• 50 Cent to be Editor for a Day at New York Daily News [PHOTO]

    Looks like 50 Cent will take an editing eye to more than just writing lyrics next week. As announced, the famed rapper will be participating in a guest editor spot and will be taking over the New York Daily News this upcoming Tuesday, Jan. 13.

  • Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye Recordings Used for Illegal Prison Mixtapes...Universal Music Bringing Lawsuit

    No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least no profitable act disguised as a good deed goes unpunished. The Centric Group and Keefe Groups, two of several such institutions cited by Billboard, have been selling "care packages" to families of incarcerated individuals, which can include music mixtapes as part of their appeal. Universal Music is calling these agencies out on it in a new lawsuit, alleging that selling these mixtapes for profit doesn't constitute fair use and the record is owed legal restitution. Among the acts represented on the tapes are Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye.

  • Eminem Sued By Hot Stylz Over "Rap God" Lyrics [LISTEN]

    Eminem may be a rap god, but somebody thinks he borrowed some of that title from them. According to TMZ, Raymond Jones from the Chicago rap trio, Hotstylz is suing Marshall Mathers and his label, Aftermath Entertainment for $8 million for the alleged use of a sample from their song "Lookin Boy" featuring Yung Joc in Eminem's "Rap God."

  • Eminem Criticized on Young Zee's 'Dear Shady' [WATCH]

    Eminem recently released his new album "Shady XV" and, as a reaction, Young Zee has responded with a track of his own titled "Dear Shady."In the track, Young Zee questions Eminem and vocalizes that he was distressed he was not included in some of Eminem's recent music ventures.On Eminem's song "Fine Line," he shouts out Young Zee and The Outsidaz, saying, "Zee, you always supported me / You vouched, I will never forget that and / How you guys accepted me for me and Pace / I love you too, you slept on my couch."Zee's music video accompanying his track starts off with dated footage of the Outsidaz and Eminem doing an interview, where Eminem says, "I met Zee in New Jersey. I came out like a month later. Met Zee. Met the rest of the Outsidaz. Got down with the crew. You know what I'm saying? And the rest is history. It's like a whole family thing."After the interview clip, the track starts and Zee gets into airing his grievances with Eminem, stating that he felt left out and that Em did not truly have his back when he was arrested or when his house unfortunately burnt down.The lyrics read: "Let me ask you / Why you ain't come to my avenue / When you grabbed dudes for your rap crew / I paid mad dues ... Anyhow, my house burnt down/ I'm in Jersey now / You ain't care, you ain't even come around / I got locked up for selling quarter pounds down Bordentown / You could have looked out, you could have came and bailed me out."

  • 8 Albums With Misleading Titles: The Smiths, Dr. Dre, And More

    Though an album title shouldn't tell you explicitly what kind of music you're in for (where's the fun in that?), a title does have a subtle influence over how we hear an album, or how we expect it to fit into the artist's career arc. These eight albums, however, went with titles that ended up being misleading for either one of these reasons.

  • Eminem, D12 Reunion 'Can Definitely Happen,' According to Kuniva

    It has now been more than a decade since the most recent D12 album, but fans of the Eminem-led group got good news this weekend when member Kuniva wrote that a recent collaboration for the "Shady XV" compilation might spark a full record."That was the first time we had recorded together in a long time," he wrote on SOHH. "It was like the first time, without Marshall, we had recorded something in like six or seven years."The chemistry was right there again. We never lost a step. I think a D12 reunion can definitely happen."Early in 2014, the "Detroit Free Press" published a profile about producer Mark Bass's ("Without Me," "Lose Yourself") upcoming projects. He told them he was busy mixing new tracks from D12, three of which featured Eminem.Perhaps those tracks had something to do with "Shady XV," but only one fresh cut made its way to the release.Now, Kuniva thinks the Dirty Dozen will make 2015 a special year.

  • Eminem Comes Out As Gay In Scene From 'The Interview' [WATCH]

    Eminem Gay!? Those are the words that flashed across the screen in a scene from Sony's The Interview, which is now available to stream online as well as view in the theaters. The Detroit rapper makes a cameo in the James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy in a scene where he is being interviewed by Franco's character Dave Skylark.

  • Big Sean Says 'Detroit Vs. Everybody' Music Video with Eminem Is Happening

    When Eminem, Big Sean and the rest of his Motor City crew dropped "Detroit Vs. Everybody" to promote their "Shady XV" compilation this fall, it sparked some regional pride and even engendered a response from the East. But fans were not necessarily expecting an official music video, especially after Em's viral cypher.Collaborator Big Sean recently spoke with Hip Hop DX about his forthcoming project, and hinted that (1) Shady might be on his new album and (2) there is a video coming for "Everybody.""It's possible," Sean said of the Em collab. "This ['Detroit Vs. Everybody'] was the first collab. I want people to really — we shooting a video for it, too, by the way. Coming up."
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