Magazine may find itself a target in Eminem battle When The Source magazine first wrote about Eminem six years ago, it published a glowing endorsement heralding the then-unknown rapper as the Next Big Thing. "One can't help but recognize this rapper of Caucasian persuasion has skills," the magazine gushed in its "Unsigned Hype" column. "This Motor City kid is a one-of-a-kind talent, and he's about to blow past the competition, leaving many melted microphones in the dust."The Source is st...

Eminem Buying Neverland? Nope ... But Never Say Never Can you imagine Eminem cleaning out his closet — and his giraffe pen, his carousel, his go-kart racetrack and his video game arcade? US Weekly reported in this week's issue that Eminem is considering purchasing Michael Jackson's sprawling, carnival-like Neverland Ranch, but on Wednesday (February 18) Em's camp dismissed the piece. The magazine cites a source who claims Marshall Mathers is sick of cold Detroit winters and is lookin...

Eminem's ex-wife sentenced to 120 days for probation violation Thursday, February 12, 2004 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hip-hop superstar Eminem's ex-wife was sentenced to serve at least a month in jail Thursday for using cocaine while on probation.Circuit Judge Edward Servitto ordered Kimberly Mathers to serve 30 days in the Macomb County Jail and then be transferred to an inpatient substance abuse treatment program for an additional 90 days. Mathers admitted a week ago to her probation agent t...

Grammys! 50 Cent went up against Eminem in two categories that pitted the mentored with the mentor. But with his song "Lose Yourself," from the soundtrack to his film "8 Mile," Eminem beat his protégé for Best Rap Male Solo Performance and Best Rap Song. (Source: MTV.com)

Eminem fights for.... In 2001, Eminem fights for his right to perform at the Grammys in the face of gays, lesbians and critics who say his music is offensive and hate-filled. The Detroit rapper received support from his mentor, Dr. Dre, queen of pop, Madonna, and the legendary Stevie Wonder. Dre says, "There is some stuff [on the album] that I don'tthink is appropriate for children, but we're not making recordsfor children, we're not Disney." In a letter to the LA Times, Madonna said "What ...

EMINEM ALBUM! D-12's album is coming out on April 26th or something like that, Shady/Aftermath comfirmed yesterday Eminem's album is coming out on July 12th, and it's on secret, Dr. dre said, and they are recording it all ofer the US, so it won't be leaked again.

Eminem Secretly Moves Out Of Mansion Us Weekly reports Eminem has moved out of his $4.8 million mansion in Oakland, Michigan back to his old Detroit home because "he never felt safe," according to a source close to the rapper. Because there were no gates around the pricey property, Slim worried about security. "he has people living in the new house," the source revealed, "just to look like he's actually living there."

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Eminem's publisher is suing Apple Computer !!! DETROIT (AP)--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 permission. Eight Mile Style filed the copyright infringement suit late last week against Apple, Viacom Inc., its MTV subsidiary and the TBWA/Chiat/Day advertising agency. At issue is an ad for Apple's iTunes pay-per-download music software, ...

EMINEM'S MOM GRAVELY ILL Eminem's mom ill The dysfunction within the family of rap star Eminem seems to go deep -- way deep. Five years into his estrangement with his mother Debbie Mathers, Eminem remains so resentful of her that his only response to her recent carjacking was to call her a "pregnant dog," a family member tells Star.Late on the night of Thursday, Jan. 22, Mathers, 49, was visiting a gas station on Detroit's dangerous Eight Mile Road when she was carjacked at gunpoint....

Singer Barbara hails 'genius' of rapper Eminem By Maureen Coleman mcoleman@belfasttelegraph.co.uk 24 February 2004 Barbara thingyson: A fan on rap star EminemBELFAST-bound singer Barbara thingyson today revealed an unexpected choice of musical hero - controversial rapper Eminem. The Scottish-born star, who plays the Waterfront Hall tonight, hailed the US rap artist a "genius" and "a modern-day Bob Dylan". Barbara was speaking before her Belfast show, which is part of the UK tour to ...

More information about Apple's ad The lawsuit claims Apple, in a television ad for its iTunes pay-per-download music store aired on MTV last year, featured a young boy with an iPod portable music player singing the lyrics to "Lose Yourself," the theme song for his hit movie "8 Mile" released in 2003. The commercial aired on MTV last summer and ran for about three months. The ad was also used on Apple's website. Apple and Viacom both declined to comment on the pending litigation....

--TROUBLE SOON-- With the Magic Clothing Expo in town, Eminem and D12 held the official jump off party in Las Vegas on Monday for the Shady LTD clothing line as well as the first listen of D12's sophomore release, D12 World (4/27), and it was big . Held at the Venetian Hotel ballroom, Warren and I spun the party, which was catered ridiculously with a full open bar, and several tables of hors d'oeuvres, which were later replaced by gourmet desserts - all there for the purpose of mass consump...

Eminem Performs New D12 Material In Vegas The Las Vegas Sun reports that when Eminem was at V Bar on Monday with Interscope Records execs, a woman asked him to rap for her. With that, Slim proceeded to have the club get him a mike, and he gave an impromptu performance of several new songs he recorded with the group D12, as well as several of his most popular solo efforts. V Bar staff blasted the live performance throughout the casino, which attracted a huge crowd to the bar, all vyin...

Eminem in frame for a comic book film A SCOTTISH writer's comic book that is so violent and sexually explicit that it is sold only to adults is to be made into a £50m Hollywood movie. Mark Millar has signed a deal with Universal Pictures tobring his comic strip Wanted to the big screen and the rap artist Eminem is tipped to play the lead. The deal will be finalised this week with the Glasgow-born Millar, who made his name as chief writer at Marvel Comics in New York, expected to secure a...