Eminem Dials Up Ringtones Lawsuit Eminem's publishing companies recently filed a lawsuit in hopes to stop his songs from being used as mobile phone ringtones. In the suit filed in Detroit's U.S. District Court yesterday, Michigan-based Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated are requesting a court order to forbid five companies from selling Slim Shady song ringtones via the internet. Em's legal team also revealed that it plans to take legal action against karaoke companies that sell...
Eminem Calls Ring-Tone Companies To Court Eminem's lawyers sent a message on Tuesday to ring-tone companies who want Em's number: "Just Lose It." Attorneys representing the rapper's publishing companies, Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit in an attempt to stop five companies from selling Eminem ring tones on the Internet, according to The Associated Press. Cellus USA, FanMobile, Nextones.com, MyPhoneFiles and MatrixM are named in ...
50 Cent, Eminem & Mariah Nominated For American Music Awards Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and Eminem lead the nominations for the 33rd annual American Music Awards scheduled to take place this November in Los Angeles. Carey topped all nominees with four nods, including Favorite Pop and Soul album and Favorite Female Artist in the Pop and Soul categories. Meanwhile, 50 earned nods for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop album. Slim Shady and Bl...
Eminem Drops $200,000 For Katrina Victims Eminem recently joined the impressive list of charitable celebrities by donating $200,000 to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Slim reportedly was touched by MTV's telethon this past Saturday and called Mississippi emcee, David Banner, to donate $200,000. The Detroit lyricist then donated the money to the American Red Cross on behalf of his record label, Shady Records. Em hasn't been the only one digging in his wallet to support Hurricane Katri...
50 Says He's No 'Super Actor' — And Tells Em He's Not A Sucker MIAMI — If you ever go out to brunch with 50 Cent, you might want to consider eating breakfast first. But hey, when you're responsible for more than half of the black music coming out of Interscope Records; have a new book and upcoming movie to push; clothes and sneakers to peddle; and a performance at the VMAs in about nine hours, you're bound to be a little late. And that's not even mentioning that you're ex-boo Vivica A. Fox...
Eminem & Shade Collabo w/XXL for Special Radio Issue Eminem's Shade 45 radio channel and XXL Magazine have teamed up to release a special edition issue dubbed XXL Presents Shade 45. The one-time issue focuses on Eminem and his Sirius Satellite radio channel, Shade 45. Em graces the cover alongside Shady Records artists, Stat Quo and Obie Trice. In the cover story, Slim speaks on the emcees that have influenced his rap style and the new generation of rhyme slingers. "I took from all...
Eminem Hospitalized For Sleep-Medication Dependency Two days after Eminem abruptly canceled his European tour, citing exhaustion and unspecified "other medical issues," his spokesperson revealed that the rapper has been hospitalized for a sleep-medication dependency. The 32-year-old MC's label issued a statement confirming that he is receiving treatment. "Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem, is in the hospital under doctors' care," Interscope Records said in the statement. "He's being t...
Eminem Cancels European Tour Due To Exhaustion Citing exhaustion complicated by other medical issues, Eminem has canceled his European tour dates. The shows are not expected to be rescheduled, according to a statement released by his record label late Tuesday (August 16). Eminem was due to headline the European leg of the Anger Management 3 tour, which begins September 1 in Hamburg, Germany, and wraps up September 17 in Meath, Ireland. The rapper's spokesperson had no more in...
Eminem For Mayor, Supports Detroit's Very Own Controversial Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick has been endorsed in his bid for re-election by controversial Detroit emcee, Eminem. Last Friday, in front of 42,000-plus fans during the Detroit stop of the Anger Management 3 Tour, hometown hero Eminem gave a shout-out to Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, also in attendance at Comerica Park, heard Slim Shady's urges for the crowd to "make some noise for the mayor, the Hip-Hop mayor." Earlier i...
Ford Breaks Ups w/ Eminem Over Foul Language Word is Ford Motor Co. just ended a partnership with Eminem due to a vulgar title and lyrics featured on one of Slim's recently released singles. Though the cut's title hasn't been named, reports are referring to a three-word title. Slim recently dropped Encore's fourth single, "Ass Like That." In the cut, Em shares his admiration for the posteriors of female celebrities like teeny bopper Hilary Duff and Jessica Simpson. According to the...
Ford Breaks Ups w/ Eminem Over Foul Language Word is Ford Motor Co. just ended a partnership with Eminem due to a vulgar title and lyrics featured on one of Slim's recently released singles. Though the cut's title hasn't been named, reports are referring to a three-word title. Slim recently dropped Encore's fourth single, "Ass Like That." In the cut, Em shares his admiration for the posteriors of female celebrities like teeny bopper Hilary Duff and Jessica Simpson. According to the...
Eminem: 'I'm Not Retiring' If you bought into recent reports that Eminem has decided to hang up his mic and settle into a quiet life out of the spotlight, the man himself has a message for you. "I'm not retiring," Em told MTV News during a recent stop on his Anger Management Tour. Reports from the rapper's hometown of Detroit last week had sources close to Em saying that he planned to retire following his Anger Management run. He's tired of the limelight, they said. He wants to pr...
Eminem, 50 Manage To Unleash The Anger At Cali Tour Stop SAN JOSE, California — "Lord, please forgive me for what I do," Eminem prayed as he took the stage at Tuesday's Anger Management 3 tour stop at the HP Pavilion. And, well, that was about it for the managing part. The 90 minutes that followed were sheer anger on display, with the rapper's jokester side making only a few brief appearances. From the opening one-two punch of "Evil Deeds" and "Mosh" to album tracks like "...
Eminem Laffs At Retirement Rumors, Encore "Closes 1st Chapter" Only days after gossip spread that Eminem was retiring, the lyricist dismissed the reports during a recent concert in Washington. A recent article in the Detroit Free Press stated that Em was set to retire following a concert in Dublin, Ireland on September 17th. Supposedly, last year's Encore was scheduled to be Slim's last release as he readies to focus on production rather than rap. However, Em addressed the retirement ...
Eminem Has Final "Encore" Before Retiring As reported to The Detroit Free Press, Eminem will be retiring from the rap business. His latest release Encore is said to be his last project as an artist. Em, aka Marshall Mathers, plans to focus on becoming a full-time record producer. Shady's finest will perform his last solo concert in Dublin, Ireland on September 17th. Mathers' manager Paul Rosenberg commented on Encore saying that it was, "certainly the cap on this part of his career." ...