawyer for the rapper
confirmed Tuesday that he had reached an undisclosed financial
settlement with the iPod purveying-company for...
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Can Russell Simmons make debt consolidation hot? The music and fashion mogul is teaming with exuberant TV money guru Suze Orman for the latest incarnation of his Hip-Hop...
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Robert Earl Keen) was so pleased with
his 2003 Koch Records Nashville label debut, "Farm Fresh
Onions," that he repeated the recording process for follow-up
"What I Really...
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A superstar act in your camp has
almost completed a new album. Do you drop it in or near the
fourth quarter with the huge traffic it enjoys during the
holiday selling season...
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A tormentor from Eminem's past has failed to bully a Michigan
appeals court into reinstating a lawsuit against the rapper.
DeAngelo Bailey, who attended elementary...
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The state appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an ex-schoolmate of Eminem's who accused the Detroit-area rapper of falsely depicting him in the song "Brain...
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And you thought you had a crazy week at work.
Source magazine cofounder Raymond "Benzino" Scott, who's most
famous for feuding with Eminem for years, has had a whirlwind...
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Elton John says that Eminem is on par with Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger. In the new issue of Rolling Stone, the rapper is listed in the magazine's second "Immortals"...
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Eminem and 50 Cent are teaming up for a two-month tour that will end with two August shows in Eminem's hometown of Detroit.
The Aug. 12-13 concerts at 44,000-seat Comerica...
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Most new rock bands are bombarded with more analogies than an old SAT exam, called everything from "the new XTC" to "the second coming of Joy Division." But Bloc Party has...
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Growing sales of DVD music
videos and a sharp increase in digital downloads kept the
global music market afloat in 2004 in what the International
Federation of the...
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Lawyers for rapper Dr. Dre, Time Warner Inc. and Best Buy Co. have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former Detroit city employees who were videotaped...
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Eminem withdrew his federal copyright law infringement case against the Source magazine on Wednesday (March 16). The rapper's lawyer, Donald David, told New York's Daily...
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By David Jenison
Whether it's J.Lo or J.Jo, 50 Cent
refuses to relinquish his chokehold on the album chart.
Having
staved off Jennifer Lopez 's Rebirth last...
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Leave it to 50 Cent to ruin Jennifer Lopez 's rebirth.
With leaks and bootleggers forcing Fiddy's label to move up the
release of The Massacre, J.Lo suddenly had no...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is putting in his two cents about the latest drama involving 50 Cent. The civil rights leader on Tuesday proposed a ban that would muzzle artists who...
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The O.C is where it's at when it comes to Beck rolling out
new material for the masses.
The alt-rock hero will preview
five tracks from his forthcoming album, Guero, on...
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The cover of 50 Cent's second CD transforms a photo of the hugely successful rapper into a character out of a cartoon or graphic novel, splatters of black paint around his...
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This album chart is brought to you by the letter O.
Omarion, the first B2K alumnus to release a solo album, is now the first
to debut at number one as O topped the...
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Another day, another feud for 50 Cent. This time, he's beefing with his own protege, the best-selling rapper The Game. Actually, make that former protege.
In an interview...
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Stop us if you've heard this one before: A high-profile hip-hop
album's street date is being moved up due to Internet piracy concerns.
The Massacre, the highly...
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The late Ray Charles might have loved company on his final album,
but he's all alone at the top of the charts.
After landing
five posthumous Grammys on Feb. 13,...
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Some bands just want their 15 minutes on top, 3 Doors Down got
Seventeen Days.
While the Mississippi rockers' first
two albums sold more than 12 million combined copies...
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Apparently the Super Bowl wasn't the only big game last week.
Compton rapper the Game returned to number one with The
Documentary a week after being displaced by country...
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Country powerhouse Kenny Chesney's timeout from the Nashville scene
to challenge Jimmy Buffett 's beach-party monopoly has paid off. Be As
You Are: Songs from an Old Blue...
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Kenny Chesney's "Be As You Are" took the top spot as expected in this week's album sales, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week.
It's the country star's third No....
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The Game definitely got game.
The Compton rapper
scored the year's biggest debut as The Documentary opened at
number one, selling a massive 587,000 copies last week,...
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. said it agreed to an exclusive marketing and promotional alliance with Interscope Geffen A&M Records and its chairman, Jimmy Iovine.
Financial...
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Seems like plenty of villages still can't get enough of this
Idiot.
For the second straight week, Green Days
American Idiot held the top spot on the album chart over...
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Eminem and the Source magazine have had an ongoing feud since the magazine went public last year with racist lyrics which were allegedly recorded by Eminem years ago. But on...
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Rand McNally, take note, the boulevard of broken dreams is lined
with number ones.
Four months after American Idiot
became Green Day's first album to reach number one,...
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For the guy who waylaid Dr. Dre and touched off a brawl at the Vibe
Music Awards, it was time to face the music.
Jimmy James
Johnson appeared before a Los Angeles...
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Rap megastar 50 Cent is about to massacre his rivals--on the
charts, anyway.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Fiddy's
follow-up to his multiplatinum-selling debut, Get...
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Rapper and Source magazine co-owner Ray Benzino isn't convinced that Eminem wants to put an end to their beef. Eminem expressed a willingness to end the beef in a song...
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Rapper Eminem will finally get his day in court as Manhattan federal Judge Gerard Lynch ruled on Monday (January 3), that his copyright-infringement lawsuit against the...
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How's this for a stat: The combined sales of Norah Jones ' Feels
Like Home and Eminem 's Encore still doesn't best 2004's top
seller, Usher's Confessions.
Usher...
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The music industry reversed a four-year decline as album sales rose slightly in 2004 while overall music sales spiked thanks to a huge increase in digital track sales,...
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The owner of a Detroit studio where Eminem purportedly cut his
best-selling debut album, The Slim Shady LP, was found dead
Tuesday, the victim of an apparent vendetta,...
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Eminem rung in the new year by ringing it up at the cash
registers.
The rapper's Encore began 2005 where it left
2004--topping the album sales chart. Encore sold...
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The owner of the studio where hip-hop megastar Eminem recorded the multimillion-selling CD, "The Slim Shady LP," was found shot to death Tuesday inside the facility, police...
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Ja Rule's holiday party was anything but--and police suspect the
rapper's troubled label might be the reason.
The NYPD is
trying to determine whether a rap feud...
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Eminem apparently learned to be nice this holiday season because
Santa gave the usually naughty rapper another number one.
Previously ruling the charts for the last...
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Tupac Shakur may have been murdered eight years ago, but each
holiday season, the rapper seems to reappear like Santa Claus.
For eight of the last nine holiday seasons,...
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You only need one word to sum up
the year in pop 2004: Usher. Clearly, it was his house. The
rest of us were just overnight visitors.
It began innocently enough, right at...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Snoop Dogg was too hot to drop
from the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as
his hit tune "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharrell logged
a third week at...
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Rappers love a good feud. Whether
it's East Coast vs. West Coast, or Eminem vs. everyone, the
spats inspire spiteful lyrics that make for juicy listening.
Alas for...
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A trip to "The Red Light
District" scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on
the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.
The Atlanta rapper/actor's fourth Disturbing Tha...
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Sure Ludacris' new album is called Red Light District, but
the rapper didn't top the charts by lying on his back.
The hard-working Atlanta-based hip-hopster helped make...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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The holiday mood at independent
music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen
SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie
merchants were down...
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Nearly 10 years into his career,
Xzibit is on a roll. Now in the second season of hosting the
popular MTV series "Pimp My Ride," the West Coast rapper is
busy promoting his...
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Ratings tumbled for the Billboard
Music Awards, which Fox aired Dec. 8 from Las Vegas.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the 15th annual
two-hour broadcast drew 6.9...
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Big day for Jay-Z.
On the same day the hip-hopster
was officially named president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings (he starts
Jan. 3), his latest CD topped the...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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Eminem has reunited with the young actress who played his daughter in the "Lose Yourself" video for his next promotional clip. Seven-year-old Karli Filips reprises her role...
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So much for that "Ebony and Ivory" stuff. At least as far as
Stevie Wonder and Eminem go.
Speaking to Billboard
magazine, Wonder comes to the defense of old Motown...
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Shawn Fanning's Napster software enabled countless music fans to swap songs on the Internet for free, turning him into the recording industry's enemy No. 1 in the...
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Police and probation officials have been reviewing video of the melee at the Vibe Awards show to determine if rap producer Marion "Suge" Knight played a role in the...
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It took an atomic bomb to dismantle Eminem 's encore.
U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb blew Em's
Encore out of the top slot the latter had occupied for two
straight...
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It's beginning to sound like a broken record.
Marion
"Suge" Knight is once again the subject of a police probe--this time to
determine whether he was involved in the...
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Amid the music industry's 10-week
sales spiral, merchants have a new concern: Aggressive pricing
on high-profile releases is threatening to turn Black Friday --
retailers'...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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Eminem has survived a date with destiny.
The
hip-hopster went head-to-head with Destiny's Child, and the Shady One
prevailed. For the second straight week, Eminem...
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Eminem topped music charts for a
second week, warming up a recent cold spell for record
companies who hope the rapper and big releases from acts like
U2 and Gwen Stefani ...
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Irish rock band U2 will soon discover
whether the Internet leak of its first studio album in four
years will harm sales of "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,"
released in...
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British pop group Girls Aloud blew Irish
rockers U2 from the top of the UK singles charts on Sunday with
their cover of The Pretenders ballad "I'll Stand By You,"...
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After a three-year hiatus,
Destiny's Child is picking up where it left off: at the top.
"Lose My Breath," the first single from the R&B trio's
hotly anticipated album...
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U2 has sold more than 120 million
albums worldwide and won 14 Grammy Awards during the course of
its 26-year career, so you would think that there would be a
level of ease...
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OutKast topped the winners list at the MTV Europe Music Awards, picking up three prizes, including best group. The hip-hop stars from Atlanta also won best video and song...
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Hip-hop duo OutKast and R&B sensation
Usher shared top honors Thursday, scooping a combined five
prizes at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome.
OutKast superstars Andre...
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Chronicling Eminem 's five-year career has been a little like watching someone go through court-ordered therapy.
When we first met the patient in 1999 on "The Slim Shady...
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Rome's mighty Colosseum risks being
damaged and diminished by a major MTV rock concert,
traditionalists and conservationists warned on Thursday.
As a prelude to the MTV...
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"Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan 's
scornful, ironic ode to a spoiled woman's reversal of fortune,
was named the greatest rock 'n' roll song of all time on
Wednesday by...
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Eminem 's new album debuted atop the charts, following a decision by the rapper's record label to move up the album's sale date amid piracy concerns.
"Encore" sold 711,000...
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Premature or not, Eminem has made one helluva of an encore.
The Shady One moved up the drop date of his latest disc,
Encore, to Friday, giving it just three days in the...
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Payback's a bitch.
California authorities are
seeking G-Unit rapper Young Buck in connection with the stabbing of a
26-year-old man during a brawl that went down at...
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Hip-hop duo OutKast are set to add a
handful of top MTV awards to their crowded trophy cabinet on
Thursday night when millions of fans tune in to MTV's Europe
Music Awards,...
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Eminem fans have turned out en
masse to snap up their rap idol's newest album, propelling it
to No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts after just three days in
release.
"Encore,"...
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Talk about a bad Vibe.
Just as Dr. Dre was
getting ready to accept a lifetime achievement award from Snoop Dogg and
Quincy Jones at the taping of Monday night's Vibe...
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Shady's back -- in a big way. Rapper
Eminem released his new two-disc set "Encore" on Friday -- four
days ahead of schedule in hopes of curbing physical and online
piracy...
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We know 50 Cent can dodge bullets, but can he dodge the law?
Apparently not.
The rap superstar pleaded innocent Monday
in Springfield, Massachusetts, to three assault...
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Pirated versions of U2's new album "How
to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" have emerged on Internet
file-sharing networks two weeks before it goes on sale,
throwing into question...
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Billed as the Best of Both Worlds,
the ill-fated co-headlining tour by Jay-Z and R. Kelly ended up
with two worlds colliding.
The tour's implosion -- at least as a...
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It seems Ashlee Simpson will forever bear the scarlet "L" — for lip-synching. The 20-year-old "singer" has been lampooned and shamed, held up as an example of today's...
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And for his encore, Eminem 's record company has moved up the
release date of his latest record, Encore, due to what they are
calling "rabid" demand.
The rapper's...
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Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recently accusing the pop star of lip-synching. "I don't want to escalate it because I like Madonna," the 57-year-old...
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Eminem recently released an animated video for his anti-Bush and war in Iraq song, "Mosh," which will be included on the rapper's upcoming album, Encore. The video is only...
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Rapper Eminem and baritone Josh Groban now have something in common: They are among the nominees for favorite male singer in the People's Choice Awards.
Nominees for the...
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Aerosmith 's recent A&E concert
special "You Gotta Move" will be released Nov. 23 on DVD with
five songs that did not appear on the original broadcast.
The 162-minute...
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First Michael Jackson gets hit, now Eminem 's taking a potshot at
President Bush .
"Mosh," a Bush-berating track off the
rapper's upcoming Encore album, was all over...
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Swedish DJ Eric Prydz rebounded to the
top of the UK pop charts Sunday, bouncing heart-throb Robbie Williams down to number three.
Prydz's "Call on Me" regained its hold...
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Controversial rapper Eminem will
launch his widely expected satellite music radio channel called
Shade 45 on Oct. 28 with a live broadcast of a concert from New
York, the...
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The clash between Michael Jackson and Eminem is turning into a
real thriller.
In a rare victory for the former King of
Pop, Black Entertainment Television announced...
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Michael Jackson is angered by the way he is mocked in rapper Eminem 's recently released video "Just Lose It" and has asked cable music stations to remove the video from...
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All-star performances and emotional
tributes to hip-hop pioneers highlighted the first VH1 Hip Hop
Honors, Oct. 3 at the Hammerstein Ballroom here. The show
premieres Oct....
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Music radio programing has a new
champion: Howard Stern.
Not only will Stern take his infamous talk show to Sirius
Satellite Radio beginning in 2006, but the shock jock...
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Gangster rapper Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in federal prison Friday on a gun-possession charge stemming from a traffic stop.
Sigel, 30, could have received more...
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Hip-hop group OutKast has a leading five nominations for the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards, followed by Usher, with four nominations.
The awards will be presented Nov. 18...
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Hip-hop group Outkast has landed five nominations in next month's MTV Europe Music Awards, organizers said Wednesday. Another artist from Atlanta — singer Usher —...
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Hip-hop duo OutKast led the field on
Wednesday when nominations were announced for next month's MTV
Europe awards in Rome.
OutKast, already big winners at this year's...
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Rapper 50 Cent will make his film
debut in the semi-autobiographical "Locked and Loaded."
50 Cent will play a former drug dealer who gives up a life
of crime to pursue a...
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In the wake of current chart
success by such R&B stalwarts as the late Ray Charles and Anita
Baker, a slew of projects by other established acts is on tap.
Percy Sledge --...
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The ex-wife of rapper Eminem on Wednesday was to begin treatment for drug abuse at a facility in Minnesota, a spokesman for the Michigan corrections department...
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Vivendi's recovery is almost complete, the French media and telecommunications giant declared Tuesday, despite a massive second-quarter net loss bloated by the effects of...
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"We are going to kick some ass,"
Carl Mello, music buyer for Boston-based retail chain Newbury
Comics, says when assessing this year's holiday...
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Britney Spears ' fans don't think the pop star's chewed gum is "Toxic" — they're buying wads of it on eBay. There are over two dozen auctions of used chewing gum on...
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Right about now, we're thinking 50 Cent would have rather been in
da club than on da stage.
The chart-topping hip-hopster cut
short his set at Britain's Reading...
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Eminem is ready for an Encore.
The rap
superstar will release his long-awaited fourth album, Encore, on
Nov. 16, Interscope Records has announced.
Eminem's
last...
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Olympic competitors like Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson are skipping out of the closing ceremony in Athens and heading to Miami for the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, the...
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Missy Elliott's reality show
probably won't debut on UPN until sometime next year, but
viewers can expect the program to be a candid glimpse into what
it's like to be...
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Legendary music mogul Clive Davis has some advice for music retailers looking to persuade music fans to return to traditional record shops: Make shopping more fun.
"You...
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R&B/hip-hop superstars R. Kelly and
Jay-Z will team for a North American tour this fall, kicking
off Sept. 30 in Chicago. The full routing has yet to be
announced for the...
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Teenage American swimmer Michael Phelps
claimed the first of a hoped-for eight gold medals at the
Athens Olympics Saturday with a world record time and his
Australian rival...
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RealNetworks' Rhapsody
online music service has gathered exclusive playlists from more
than 250 U.S. Olympians and is letting users hear the songs for
free during the...
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Now that's what I call a sweet 16!
The latest edition
of the top-pop hits collection, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol.
16, featuring singles by the like of OutKast,...
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When Sean "P. Diddy" Combs unveiled his get-out-the-vote initiative, it had all the elements of hot album release party.
There was a DJ spinning cool songs. A "street...
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Irish rock band U2 might rush
release its upcoming album as a legal download on Apple's
iTunes music store if unfinished material from a CD copy that
went missing ends up...
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Elton John has performed with some big names — Cher, Billy Joel , Eminem — and at some big places — Westminster Abbey, Central Park, Caesars Palace —...
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So the FCC wouldn't let him be, wouldn't let him be he...and now
Eminem is making the move to satellite radio.
On Monday,
the Grammy-winning rapper announced his...
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Eminem will have his own channel on satellite radio starting this fall, a major provider announced Monday.
Sirius Satellite Radio said it has teamed up with the...
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The U.S. music industry finished the
first half of 2004 with album sales of 305.7 million units, up
6.9% from the 285.9 million units scanned in the corresponding
period...
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Eminem 's ex is going back to the big house.
A judge in
Macomb County, Michigan, says he is done giving Kim Mathers second
chances and sentenced her to a year behind...
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Eminem 's ex-wife was sentenced Wednesday to at least four months in jail for leaving a court-ordered drug treatment program without permission.
Macomb County Circuit...
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With the music industry looking to cut costs amid lower profit margins, record companies see fewer incentives to investing in artist-run label projects.
Twelve years ago,...
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There's no song like "Over the Rainbow." Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale's wistful ditty in "The Wizard of Oz" led the American Film Institute 's list of 100 best movie songs...
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Universal Music maintained its status
as the world's market leader in 2003, but a combined Sony/BMG
would have challenged its dominance.
The International Federation of...
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Mel Gibson , whose controversial film
"The Passion of the Christ" paid off big at the box office, is
the year's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes
magazine's...
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Eminem 's the poster boy for good behavior--at least compared to his
ex.
The rap superstar's former missus, Kim Mathers, found
herself back in a Macomb County,...
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The ex-wife of rapper Eminem , wanted by authorities after skipping out on a court-ordered drug treatment program, was arrested in a hotel, police said Wednesday.
Police...
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It is summertime, and one of the
hottest songs in hip-hop comes from a Queens, N.Y.-based MC who
emerged from the mix-tape circuit with the backing of a
controversial...
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Eminem has won the first round in a hip-hop face-off against The
Source.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch
ordered the magazine to pay the rapper's legal...
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Rap magazine The Source has been ordered to pay Eminem 's legal fees for violating a federal court order not to publish full versions of the rapper's racially charged...
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Eight is apparently not enough for Usher.
For the
ninth time in 11 weeks of release, the R&B crooner's incredibly
resilient breakout smash Confessions topped...
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Eminem 's moon has been eclipsed. MTV plans to edit out a shot of the rapper exposing his rear end to the audience at the 2004 Movie Awards when the show is broadcast...
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Apparently, Creed was doing a little fortune-telling when it
released the track "One Last Breath."
The 2002
single is, fittingly, the band's swan song.
After
eight...
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The fire-breathing metallic bat made the pretend Paris Hilton and substitute Snoop Dogg visibly nervous.
During rehearsals Thursday for the MTV Movie Awards, the two...
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Thanks to Avril
Lavigne, it was the fall of the house of Usher on this week's album
chart.
The un-Britney's sophomore album, Under
My Skin, put the stops on Usher's...
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When Dido goes out on the road, she likes to surround herself with people she's certain she'll get along with. And for the London-born pop star, that just so happens to be...
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The Pulitzer Prize music judges, hoping to encourage a broader range of entries from American composers, may soon be saying hooray for Hollywood — and all that...
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French media and telecommunications company Vivendi Universal slashed its first quarter losses and posted a 10 percent increase in operating profit Thursday, offering a...
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Just because you have the method doesn't mean you can be the man.
Despite a strong showing by rapper-actor Method
Man, the artist on top of Billboard's Top 200 album...
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It's official: Usher
is now the year's biggest party stopper.
The R&B star,
whose Confessions
has dominated the 2004 charts, locking down the number one spot now
seven...
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Eminem
is ready to take a bite out of Apple Computer.
A federal
judge ruled Monday that the rapper's case against the company for
illicitly using his lyrics in a...
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Rap singer Eminem 's lawsuit against
Apple Computer Inc. charging that the company used his hit song
in a TV ad without his permission can proceed, his lawyer said
on...
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A federal judge says rapper Eminem 's copyright infringement claims over use of his song "Lose Yourself" in a commercial for Apple Computer Inc. can go forward.
Apple...
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Usher
has turned Eminem's
world upside down.
Last
week, the Eminem -led D12
World ended Usher's five-week run at number one on the album
chart, but in this week's...
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Usher's
new confession: He can't touch Eminem.
Becoming the first new chart topper since March, the
Eminem -led rap group D12 knocked off Usher's Confessions
and took...
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Motown is emptying its archives into
Apple's iTunes Music Store to mark its 45th anniversary.
The famed label is making available the first 45 singles it
issued as well as...
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Many people participate in online
"fantasy" sports, drafting teams and competing against friends
for prizes. Now, the fantasy realm has expanded to include the
music...
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It's a D12 world at U.S. music
stores.
Based on first-day numbers cited by retailers, Billboard
projects the rap sextet's new album, "D12 World," will sell
550,000 units...
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D12 will release their sophomore set, D12 World, Tuesday (April 27). The set features guest appearances from Obie Trice and B-Real and the production of Eminem, Kon Artis,...
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People apparently can't get enough of Usher's
new tell-all.
Facing minimal competition yet again, the
R&B star's Confessions
continued its chokehold on the top album...
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A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to more than four years in prison Monday for dragging Eminem 's mother from her car on the street made famous by the rapper's movie "8...
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Universal Music Group will raise the suggested retail price of its CDs by $1 to improve profit margins for merchants after many balked at the company's push to slash...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Eminem 's mother wants to see a 16-year-old punished for carjacking and robbing her, but she's also distressed to think he could spend the next decade or more in...
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay dropped
out of music college with failing grades two years ago but now
the precocious 19-year-old has a double album climbing the
charts amid...
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Online file-sharing and other digital piracy persist, but a gradual turnaround in U.S. music sales that began last fall picked up in the first quarter of this year,...
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An arrest warrant was issued for rapper Eminem 's former wife Wednesday, a day after she failed to return to a court-ordered drug treatment program, officials...
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Janet
Jackson might say there's been a "sales malfunction" on the charts.
Despite all of her publicity, good and bad, Janet Jackson 's
string of chart-topping studio...
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Though others tried, it was Usher's
million-copy week that proved the ultimate "home" wrecker on the charts.
The R&B star's fifth album, Confessions,
sold record numbers...
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Another bad rap for Eminem's
bad-girl ex.
Kim
Mathers found herself back behind bars for a second time in two
months after failing to complete court-mandated rehab,...
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Eminem 's ex-wife was back behind bars after Macomb County authorities said she dropped out of a court-ordered drug treatment program.
Kimberly Mathers was released from...
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Police Chief John Timoney says his department does not keep tabs on hip-hop celebrities and their entourages, denying a report that quoted two officers saying it was part of...
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Opera-pop crossover acts are
becoming a veritable cottage industry, but the East Village
Opera Co. is markedly different.
Thanks to Canadian composer/multi-instrumentalist...
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When these music critics make a
point, you can bet that at least 15 million people get it.
They are the pop-music writers at the nation's 20 largest
daily newspapers. By...
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The hip-hop cops are on patrol in Miami.
Unbeknownst
to rappers such as P.
Diddy, 50
Cent and DMX,
they've been under top-secret surveillance during visits to South...
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Police say they are secretly monitoring hip-hop stars P. Diddy, DMX and others in South Florida to protect them, but celebrities and critics see the surveillance as...
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Wally P. had just gotten back from the Grammys — his third time going — and he was exhausted. After hitting a series of after-parties he described as "just...
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Eminem 's "The Marshall Mathers LP"
and OutKast's "Speakerboxx/The Love Below" have each been
certified for U.S. shipments of 9 million copies.
The sets are fast...
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Eminem's
looking to take the shine off Apple Computer Inc., after the tech
company illicitly used one of his songs in a TV commercial.
Em's music publisher, Eight Mile...
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Rapper Eminem 's music publisher is suing Apple Computer Inc., claiming the company used one of the hip-hop superstar's songs in a television advertisement without...
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Forget flowers and chocolate, Norah
Jones is the new Valentine's Day gift of choice.
The
jazzy singer became just the second female artist to sell more than 1
million...
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With Grammy Awards-inspired sales,
two big releases and a gift-buying holiday to boot, business
was booming for music retailers last week.
In addition to the Feb. 8 awards...
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Eminem
had a weekend to remember, scoring two Grammys Sunday night for his 8
Mile hit, "Lose Yourself."
His ex, on the other hand,
had one to forget.
Kim
Mathers...
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Janet didn't show. Justin did. Beyonc won--a lot.
The
46th
Annual Grammy Awards, irrevocably shaped by last weekend's 38th
annual Super Bowl, played it safe with a...
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As three major TV networks shifted broadcast plans in reaction to the racy Super Bowl halftime show, Janet Jackson 's publicist said she may back out of Sunday's Grammy...
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Beyonc
Knowles, multiplatinum sweetheart of the music award show circuit
this year, was exhausted. She'd just appeared on the Vibe
Awards and breathlessly arrived across...
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Bono had to hold the note — even though it wasn't him singing.
When the U2 frontman agreed to write a song for director Jim Sheridan's film "In America," the key was...
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The first time OutKast got a Grammy nomination for best album, in 2002, hip-hop's eclectic duo was upstaged by the old-time bluegrass of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Two...
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Rapper Nelly, one of the performers on
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, isn't on Nike Inc.'s
payroll.
But some might say he should be after "Air Force Ones," his
2002...
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Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and
the Neptunes' Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy
tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S.
television...
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Jimmy Iovine, head of
the West Coast operations of Universal Music Group, has signed
on for another six years, sources confirmed Thursday.
Iovine, the chairman of...
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Eminem's mother Debbie Nelson was carjacked on the street made infamous by the rapper's movie 8 Mile on Thursday (January 22), according to police. Oak Park Police Lt. John...
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Kimberly Mathers, the ex-wife of rapper Eminem , has been sentenced to two years' probation after pleading guilty to a drug charge and a driving offense, prosecutors...
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Some scary moments for Eminem's
mom along 8 Mile Thursday night in the Detroit area.
Police
in Oak Park, Michigan, say Marshall Mathers' maternal unit, Debbie
Mathers,...
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It's a slap on the wrist for Eminem
ex Kimberly Mathers in a case that found her accused of multiple
charges, including maintaining a drug den.
The erstwhile
Mrs. Slim...
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Kimberly Mathers, the ex-wife of rapper Eminem , was sentenced Wednesday to two years' probation after pleading guilty to a drug charge and a driving offense, county...
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A thriller it wasn't.
There were songs, slogans and more than one moonwalking Michael Jackson impersonator, but plans to mount a major show of international support for...
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She's had her hands all over the naked bodies of the biggest names in music. But she's no groupie.
Meet masseuse Dorothy Stein, aka Dr. Dot. She's worked her magic on the...
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It's almost that time of year again:
Grammy time! So, I'm getting out my crystal ball to tell you
who will take home statuettes in the rap categories on Feb. 8.
First up,...
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Another Grammy season is quickly
approaching -- faster this time around thanks to the
accelerated date for the 46th annual awards show (Feb. 8).
The good news: R&B and...
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Universal Music Group, the world's
largest record label, is teaming up with satellite broadcaster
DirecTV and business partners behind a prominent pornography
video company...
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He wasn't called Moon the Loon for nothing.
The late Who drummer Keith Moon , famed for trashing drum kits, cars and hotel rooms, topped a list of the "100 most insane...
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A federal judge on Monday allowed a hip-hop magazine to publish CDs containing limited excerpts of a previously unreleased recording by rapper Eminem that includes racially...
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Eminem
has only partly blocked his problems at The Source.
Last week, a judge issued a temporary injunction thwarting the hip-hop
magazine from distributing previously...
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Eminem is currently in the recording studio working on new material, but the rapper and his label, Interscope Records, had a scare last week when three of his unfinished...
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This time last year, Ashanti,
Nelly and Eminem ruled the Billboard year-end R&B/hip-hop
charts. This year, it comes as no surprise that one artist
dominates the...
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Across the pop, R&B and rap
genres, among top singles and albums, 50 Cent dominates the
2003 Year in Music charts.
The rapper from Queens, N.Y. has the No. 1 song of the...
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Eminem 's ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers, has pleaded guilty to a drug charge and a driving offense as part of an agreement to resolve two drug cases, the prosecutor's office...
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The ongoing feud between Eminem and the Source magazine has shifted to the courtroom. On Tuesday (December 16), a federal court judge granted Eminem an injunction barring...
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Some industry observers will bet
you half a buck they know who will win this year's Grammy Award
for best new artist.
Standing out commercially in a wide-ranging field...
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Sultry singer Beyonce and crooner R. Kelly each took home four awards from the 2003 Billboard Music Awards.
Beyonce, who appeared at the ceremony Wednesday in a sequined...
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Going solo proved to be a wise career choice for several of this
year's biggest Grammy nominees.
The move paid off today
for Beyonc,
Justin
Timberlake and even...
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Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in...
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Nominations in top categories for the 46th annual Grammy Awards announced Thursday:
1. Record of the Year: "Crazy in Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z; "Where Is the Love?"...
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Eminem has responded to allegations that he made racially derogatory references to African Americans, in particular African American women in one of his early recordings....
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The Source magazine has Eminem on the defensive over a decade-old song that calls black girls "dumb" and depicts them as gold diggers.
In the latest chapter of the...
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Jay-Z sure knows how to make
an exit.
The retiring rapper is going out on top, as his
swan song, The
Black Album, beat out five other huge new releases last week...
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Did the real Slim
Shady finally stand up?
Raymond "Benzino" Scott and
David Mays, founders of The Source hip-hop magazine would have
you believe that he did--and that...
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The recording industry, it seems, doesn't hate absolutely everything about illicit music downloading. Despite their legal blitzkrieg to stop online song-swapping, many music...
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Toby Keith knows how to shock 'em. Despite being the biggest
loser at last week's Country
Music Association Awards, Keith wound up the biggest winner on the
album chart.
...
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Eminem's ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers, is a wanted woman. After Mathers failed to show up for two separate court appearances in two separate cases, two arrest warrants were...
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BMG Distribution has swept the
first four rungs of the Billboard 200, the first time in almost
a year that distributor has held such a monopoly.
Arista rap duo OutKast...
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Some pesky pirates have hijacked Jay-Z's
plans for his swan-song album.
The platinum-selling rapper
announced Friday that he was pushing up the release of his...
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Eminem's
ex, Kimberly Mathers, is a wanted woman.
Warrants for
her arrest were issued after the former Mrs. Slim Shady was a no-show at
two separate court dates,...
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U.S. artists dominated Thursday at the MTV Europe Music Awards, with Justin Timberlake , Beyonce Knowles and host Christina Aguilera taking home the big...
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You can't get a dollar out of 50 Cent--but you might be able to
get $12,500 worth of diamonds.
The rapper is following in
mentor Eminem's
footsteps with a little...
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Will Eminem's
estranged ex-wife please show up?
That's what a
Michigan judge is demanding now that Kim
Mathers has gone AWOL from two straight court appearances...
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Eminem's ex-wife Kimberly Mathers is wanted. On Tuesday (October 21), a Michigan judge issued a bench warrant for Mathers after she missed two court appearances in her...
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On Friday (October 17), Judge Deborah Servitto issued a ruling dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed against rapper Eminem by former schoolmate D' Angelo Bailey, according...
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Eminem has produced a new song, "Running (Dying To Live)," for the new soundtrack, Tupac: Resurrection, which will be released on November 4. The song, which will be the...
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Eminem showed up at the State Theatre in Detroit on Sunday (September 21) to help Obie Trice launch his debut album, Cheers, which comes out Tuesday (September 23) on...
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Dido--who's climbing the charts with "White Flag," the first single from her new album Life For Rent--still appreciates the break that Eminem gave her by sampling "Thank...
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Rap superstar Eminem and super producer Dr. Dre were among several defendants named in a lawsuit by Harlene Stein, the wife of late movie composer Ronald Stein, which...
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Eminem and his protege, Obie Trice, have come up with a masterful marketing plan for Trice's forthcoming debut, Cheers, which will be released on September 23. The duo have...
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Eminem and his side group, D12, made an unsurprising but still crowd-pleasing guest appearance during Shady Records labelmate 50 Cent's set at the Rock the Mic tour stop...
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Fans may not get to see women go wild for Eminem. According to MTV.com, the rapper's Girls Gone Wild Shadystyle video, which was shot last year during his Anger Management...
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Eminem's lawyers met in court on Monday (August 18) with hopes that the judge will let go of a lawsuit that charges the hip-hop star slandered a former schoolmate in his...
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Mariah Carey is the feature cover story of September's Maxim magazine. In the interview jammed with photos, the singer spoke candidly about what she learned from her nearly...
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Eminem, whose birth name is Marshal Mathers III, has decided not to appear in Michigan's Macomb County Circuit Court on August 18 when his attorney will ask a judge to...
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Eminem, whose birth name is Marshal Mathers III, is expected to appear in Michigan's Macomb County Circuit Court on August 18 to ask a judge to dismiss a $1 million...
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The Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. has recruited some of rap's biggest names for their comeback set, West Koasta Nostra, which will be released on October 7. The group was joined by...
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Eminem, who is also known as Slim Shady, is presently facing a lawsuit from a Nevada-based sports apparel company over the usage of the name Shady Ltd. for the rapper's new...
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Eminem came home in style on Saturday (July 12), playing the first of two sold-out shows for 46,000 fans at Detroit's Ford Field. They are his only full-fledged concerts...
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Eminem is in the midst of final preparations for his pair of homecoming shows this weekend in Detroit--which also mark his only full-scale concerts in North America this...
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Rapper Eminem has purchased a 15,000-square-foot mansion located about 20 miles from Detroit that was last owned by former Kmart Corp. chairman Chuck Conaway. The rapper...
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Eminem recently received praise from an unlikely source: Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney, according to the NME.com. Heaney praised the controversial rapper for his...
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Kimberly Mathers, the ex-wife of rapper Eminem, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (July 1) to charges including possession of cocaine, driving with a suspended license, and...
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Rapper and actor Eminem surprised fans at a show in London on Monday (June 23) night when he gave away his diamond encrusted pendant and chain to a female fan, according to...
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Eminem and mentor/producer Dr. Dre share the Number Two position on this year's Forbes' Celebrity 100 list. The power ranking is based on a composite score created by...
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Eminem's (Marshall Mathers) ex-wife Kimberly Anne Mathers is facing possible cocaine possession charges after being arrested Tuesday (June 10) on a routine traffic...
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Eminem has reportedly split up with his ex-wife, Kim Mathers, after having just reconciled with her. The couple, who married in 1999 and divorced in 2001, recently...
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Eminem, the headliner of Summer Jam 10, took time on stage to show his anger toward the Source magazine. During a break in his performance on Tuesday (June 3) at Giants...
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A framed lithograph of Eminem's original, handwritten lyrics to his Oscar-winning song "Lose Yourself" is being auctioned for charity this week. The item, autographed by the...
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Eminem received two MTV Movie Awards Saturday (May 31) during the event taped live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Eminem took home the best actor and best...
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Rapper Ja Rule, who was supposed to be on a self-imposed six-month vacation, has released a new diss record, "The Wrap" this past weekend. It features Fatal Hussein and...
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Eminem is due in Michigan's Macomb County Circuit Court on Friday, May 30 to defend himself against a $1 million defamation lawsuit filed by his elementary school nemesis,...
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Rare sheet music and memorabilia autographed by *NSYNC, U2, Eminem, the Bee Gees, Coldplay, David Gray, Enrique Iglesias, Norah Jones, and many other top recording artists...
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Mariah Carey is currently vacationing in the Caribbean before the launch of her Charmbracelet World Tour. However being away hasn't stopped her from commenting on the recent...
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Weird Al Yankovic said he held out hope until the last minute that Eminem would allow him to do a video for "Couch Potato," his new parody based on the rapper's...
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Eminem is the latest target of Weird Al Yankovic. Yankovic's new single is "Couch Potato," a take-off of "Lose Yourself," Eminem's Oscar-winning hit from the 2002 film, 8...
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Rappers Eminem and Nas were the featured speakers at the star-studded Detroit Hip-Hop Summit 2003, held Saturday (April 26) in the Motor City. Part of Russell Simmons'...
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Eminem, Run-DMC's Reverend Run, and Doug E. Fresh are set to appear at the Hip-Hop Summit to be held April 26 at Detroit's Cobo Arena. Method Man, Redman, Cam'ron & The...
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Eminem and the Motown session group the Funk Brothers took home the top prizes at the 2003 Detroit Music Awards, which were given out Friday (April 11) at the city's State...
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50 Cent, Eminem and Busta Rhymes have released a remake of Tupac Shakur's "Hail Mary" as a response to Ja Rule's dis record, "Warrior's Song (Loose Change)." The song...
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Eminem, Kid Rock, and the White Stripes face off Friday (April 11) at the annual Detroit Music Awards (DMA), taking place at the State Theatre in downtown Detroit.
Eminem...
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Dr. Dre, Eminem, Interscope Records, and Universal Music And Video Distribution were hit with an amended copyright-infringement lawsuit in Los Angeles District Court last...
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Eminem is due in Michigan's Macomb County Circuit Court on May 30 to defend himself against a $1 million defamation lawsuit filed by DeAngelo Bailey. Attempts to resolve the...
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Videos by No Doubt, Eminem, Audioslave, and Tenacious D are among the clips up for honors at the Music Video Production Company Awards (MVPA), which is an award for the...
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Ja Rule has broken his musical silence in his ongoing beef with rapper 50 Cent by releasing a new freestyle song, "Loose Change." In addition to firing shots at 50...
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Paul Simon may have lost to Eminem at the Oscars, but he's not holding any grudges. Simon and Eminem were both nominated for best original song at Sunday's (March 23)...
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Eminem won the Oscar for best original song for "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile. In a strange moment, old-school singer Barbra Streisand let out a whoop of excitement...
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Eminem was named the most important artist making music right now by Spin. The magazine's "Ultimate List" featured their choices for the 40 most important artists working...
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Eminem, Kid Rock, the White Stripes, and the Funk Brothers are among the nationally known nominees for the 2003 Detroit Music Awards. The presentation is set for April 11 at...
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Eminem, Mariah Carey, and Jay-Z landed in the top 10 of Rolling Stone's "Rock's 50 Richest 2003" list. The list was topped by Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, and the...
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8 Mile, Eminem's first leading film role, lands on video store shelves Tuesday (March 18).
The 8 Mile DVD includes a "making of" featurette and never-before-seen footage...
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Uncensored videos by Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Shaggy, Jadakiss, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and others are included on the new DVD compilation, Hardware: Hip-Hop. The DVD features raw and...
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Hollywood came to Detroit Thursday (March 13th) as Eminem celebrated the release of the DVD version of his hit film 8 Mile, with an all-star invitation-only party in his...
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Rapper-actor Eminem will not perform his Oscar-nominated hit, "Lose Yourself," at the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony.
Dennis Dennehy of Interscope Records told USA Today,...
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Boomkat vocalist Taryn Manning is no stranger to the entertainment world. Her television credits include recurring roles on Get Real and Boston Public. Her list of film...
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Eminem stepped out in suburban Detroit on Saturday (March 1) to check out Buddha Fulla Rymez, a group that is rumored to be the next signee for his Shady Records label....
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The suspect who was dubbed the "Eminem" bank robber by New Jersey police was arrested on Thursday (February 27) due in part to the unusual reversible jacket and wool hat...
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Eminem was in the house at Madison Square Garden Sunday (February 23), and with good reason--his 2002 album The Eminem Show took the honor for best rap album, and his clip...
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The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday (February 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York, and air on CBS from 8-11 p.m. ET (livep on the East Coast, tape...
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An unknown man that New Jersey police have dubbed the Eminem bank robber made his 11th unauthorized withdrawal from a bank in the state on Tuesday (February 18). It was just...
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The FBI and the New Jersey state police are asking the public for help in finding an Eminem look-alike who has robbed 10 banks in the state since October 2002.
"He's the...
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Eminem and Sheryl Crow with Lenny Kravitz are the latest artists announced as performers for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23 at Madison Square Garden in New...
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Rapper-actor Eminem made a special guest appearance Sunday (February 9) at the State Theatre in Detroit for an album party for 50 Cent, whose Get Rich Or Die Tryin' came out...
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Chicago sang its way into the hearts of Oscar judges, scoring a grand total of 13 nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards. The baker's dozen leaves the Rob Marshall...
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Eminem is reportedly eyeballing a house purchase in suburban Detroit--an estate owned by the former CEO of the bankrupt Kmart Corporation. The home in Oakland Township,...
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Vanessa Carlton, Eminem, and Norah Jones are among the artists featured on the 2003 Grammy Nominees CD, due out February 11. The ninth edition of the CD series honors many...
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U2, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Shakira, Coldplay, Moby, and Norah Jones have all received nominations at the upcoming Edison Pop Music Awards in Holland, which will take...
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Eminem was the big winner at the American Music Awards (AMAs) even though he wasn't at the ceremony to pick up his awards in person. The Detroit rapper landed four honors:...
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Rapper and actor Eminem will follow in the footsteps of Jay-Z, Master P, and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs by launching his own clothing line, dubbed Shady Gear. Eminem has...
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A mix of veteran artists and newcomers led the nominees for the 45th annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday (January 7), with five nominations each, with Bruce Springsteen,...
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8 Mile, Eminem's Shady/Interscope soundtrack to his feature-film debut of the same name, is back on top of the Billboard 200. The 8 Mile set marks its third nonconsecutive...
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The Source magazine says Eminem is not being treated unfairly in their pages or in the music the magazine's associated with, despite claims to the contrary. Eminem's beef...
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Legendary crooner Pat Boone is back on the chart with a new single, "Under God." The song is from Boone's patriotic album, American Glory, which features military anthems...
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Reports have surfaced that rapper-actor Eminem (Marshall Mathers) and his ex-wife Kim Mathers have reconciled. The rapper's grandmother, Betty Kresin, told the New York Post...
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Eminem, Faith Hill, and Creed are among the artists nominated in the music categories for the 29th annual People's Choice Awards, taking place in Pasadena, California on...
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Two houses once occupied by rap superstar Eminem have created a bidding frenzy on the internet website Ebay--although one of the houses drew what appears to have been a...
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While the official 8 Mile soundtrack debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart earlier this month and is rapidly approaching double-platinum status, another set, More...
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Eminem and Jay-Z, two of rap's biggest stars, shared the stage in Detroit on Thursday night (November 21). Jay-Z was in town on his "Principal For A Day" tour, performing at...
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Ashanti, Eminem, Nelly, Linkin Park, Creed, Enrique Iglesias, Pink, and Celine Dion are among the top nominees for the 30th annual American Music Awards (AMAs). Ashanti...
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Ali Miyzaan, a Detroit rapper who had a small non-speaking role in Eminem's new movie 8 Mile, was shot in the stomach outside of the movie's premiere at Detroit's Phoenix...
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A house on Timken Avenue in Warren, Michigan that Eminem once lived in is being put up for auction on eBay for one month. The house, at 8427 Timken, was formerly the...
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The soundtrack for Eminem's hit movie 8 Mile sold more than 508,000 copies to hang on to the top spot on the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week despite some tough...
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On-set romances are nothing new--just ask Jennifer Lopez (Out Of Sight) and Ben Affleck (The Sum Of All Fears) or Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz. Thus, it shouldn't be a...
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Eminem's first acting vehicle, 8 Mile, made a stunning $54.5 million in its opening weekend. The film not only easily topped the box office chart, but also logged the fifth...
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Before 8 Mile opened theaters this weekend, its soundtrack was already a hit. The soundtrack--with "music from and inspired by the film"--debuted as the Number One album on...
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Eminem brought his new film 8 Mile home to Detroit on Thursday (November 7). The low-key premiere was held at a movie theater appropriately located on Eight Mile Road on the...
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The soundtrack to Eminem's film, 8 Mile, beat new releases from Christina Aguilera and Nirvana to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 album chart.
The 8 Mile...
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Eminem says that many Hollywood producers have wanted to hitch their wagons to his star by casting him in a feature film ever since he exploded onto the music charts with...
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For rapper Eminem, making 8 Mile was a calculated decision.
While the Detroit native has much experience in front of the camera via music videos, television appearances,...
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Eminem's new semi-autobiographical film 8 Mile has been winning over audiences since making its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Playing to packed houses on the...
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Eminem played a surprise show Friday (October 11) at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, Michigan, following an advance screening of his upcoming film, 8...
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The soundtrack for Eminem's film 8 Miles will feature contributions from Jay-Z, Nas, Gang Starr, Rakim, Xzibit, Macy Gray, and new Aftermath act 50 Cent, among others. The...
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It's status quo at the top of the Billboard 200 this week, with the Dixie Chicks' Home, Eminem's Eminem Show, Avril Lavigne's Let Go, and Nelly's Nellyville, all retaining...
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The cameras were out for the final date of Eminem's Anger Management tour on Sunday (September 8) at the Palace Of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. All of the...
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8 Mile, the semi-autobiographical drama in which rapper Eminem makes his movie debut, might just be as good as Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) once...
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Eminem's tour bus caught fire on Sunday (September 8). The two people aboard the bus, including the bus driver, escaped without injury. Eminem and his entourage were not...
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Among those cheering Eminem's sweep at last week's Video Music Awards were the members of Aerosmith. The band, currently touring with Run-D.M.C. and Kid Rock, has a...
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Moby has addressed being dissed by Eminem at last week's Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall (August 29) in his online journal..
"The truth is I honestly, in all...
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After the VMA show, host Jimmy Fallon answered questions backstage, and the big topics were Eminem's threat against Moby, and the "surprise" performance by Guns N' Roses....
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Eminem's night at the 2002 VMAs was another career triumph for the rapper, and as usual, Eminem's appearance on the show was not without controversy.
Moments prior to best...
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Detroit's ever-controversial Eminem dominated the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday (August 29), taking four awards, including video of the year, best rap video, and best...
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Eminem, P.O.D., and Missy Elliott are the big nominees--with six apiece--going into Thursday's (August 29) MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), which will be held at New York...
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The battle between Eminem and Nelly for the top of the Billboard 200 entered its latest round this week, with The Eminem Show reclaiming the title over Nellyville. More than...
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Tupac Shakur, Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Will Smith, Grandmaster Flash, and Queen Latifah are some of the stars whose photos are included in Who Shot Ya? Three Decades Of Hip-Hop...
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Hip-hop and classic rock battled for the top of the latest Billboard 200 chart, with Nelly's Nellyville and Eminem's Eminem Show emerging in the top two positions. The...
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8 Mile, an upcoming movie starring rapper Eminem as a troubled Detroit resident, will be screened as a "work in progress" at the Toronto Film Festival. There will be only...
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Eminem lets it all hang out in a very personal song about his relationship with his mother, titled "Cleanin' Out My Closet," which has surfaced on urban radio. The song will...
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Moby fans wondered if the Area:2 festival stop Tuesday (August 6) in the Detroit, Michigan, area would lead to another chapter in his feud with rapper Eminem. Eminem--who...
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Rapper Eminem's success is a sign that whites will take over hip-hop in the same manner they took over jazz and rock and roll, according to an outspoken North Carolina...
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P.O.D. ("Alive" and "Youth Of The Nation"), Missy Elliott ("One Minute Man"), and Eminem ("Without Me") scored six nominations each for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards,...
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Eminem, Papa Roach, Xzibit, and Ludacris hit the road together beginning in Buffalo on Thursday (July 18) as part of this year's Anger Management tour. The trek stretches...
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Eminem's former car sold on the Internet auction site Ebay on Monday morning, July 8, for $27,900.
The custom-painted purple 1999 Mustang convertible was traded in by...
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Some powerful people think Eminem might be nominated for an Oscar this year. Brian Grazer, the producer of such films as Ransom and The Grinch, says Eminem's big-screen...
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Eminem sold nearly 381,000 copies of his new Aftermath/Interscope album, The Eminem Show, to remain at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fifth consecutive...
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Queens-based rapper 50 Cent, who was previously signed to the Trackmasters' Columbia Records-distributed imprint, has inked a new deal with Eminem and Dr. Dre. 50 Cent's...
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Eminem sold nearly 530,000 copies of his new Aftermath/Interscope album, The Eminem Show, to stay at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth consecutive...
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A statement issued by Eminem's label, Interscope Records, states that the rapper has not been threatened by any terrorist organizations, and that any earlier reports saying...
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Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP will be the spotlight of VH1's Ultimate Albums show Sunday (June 16) at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The program featuring interviews with Eminem, Dr....
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Eminem's Aftermath/Interscope album The Eminem Show remains on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third week after selling nearly 809,000 copies, bringing the...
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Rapper Eminem's The Eminem Show remains on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week after selling more than 1.3 million copies in its first full week of release.
The...
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The Eminem Show enters the U.K. Top 75 Albums chart at Number One this week, besting debuts from London's former Popstars contestants Liberty X, Belgian trio Ian Van Dahl,...
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Eminem's new album, The Eminem Show, raced to the top of the charts this week, selling an impressive 284,000 copies in a little less than two days. Many fans were surprised...
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Eminem's third album, The Eminem Show, enters the Billboard 200 albums chart at Number One this week after selling more than 284,500 copies, according to Soundscan. The...
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Thirty people were hurt during Eminem's set at a Washington D.C. radio-station sponsored festival at RFK Stadium on Saturday (May 26) during the first day of the two-day...
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Eminem's third album, The Eminem Show, will be released on Sunday (May 26), according to the rapper's record label. The Aftermath/Interscope album was originally scheduled...
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Eminem will perform at the HFStival Saturday (May 25) at the RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., marking his first full concert in support of his third album, The Eminem Show,...
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Interscope/Aftermath/Shady Records, Eminem's record labels, have pushed up the release date of the Eminem Show by one week to fight "rampant illegal downloading and...
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Thirty-three dates of the Anger Management tour, featuring Eminem, Papa Roach, Xzibit, Ludacris, and the X-ecutioners, are now on the schedule. The tour will kick off July...
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Eminem insists that his new album, The Eminem Show, due out June 4 on Interscope/Aftermath/Shady Records, is not like his previous efforts, despite the style of the album's...
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Rapper Eminem will perform on Saturday's (May 11) edition of Saturday Night Live, marking his third performance on the comedy sketch show and his second solo performance....
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For Eminem's 1999 commercial debut, "My Name Is," the controversial Detroit-bred rapper impersonated former President Bill Clinton. Now, he switches political hats for his...
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Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Eminem? The multiplatinum rapper who loves nothing better than shocking the planet is claiming that his upcoming third album, The Eminem Show,...
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The Up In Smoke Tour DVD has been re-mastered on DTS and 5.1 surround sound, and is scheduled to be released on April 30. The triple-platinum DVD, originally issued in...
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Eminem is the subject of a gay romantic fantasy in a new song by British synth-pop duo, the Pet Shop Boys. Titled "The Night I Fell In Love," the song is first-person...
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Eminem has settled a civil lawsuit with a man whom he allegedly threatened with a gun after the rapper caught him kissing his then-wife. Lawyers for Eminem and John Guerra...
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The song "Kill You" from Eminem's nearly nine-times-platinum album, The Marshall Mathers LP, prompted a copyright suit against the rapper and his record label, Interscope...
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Kid Rock, Eminem, Uncle Kracker, Madonna, and D12, as well as upstarts the White Stripes, have all been named as nominees for 2002 Detroit Music Awards. The ceremony takes...
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Controversial, multi-platinum rapper Eminem has recorded more than half of his forthcoming album, The Eminem Show, according to a spokesperson for the Detroit-bred artist....
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The filming of Eminem 's movie 8 Mile wrapped Monday (January 14) in Detroit. The movie, which is loosely based on the rapper's life, is now in the editing stages, and is...
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Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" almost cost Colorado's KKMG a $7,000 Federal Communications Commission fine, but the station's parent company has convinced the government...
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Eminem, Nelly, Avril Lavigne, the Dixie Chicks, Pink, and Ashanti claim the year's top-selling albums, according to 2002 figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
The final tally...
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Theatergoers will get a first look at how Eminem is faring in his first starring movie role when the trailer for 8 Mile hits theaters on Friday (December 21). Eminem stars...
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Eminem (Marshall Mathers) is presently in Highland Park, Michigan, working on his feature-film debut. The untitled production, which is loosely based on Eminem's life, also...
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Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Xzibit, Stuart Parr, and Eminem's business manager Paul Rosenberg have all contributed their voices to the animated series, The Slim Shady Show....
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Even though he doesn't turn 29 until tomorrow (October 17), Eminem celebrated early and in style in his hometown of Detroit on Saturday (October 13). The evening started...
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Eminem (Marshall Mathers III) and his ex-wife Kimberly Mathers are officially divorced. In a divorce decree was filed Friday (October 5) in Macomb County Circuit Court,...
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An open casting call is taking place in Detroit this weekend for hometown rap hero Eminem's autobiographical movie, which is expected to start filming this fall.
The call...
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Forty-five people suffered minor injuries at the onset of an Eminem concert in Glasgow, Scotland Saturday (August 25) when the crowd surged as the hip-hop star came on...
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The U.S. version of Britain's legendary Reading Festival has been postponed, due to a lack of A-list talent for the fest. The festival had been set for September 8 in the...
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On November 6, Shady World Productions and Ground-Zero Entertainment will release The Slim Shady Show on DVD and VHS. The program includes several segments of Eminem's...
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Eminem, Linkin Park, and Xzibit are set for the debut of the American offshoot of the legendary U.K. music event, the Reading Festival, scheduled for September 8 in Camden,...
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The approval of Eminem's Australian visa application was confirmed Wednesday (July 18) by the country's Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock. Now, the controversial rapper...
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Eminem's soon-to-be ex-wife Kimberly Mathers turned herself in to authorities after a warrant was issued for her arrest by the Macomb County Prosecutor's office for a felony...
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Australian immigration officials are contemplating whether or not to grant Eminem's request for a visa. The rapper's application was logged Thursday (July 5). He is...
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Stealing a line from Eminem's hit "The Real Slim Shady," Oakland County, Michigan, Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford-Morris told the controversial rapper, "Now...is the...
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(6/28/01, 9 a.m. ET) – The music of Eminem and his chart-topping new group D12, Limp Bizkit, Shaggy, and Blink 182 will soon return to LAUNCH Media's LAUNCHcast Internet...
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D12, the Detroit rap collective featuring Eminem, lands on top of the Billboard 200 this week with its debut album Devil's Night, which sold more than 371,000 copies in its...
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Just out is Devil's Night, the highly anticipated album from D12, the Detroit rap collective that features solo superstar Eminem, who executive produced the album. The...
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DJ Premier, Rah Digga, Xzibit, Angie Martinez, Nikka Costa, Masta Ace, and the Outsidaz were among the celebrities in attendance at Eminem's group D12's Devil's Night New...
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Eminem takes lyrical jabs at a half dozen celebrities on "Ain't Nuttin' But Music," a song on D12's Devil's Night, scheduled to be released June 19. In one verse, Eminem...
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Eminem, OutKast, and Snoop Dogg were among those receiving multiple nominations when the nominees for the 2001 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards were announced Monday (June 11) in...
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Eminem's song "Girls," a dis to Limp Bizkit members Fred Durst and DJ Lethal (LAUNCH, 6/1) appears on a advance copy of D-12's album Devil's Night, scheduled to be released...
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Eminem is featured prominently in the video for "Purple Hills," by the rapper's side-project D-12. The clip, currently available for viewing on Slim Shady's official...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Colorado radio station KKMG-FM $7,000 for playing an edited version of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady." In addition to...
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As he awaits his delayed sentencing on assault and gun charges in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan, rap superstar Eminem has won a victory on another legal front,...
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Eminem's sentencing for his two gun charges, one a misdemeanor and one a felony, was originally scheduled for today (June 5) at Michigan's Oakland County Circuit Court, but...
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Eminem recently taped a cameo appearance in the Lions Gate comedy The Wash, starring Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Eminem portrays a disgruntled employee who phones the car wash...
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Controversial rapper Eminem has signed on to appear in his first full-length feature film about, not surprisingly, a troubled and controversial young rapper. Eminem's...
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Eminem disses Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal and singer Fred Durst on the song "Girls," which can currently be found on the trickology.com website. Eminem spouts about how both...
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Eminem's group D-12 has joined the Warped Tour for the final leg. The group will join the tour on July 31. Founding member Eminem is expected to make spot appearances...
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Multiplatinum rapper and Grammy winner Eminem (Marshall Mathers III) might be ordered to pay $142,480 a year in child support when his divorce is finally settled. A...
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Eminem and Marilyn Manson have collaborated on a rock version of the rapper's "The Way I Am," according to various reports. The song, which originally appeared on Eminem's...
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Eminem, 3 Doors Down, Madonna, and Britney Spears are among the acts currently being featured in an exhibit titled "On The Charts" at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in...
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(4/25/01, 10 a.m. ET) --Controversial rapper Eminem will appear nude in the U.K. edition of Cosmopolitan magazine, Reuters reported.
Eminem manages to cover himself with a...
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Rap superstar Eminem (Marshall Mathers III) looks to be headed for a second probation sentence after a hearing Monday morning (April 23) in Michigan's Oakland County Circuit...
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Eminem and his team of lawyers are gearing up for a final pre-trial conference for the second of his two criminal trials in Oakland County (Michigan) on Monday (April 23)....
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Eminem was sentenced to two years of probation in Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court by Judge Antonio Viviano on Tuesday (April 10) after the rapper pled guilty to...
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Eminem may be going before a judge Tuesday (April 10) for sentencing on the concealed-weapons charge stemming from a June 2000 incident, but he took time out to party and...
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Metallica, Linkin Park, and the Deftones were among the music acts honored at Saturday's (April 7) ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards in Los Angeles. The first-time awards...
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Kid Rock, Eminem, Madonna, Uncle Kracker, and Marshall Crenshaw are among the nominees for this year's Detroit Music Awards, which take place Friday (April 6) at the city's...
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The Beastie Boys, one of the pioneering bands of rap-rock, opened the door for white boys to enter into the world of hip-hop. However, Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz...
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Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers III, has reached a temporary divorce agreement with Kimberly Mathers. The agreement gives the couple joint custody of their 5-year-old...
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The Eminem/Elton John duet of "Stan" from the Grammy Awards continues to be in a cloud controversy even two weeks after the actual performance. Now it's at the core of a...
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Eminem's wife Kimberly Mathers filed for divorce from the rap star on Thursday (March 1) in Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court. The couple has had a rocky relationship...
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Eminem has been offered the part of DMX's nemesis in the upcoming film, Lazarus, which was initially set to be the fourth installment of The Crow series. The script has...
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Eminem, U2, and Madonna grabbed top international honors and the Brit Awards 2001, held Monday (February 26) at London's Earls Court 2. Top British category honors went to...
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Yes, you'll be able to buy a copy of Elton John's controversial collaboration with rapper Eminem from last week's Grammy Awards. According to the National Academy Of...
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Thirteen years and six albums after her career began as a country artist in Nashville, pop crossover act Shelby Lynne garnered her first Grammy award for overall best new...
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Rage Against The Machine has always fought for freedom of speech, and the controversy surrounding Eminem's appearance at the Grammy Awards on Wednesday night (February 21)...
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The king of controversy Eminem took home Grammys, including best rap solo performance for "The Real Slim Shady," best rap album for The Marshall Mathers LP, and best rap...
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The big buzz on Grammy day was the controversy over rapper Eminem. Critics and supporters of the rapper clashed on television and on radio for much of the week leading up to...
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Eminem swept all three rap categories but lost the coveted album of the year award to Steely Dan, and U2 took both the record and song of the year honors as both...
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What's weirder than Elton John agreeing to perform a duet with controversial rapper Eminem? Pat Boone coming to Eminem's defense. Boone, who is best known for personifying a...
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Much has been made by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)'s opposition to Eminem's Grammy nominations and performance at tonight's (February 21) awards...
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) will protest rapper Eminem's lyrics, which the organization says, "create a climate of violence and intolerance," today...
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The prosecutor in the weapons case against Eminem says he is not pushing for the maximum sentence for the Grammy-nominated rapper.
Eminem pleaded guilty Wednesday (February...
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Eminem, who is nominated for four Grammys, pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying a concealed weapon Wednesday (February 14) in Macomb County Court in Michigan. In...
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In the wake of the Recording Academy's announcement that Eminem and Elton John will share the stage at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on...
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Controversial rapper Eminem will perform at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 21 with Elton John. The rapper initially questioned whether or not he would attend the...
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The rumor mill is spinning with possible duet pairings for the upcoming Grammy Awards show on February 21. Britney Spears and Madonna have been in the news quite a bit...
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) planned rally at the Grammy Awards against hip-hop artist Eminem and his controversial lyrics will take place...
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Joan M. Garry, the executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), has announced that a rally will take place outside Los Angeles's Staples...
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Eminem will record his upcoming January 20 Los Angeles performance for broadcast on the In Demand pay-per-view network, which has acquired exclusive rights to the show. In...
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has come out against the recognition the Grammys have given to controversial rapper Eminem for his latest album, The...
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Eminem's lawyers met with officials from Oakland County, Michigan, at the Oakland Circuit Court regarding criminal charges against the rapper and set a pre-trial date of...
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The news broke late last week that Kimberly Mathers and husband Marshall Mathers, better-known as Eminem, had reconciled and withdrawn their divorce papers. Kim's lawyer...
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Once again, Eminem's day in court has been rescheduled by a Macomb County judge. Now the rapper will appear in court on February 13, so he can have extra time to consider a...
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Eminem and his wife Kimberly Mathers, who had been living together while waiting for their divorce to be finalized, have reconciled. According to a statement by Kim...
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Eminem's hearing scheduled for today (December 8) at the Macomb County (Michigan) Courthouse was brief, as proceedings were moved up a week to December 15 at 1:30 p.m. ET....
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Eminem's private life has been highly publicized, and on "Don't Approach Me," a cut from Xzibit's forthcoming Restless album, the Detroit rapper discusses his run-ins with...
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Lawyers for Eminem and Third Eye Blind will be busy in court today (December 8), as hearings are being held involving both acts. The former faces criminal charges in...
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Eminem responds to Everlast's "Whitey's Revenge" commentary with the song "Quitter" in the ongoing war of words in which nothing is sacred, and which has been dubbed...
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Eminem's mother Debbie Mathers-Briggs continues her media campaign aimed at pushing her song "Dear Marshall," an open letter to her son. Despite filing a $10 million dollar...
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Reports that Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga is offering to cut Eminem a deal in exchange for a guilty plea to one of the gun charges that he faces from a June 4...
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Debbie Mathers-Briggs, mother of Eminem, recently released the EP Set The Record Straight with the pop duo ID-X, and she is featured on the title song as well as on "Dear...
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Debbie Mathers-Briggs, mother of rapper Eminem, has broken her silence regarding her estranged son, born Marshall Mathers. Mathers-Briggs is featured on a new indie EP, Set...
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Madonna and rapper Eminem were the big winners at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2000, grabbing two awards each. Madonna won for best dance and best female, and during her...
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Videos for Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication" each grabbed two honors at the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards on Friday...
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Eminem is reportedly working on a DVD that is scheduled to be released in December. Titled E, it will feature the Detroit rapper's videos as well as an uncut version of "I...
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Eminem lost a notebook containing lyrics to his upcoming album on Friday (October 28) while traveling by plane from Cincinnati to New Orleans. A spokesperson for the rapper...
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Eminem might have thought controversy over his live concerts would end at the Canadian border, but now a small group of students at the University Of Illinois in Champaign...
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During his Toronto concert Thursday night (October 26), embattled rapper Eminem blasted Canadian critic Valerie Smith, who had filed a hate-crimes complaint against him...
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Eminem has been granted entry into Canada despite an investigation by Canada's Citizenship And Immigration Department. Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty requested that...
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Eminem may be barred from entering Canada due to his controversial song lyrics. Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty requested that Canada's Federal Immigration Office...
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Eminem's soon-to-be ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers, pled guilty to charges of disturbing the peace and was fined $150 on Tuesday (October 24) for her part in a June 4 incident...
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Eminem's soon to be ex-wife Kimberly Mathers was scheduled to visit Michigan District Court in Mt. Clemens yesterday (October 24) to face charges of disturbing the peace in...
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In a deliberate attempt to fan the flames of the file-sharing debate, British alt-pop group Chumbawamba has illegally--and proudly-- sampled the music of Eminem, the...
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The Toronto Attorney General is investigating a woman's complaint that Eminem's performance at the Toronto Skydome on Thursday (October 26) as part of the Anger Management...
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The hottest ticket in New York this week is for the Mets-Yankees World Series, but the opening night on the Anger Management tour, Thursday night (October 19) at New...
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Eminem is at it again on the B-side of the new D-12 single, "S--t On You". D-12 is a group comprising Eminem and five members of his Detroit crew: Konartis, Bizarre, Proof,...
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Rapper Eminem turned up in Macomb County Circuit Court in Michigan on Tuesday (October 10) for his pre-trial hearing on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and assault....
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DJ Hurricane's Don't Sleep, which is due Tuesday (October 10), features an appearance by former bandmate Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. The turntable master tells LAUNCH that...
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Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eminem, and a host of other high-profile rappers are verbally assaulted on Too Gangsta For Radio, an album that was released by Death Row Records...
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Eminem has become the first rap artist to reach coveted platinum sales status in Norway for his album The Marshall Mathers LP. The rapper was recognized this week for...
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Who could have imagined that rapper Eminem would one day be the topic of conversation at a Senate hearing? Well, the lyrics of controversial superstar rapper were just part...
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Rapper Eminem's live "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am" stole the show at last night's Video Music Awards, which also featured performances by many of today's hottest...
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) protested rapper Eminem tonight (September 7) in front of Radio City Music Hall in the hours leading up to the 2000...
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Look for Eminem, 'N Sync, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to have considerable camera time at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards tonight (September 7) at Radio City Music Hall...
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Eminem's assault and weapon charges were bounded to the Macomb County Circuit Court in Michigan after a pre-trial examination for the Hot Rocks Sports Bar and Cafe incident...
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Rapper and headline item Eminem has come to a divorce agreement with his wife of just more than one year, Kimberly Mathers. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers,...
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Despite being the most popular hip-hopper of the moment, Eminem seemed surprised when "Guilty Conscious" won The Source's music video award of the year on Tuesday (August...
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If his mother and wife have their way, rapper Eminem (Marshall Mathers) will be spending more of his time in Michigan courtrooms than on the concert circuit. The bad boy of...
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The turbulent marriage between Eminem and Kim Mathers might be a thing of the past. The rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, filed for divorce in Detroit on...
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Eminem will perform at a concert during the ACG Indoor professional snowboard competition on September 9. The event, which will be held at the Great Western Forum in...
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Eminem apparently will not back down from a legal battle. The Detroit rapper has decided not to agree to a settlement in the civil suit filed against him by his mother,...
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Death Row Records head Marion "Suge" Knight says he'll soon be out of prison and when he's out, he's planning to revitalize Death Row Records.
Knight has been in a...
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Bad-boy rapper Eminem has had to cancel two concert appearances in Europe as a result of his current legal troubles.
The singer, who is awaiting two separate trials in...
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Blink 182, Eminem, and Britney Spears are the latest additions to the performers list at the MTV Video Music Awards, which will air September 7 at 8 p.m. ET. They join a...
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In his song "The Real Slim Shady," rapper Eminem takes a few cheap shots at pop sensation Christina Aguilera. Weeks after that hit single's release, a new track called "The...
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After an amazing eight-week run at the top of the weekly album sales chart, rapper Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP has been dethroned. According to industry sources, the...
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Eminem and 'N Sync snared six nods each for the upcoming 17th annual MTV Video Music Awards when the nominations were announced early this morning (July 25). The rapper's...
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While details remain sketchy, it's likely that Limp Bizkit, Eminem, and Papa Roach will hit the road together some time this fall. A spokesperson for Papa Roach tells...
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With his rising popularity, Eminem is finding it increasingly difficult to achieve any privacy. This is especially true of his home on Hayes Street in Sterling Heights,...
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Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP sold more than 257,000 copies last week, placing the "Real Slim Shady" atop of the album sales chart for an eighth consecutive week,...
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Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP sold more than 290,000 copies in its seventh week of release, placing the rapper at the top of the album sales chart again this week....
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Eminem had a hearing adjourned today (July 11) in Macomb County, Mich. A new hearing date for the case was set for August. Eminem faces up to nine years in prison on the...
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While several reports had Kimberly Mathers, wife of rapper Marshall Mathers (Eminem), slitting her wrists as a method to her attempted suicide (LAUNCH, 7/10/00), Sterling...
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Kimberly Mathers, wife of rap superstar Marshall Mathers (or, as he's better-known, Eminem), tried to commit suicide this weekend after her husband played Detroit as part...
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Eminem waived a court hearing in Oakland County, Michigan, today (July 7). The rapper, who faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon and brandishing a firearm in public,...
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Dr. Dre and company's recent performance in Detroit almost lived up to its Up In Smoke name as tour principals tussled with city officials over a pair of videos that are...
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Eminem has held on to the Number One spot on the weekly album sales chart, standing down three strong debuts. The "Real Slim Shady" sold an additional 340,000 copies of The...
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Unbeknownst to the two chart-topping artists themselves, Eminem and Britney Spears have come together on a track that's quickly becoming one of the hottest downloads...
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Fans have added another 400,000 copies of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP to the already impressive sales figures for the sophomore album. For the fifth straight week, the...
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"Paul Allen Certainly knows how to throw a party," shouted Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas from the stage Saturday night (June 24). Thomas was likely expressing the thoughts...
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98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey and 'N Sync singer Chris Kirkpatrick have spoken out about the recent antics of rapper Eminem. The chart-topping rapper has expressed opinions...
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Eminem may consider himself shady, but his latest release The Marshall Mathers LP is anything but. In its fourth week of release, the rapper's latest album outsold all...
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Rapper Eminem reportedly wants his acting scenes in the Da Hip Hop Witch, a spoof of the Blair Witch Project, cut from the final video release. In light of recent...
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Eminem discussed his marital problems on opening night of the Up In Smoke tour in Chula Vista, California, on Thursday (June 15). The Detroit rapper told the capacity crowd...
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John J.Gaber, lawyer for John Guerra, the alleged victim in the Eminem incident at the Hot Rock bar in a Detroit suburb earlier this month (LAUNCH, 6/5), told LAUNCH that...
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Embattled rapper Eminem holds on to his Number One position on the album sales chart for the third straight week, according to industry sources.
The rapper -- who is...
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Warren City, Michigan, Attorney George Constance has spoken to LAUNCH about threats made against him by an Eminem fan if criminal charges against the rapper aren't dropped...
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An Eminem fan threatened to burn down the city in a letter to Warren City, Michigan, Attorney George Constance if criminal charges against the rapper aren't...
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Adding to his current legal woes (LAUNCH, 6/9), Eminem has been sued by John Guerra, who was allegedly kissing the rapper's wife, Kimberly Mathers, outside the Hot Rocks...
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Eminem's recent troubles with the law in two separate incidents in Michigan will not prevent him from hitting the road on the Up In Smoke tour, which kicks off Thursday...
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Eminem was hit with weapons charges in an Oakland County, Michigan, court on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and brandishing a firearm in public today (June 8) and...
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Eminem (Marshall Mathers) was released on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a concealed weapon on Wednesday...
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Besides his involvement in Sunday's (June 4) alleged altercation at a neighborhood bar in suburban Detroit, Eminem (Marshall Mathers) faces additional charges involving...
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Kimberly Mathers, wife of rapper Eminem, has broken her silence about an incident at Hot Rocks, a bar outside Detroit, Sunday morning (June 4) in which she was charged with...
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A pair of Detroit-based musicians top this week's album sales chart. For the second straight week, Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP leads the way in album sales, according...
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Eminem (Marshall Mathers) faces serious criminal charges in regards to the incident that took place outside Hot Rocks Cafe near Detroit early Sunday (June 4) morning...
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Prosecutors in a Detroit, Michigan, suburb are investigating what role, if any, Grammy-winning rapper Eminem had in an altercation outside a nightclub early Sunday (June 4)...
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Eminem was arrested early Sunday morning (June 4) outside the Hot Rocks Sports Bar in Warren, Michigan, and charged with disorderly conduct. The rapper was reportedly...
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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has issued a statement accusing chart-topping rapper Eminem of gay bashing, claiming that lyrics on his new album The...
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Eminem sold 1,760,000 copies of The Marshall Mathers LP in its first week of release, according to industry sources. The one-week tally places Eminem second only to 'N Sync...
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Eminem features Interscope Records executive Steve Berman and mentions Wherehouse Music chain's urban music buyer Violet Brown on "Steve Berman," a track from his new The...
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Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP was released on Tuesday (May 23). The 18-track album is the follow-up to the rapper's 1999 The Slim Shady LP. The first single from...
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Eminem had a scary moment during his in-store appearance at the Virgin Megastore in New York City's Times Square on Tuesday (May 23).
More than 500 fans lined up to meet...
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Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP landed on record store shelves this morning (May 23). The 18-track album is the much-anticipated follow-up to the rapper's 1999 Slim Shady LP....
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As rap fans nationwide await the release of Eminem's sophomore album, The Marshall Mathers LP, New York City residents can already lay their hands on a copy. Counterfeit...
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It's been about a decade since Dr. Dre went on a national tour, but his Up In Smoke Tour will likely make the wait seem worthwhile. The Compton, California,...
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Eminem's new single, "The Real Slim Shady," likely is not too amusing to
Christina Aguilera. The teen pop star is profiled in the song as engaging in sordid behavior with...
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Eminem's dis of Christina Aguilera on the Detroit rapper's new single, "The Real Slim Shady," drew a throng of responses from Aguilera and her manager. But until now, the...
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Eminem is set to join the
Dr. Dre Hip-Hop 2000 Tour beginning this June.
Snoop Dogg,
Ice Cube, and
Warren G are also slated for the bill, which will take over...
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Dr. Dre and Eminem were among the big winners at the Online Hip-Hop Awards 2000, which were presented on Wednesday (April 12) in New York City. Dre was named producer of...
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Eminem shocked the world with his controversial major-label debut album, 1999's The Slim Shady LP, but the first single from the forthcoming follow-up is sure to raise...
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Eminem might not have made it to the Grammys (though he was spotted at the Universal Music Group party afterwards), but Jeff and Marky Bass -- the Detroit brothers who...
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Eminem and the Roots took home their first Grammys Wednesday (Feb. 23) night. Eminem won for both best rap album for The Slim Shady LP and best rap solo performance for "My...
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Months after facing a defamation lawsuit filed by his mother, Detroit-based rapper Eminem is facing an attack by his grandmother. In an interview with the Detroit News,...
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Eminem is an international star thanks to the success of his single "My Name Is…" and his debut album Slim Shady, but he's the first to admit that it wasn't easy. The...
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Eminem's bout with the NFL isn't the only news surrounding the controversial rapper that is making headlines. His marriage to Kimberly Anne Mathers has become public thanks...
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Earlier this week, Eminem made national news when the NFL pulled its advertising spots based on the controversial Detroit rapper's hit single "My Name Is…" after high-level...
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The National Football League has pulled its "My Name Is Joe" television ad campaign, based on the Eminem hit "My Name Is" upon learning that Eminem's lyrics include...
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In order to capitalize on the opportunity to join mentor Dr. Dre on Saturday Night Live this weekend (Oct. 23), Eminem has cancelled the first date on his European tour....
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Raw and rowdy rapper Eminem has a fan in Eve, the first female rapper to break out of the Ruff Ryders stable. Eve tells the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone that she has her...
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Three days after Eminem was slapped with a $10 million slander suit by his mother Debbie Mathers-Briggs, the rapper's lawyer responded to the allegations with a direct,...
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Dr. Dre may have reached multiplatinum heights with his 1992 album, The Chronic, and his production work on Snoop Doggy Dogg's chart-topping 1993 debut, Doggystyle, but his...
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Cypress Hill has opted to bow out of the Vans Warped Tour in favor of staying home in Los Angeles and concentrating on writing and recording its fifth proper album,...
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At Eminem's show at the Los Angeles House Of Blues last Saturday (May 8), the audience was stunned to find that a dancing mummy onstage was none other than Academy...
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The Fanmail just keeps on coming, as TLC's third album logs its fourth consecutive week at No. 1 with sales of more than 192,900 during the latest sales period, according...
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Last week we speculated that if Lauryn Hill won half of the 10 Grammy Awards she was nominated for, she would ride the wave of publicity right back to the top of the chart...
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In spite of the fact that red-hot white rapper Eminem has rapped about killing his baby's mother and "melting Vanilla Ice like silicone," the Detroit native says there are...
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Limp Bizkit is currently enjoying the success of its cover of George Michael's "Faith," but that hasn't stopped the band from entering the studio to record a new album,...
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