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Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is an American rapper and producer born in 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was the number one selling artist in the United States during the 2000s. Eminem. He has released the albums InfiniteThe Slim Shady LPThe Marshall Mathers LPThe Eminem ShowEncoreRelapseRecovery, and The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Eminem also starred in the films 8 Mile and The Wash. Awards he has attained include13 Grammy Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 17 Billboard Music Awards. He was formerly married to Kim Mathers and has three children.

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2 May, 2017

Lose Yourself writer: New Zealand ad is ‘blatant rip-off’

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Bass, who wrote the guitar riff for Eminem’s Lose Yourself, testifies in the High Court in Wellington about the development of the song with co-writer Luis Resto, who replaced some of the guitar elements with keyboards in order to remove some of the rock feel of the song without losing the hip hop tone.

I picked up a guitar and started playing that opening guitar chord. At that time, I didn’t know if it was a song or not. It took [Eminem] a number of months to author the perfect lyrics that were just right for the beat…It really developed in a little studio we had set up in his trailer [when he was filming 8 Mile].

He denies the chords sound like Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir and says that while he’d heard the chords played before, he’d never heard them in that particular rhythm– by putting an accent on the third beat he says it was as if he was playing guitar and drums at the same time.

The intention was to create a tense, hypnotic feeling. It starts playing, and never goes away. Along with that drum beat, it actually will hypnotize you, where you are feeling that something’s going to happen.

When asked about the National Party’s song:

It’s a blatant rip-off…[It sounds like] Lose Yourself Lite…It doesn’t taste so good, though.

1 May, 2017

Eminem lawsuit against New Zealand political party begins

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A New Zealand court hears opening arguments in a copyright trial taken by Eminem’s music publishers against the National Party, the county’s largest political party. A judge and nine lawyers listen to Lose Yourself, the track that the publishers claim was used on a 2014 political ad without permission. The party has previously said it purchased the track through an Australian-based supplier and doesn’t believe it has infringed anyone’s copyright. Eminem’s lawyers tell the court that the National Party had wanted a song that was edgy and modern but showed the party was dependable, and quoted from National Party emails, which described the song as an Eminem “sound-alike,” and said:

I guess the question we’re asking, if everyone thinks it’s Eminem, and it’s listed as Eminem Esque, how can we be confident that Eminem doesn’t say we’re ripping him off?

Eminem’s lawyers say that the artist does not allow his music to be used for political purposes of any kind. The trial is expected to last six days.

25 Aug, 2015

Farrakhan, Eminem meet

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In an over 2 1/2-hour dinner in Eminem’s Detroit hotel room, Farrakhan talks about the responsibilities that stars like Eminem have toward society to influence people positively. Spokesperson:

It was a beautiful discussion. Eminem was engaged. His manager (Paul Rosenberg) was engaged. It was a great time and experience…[Farrakhan talked to Eminem about] using his influence and using his power through rap music and hip-hop culture to influence people positively, so our children, our youth, can grow into more positive humans.

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24 Nov, 2014

‘It just breaks my heart’

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Eminem apologizes for his offensive lyrics in his new single Guts Over Fear, less than a week after a preview of his single Vegas, where he raps about raping Iggy Azalea, leaks. Guts Over Fear lyrics:

It just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I caused. The pain spawns all the anger on, but it wasn’t until I put the pain in song, learned who to aim it on, that I made a spark.

21 Nov, 2014

Responds to Eminem lyrics

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Azalea responds to lyrics in the song Vegas which apparently refer to raping her:

‘It’s especially awkward because my 14-year-old brother is the biggest Eminem fan and now the artist he admired says he wants to rape me. nice!

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20 Nov, 2014

Responds to Eminem’s ‘rape whistle’ lyrics

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Iggy Azalea responds via Twitter to a leaked snippet of Eminem’s new song Vegas, which asks her to put away ‘the rape whistle’. Leaked lyrics:

Unless you’re Nicki/grab you by the wrist let’s ski/so what’s it gon be/put that s**t away Iggy/You don’t wanna blow that rape whistle on me.

Iggy Azalea’s Twitter response:

5 Feb, 2014

Headlights (Explicit)

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The artist releases his single featuring,Nate Ruess, Headlights,  from the album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Eminem after being asked why he decides to apologize to his mother in the song:

What I said on that record is what I have to say about it and I put it out there and that’s pretty much all I’m gonna probably say about that,. Everything I needed to say and get off my chest I said it. So there’s no need for me to even elaborate on it. Headlights is a really personal song for him that he doesn’t want to say any more.

Eminem - Headlights (Explicit) ft. Nate Ruess

24 Jan, 2014

Like Toy Soldiers

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The artist releases his single, Like Toy Soldiers, from the album, Encore. The song is about feuds in the rap community. It is common practice for rappers to sling insults at each other in their songs, and this often leads to violence. Eminem compares the rappers to toy soldiers, who are being controlled by someone else, which in many cases is a record company that sells albums and profits from the controversy.

Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers (Official Music Video)

5 Dec, 2013

Rolling Stone cover

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xwarl2l6xyzl2l6wEminem appears on the cover of the December 2013 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. He talks about how hip-hop saved his life and channeling the Beastie Boys.

I knew we were about to show the ‘Berzerk’ video, so I was doing what I call the Berzerk face. The whole song to me feels like vintage Beastie Boys. And you know the ‘Pass the Mic’ video where Ad-Rock is making that face, kind of not looking the camera? I was doing my own version.

28 Oct, 2013

The Monster

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Rihanna and Eminem collaborate on The Monster from Eminem’s album, Marshall Mathers LP 2. 

Marshall Mathers LP 2, is not necessarily a sequel, as much as it is a revisitation. So there’s not gonna be, like, continuations of every old song on there or anything like that. To me, it’s more about the vibe, and it’s more about the nostalgia.

Eminem - The Monster (Edited) ft. Rihanna