Dont mess with Shady: While superstar Eminem has been keeping a low profile as of late, his attorneys have been busy. The singer and actor has made clear to his legal eagles that he was finished being a nice guy and wanted to start kicking butt – Em was, in his own words, "tired of getting ripped off." After stopping a number of European companies from "sloppy bookkeeping" when it comes to paying royalties due him via CD sales, the rapper now has Apple Computers in his crosshairs for u...

EMINEM NEEDS D12 MORE THAN THEY NEED HIM Rapper EMINEM is nothing without his pals in D12 - because they're the only people he can trust. The WITHOUT ME hitmaker insists on taking his MY BAND bandmates everywhere with him. He says, "They're my foundation. If I lose my foundation, then what do I have. "Just to be by myself on a big-a** mountain, a little lonely rich bastard? Not only are these guys my friends, I don't trust nobody new that I meet."

Eminem Pulls Out Of D12 Tour Hip-hop superstar Eminem has angered fans after reportedly pulling out of his rap collective D12's American tour. The Real Slim Shady hitmaker is focusing on solo projects and will not be joining Bizarre, Proof, Kon Artis, Swift and Kuniva on stage next month, according to British newspaper Daily Star. A source explains, "Eminem desperately wanted to spend the month touring America with his close friends and colleagues but he has just too much stuff on." ...

Eminem's embarrassing error: Eminem made an impassioned plea to young people at a Detriot hip hop summit only to discover that he'd got his facts wrong. The rap megastar urged young people to register to vote because he said he'd lost his right to do so three years ago after he was given two years probation for carrying a concealed weapon. But it was pointed out to him that while other states take away their power to vote, in the state of Michigan convicted felons can vote - he just ...

em has just won a case against Dutch online company, Rams Horn BV for copyright and trademark infringement. On their web site, Rams Horn BV sold CD's entitled Eminem Is Back and All Stars Eminem - The Greatest Hits without Slim's approval. The first CD contained unreleased Slim tracks while the latter featured covers of Eminem songs. Ramshorn must now end sales of all CD's and place a rectification notice on its web site. The company must also send letters to every client that has purch...

From Rolling Stone Magazine I'm With the Band Is D12 a Detroit rap crew or a traveling frat party? On the road with the Motor City madmen that Eminem calls "My Band" By Toure Eminem steps from his suite in the posh Dorchester hotel in London wearing an oversize white parka with a huge fur-lined hood that seems to swallow him when he flips it over his head. This makes him all but invisible. As he moves briskly through the hallway with his confident strut, he's cocooned by four bodyguards...

Another highlight of the 2004 Detroit Hip-Hop Summit was the presentation of two charitable contributions. A $10,000 donation was presented by Anheuser-Busch to the Detroit branch of the NAACP Scholarship Fund. In addition, a check for $10,000 was presented by Eminem and Paul Rosenberg, on behalf of the Marshall Mathers Foundation, to the family of local 6 year old boy, Jaiwan, who recently received a kidney transplant. For further information on Hip-Hop Team Vote or the Hip-Hop Summit Act...

Hip-hop summit emphasizes education, voting The hip-hop generation needs to educate itself and then head to the polls in this fall's election. That was one of the messages from speakers at the Hip-Hop Summit in Detroit, which drew artists and behind-the-scenes members of the music industry on Saturday. Rap mogul Russell Simmons, whose Hip-Hop Summit Action Network puts on the traveling event, said young people need to empower themselves to make a difference in their communities and t...

Eminem Joins Simmons HSAN In Detroit Controversial rapper Eminem and thirty hip-hop artists and music industry executives convened on Detroit this weekend to attend Russell Simmons' second Detroit Hip-Hop Summit. "This is the best generation the world has ever seen," said Simmons, chairman of the HSAN. What they will see in November is that this is the most powerful generation the world has ever seen." The summit hit Detroit's Fox Theater this Saturday to push voter registratio...

Future of hip-hop rests in Detroit The eyes of the hip-hop world focus on downtown Detroit this weekend. Rap's reigning king, Eminem, will host this weekend's second Detroit Hip-Hop Summit ?which combines panel discussions, a voter registration drive and related events, including an MC battle and an after-party. Detroit's so-called hip-hop mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, rap impresario and activist Russell Simmons, G Unit, D12 and, possibly 50 Cent and Kanye West, will be among the panelists. ...

D12 Heading On U.S. Tour Without Their 'Lead Singer' The boys of D12 may have named their latest release D12 World, but so far the rap crew only has tour plans for the United States. A full itinerary is still coming together, but the group is set to kick things off June 19 in Milwaukee, wrapping up a month later in Atlanta. D12 will play a special Fourth of July show in Tempe, Arizona. Fellow Motor City hip-hop group Slum Village and Southern rapper Bone Crusher will join them as openin...

Hollywood News Eminem sets legal sanction to bite Apple! New York, May 21 (ANI): IT giant Apple will soon be smitten by a legal virus set on by Eminem. The rapper has decided to sue the computer giant Apple for using his song in their TV commercial without his permission,after getting a judge's consent to do so. The singer's hit 'Lose Yourself' was used to promote Apple's iTunes music downloading software. "We were pleased the judge recognized that the use of the song in the comm...

Eminem's Music used to Torture Prisioners Two British men who were detained at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, allege they were tortured and forced to listen to Eminem at deafening levels. Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal described their abuse in an open letter to George Bush released by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, which is providing legal counsel for the men. The men say they were forced to squat with their hands chained between their legs for hours, ...

D12 World Drops To Number 4 In It's Third Week D12 are quickly losing steam and suffering from substantial tumbles for the second straight week. In its 3rd week, the dirty dozen slips another 40% to drop to #4 selling 117,000 units of D12 World.

Eminem to Host Detroit's 2004 Hip-Hop Summit Today, The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis announced that Eminem will be hosting Detroit's Hip-Hip Summit 2004. "I know people been down on Eminem, but all I ever see is him giving back," Russell Simmons said in a released statement. "They can talk about me, but Eminem is a giver and I'm proud to work with him." Co-chairs of the HSAN including Damon Dash, P. Diddy and Kevin Liles have all worke...