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The Slim Shady announces his first non-fungible token collection which is inspired by his ‘passion as a vintage toy, comic book and trading card collector.’

Apr 24, 2021

AceShowbiz –
Eminem will be dropping his first NFT collection on Sunday (25Apr21).

The Stan rapper announced “Shady Con”, featuring original instrumental beats produced by Eminem himself specifically for the release, on Thursday. NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are an emerging market within blockchain where single-impression unique digital art and goods known as the ‘token’ can be sold.

He explained in a statement, “I’ve been collecting since I was a kid, everything from comic books to baseball cards to toys, as well as every rap album on cassette I could get my hands on. Not much has changed for me as an adult…”

“I’ve attempted to re-create some of those collections from that time in my life, and I know I’m not alone. I wanted to give this drop the same vibe of, ‘Oh, man I gotta get just that one or maybe even the whole set!’ ”

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“It’s been a lot of fun coming up with ideas from my own collecting passion.”

A description for the “Shady Con” digital drop, which is available from 6.30 pm ET, adds, “Shady Con provides Stans, fans, NFT enthusiasts and collectors ONE OPPORTUNITY to own a piece from this premier drop.”

“Born from the convergence of blockchain technology, creative enthusiasm, and pandemic doldrums, this drop was inspired by Eminem’s passion as a vintage toy, comic book and trading card collector that traces back to his childhood days as just ‘plain old Marshall.’ ”

The Weeknd, Kings of Leon, Grimes, Charli XCX, and Calvin Harris are among those who have released material via the format.

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Released in 2005, the ‘Stan’ hitmaker’s greatest hits compilation has just notched up its 520th consecutive week on the countdown, making it the only rap release to achieve such feat.

Mar 25, 2021

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Eminem has made U.S. chart history as his album “Curtain Call: The Hits” has become the only rap release to spend a full decade in the Billboard 200.

The greatest hits compilation, which featured the classic singles “Stan”, “Without Me”, “My Name Is”, and “Lose Yourself”, was released in 2005 and has just notched up its 520th consecutive week on the countdown.

The impressive feat makes “Curtain Call: The Hits” the sixth longest-running album on the chart, behind Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” (958 weeks), Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Legend” (669 weeks), Journey’s “Greatest Hits” (659 weeks), the “Black Album” by Metallica (598 weeks), and Guns N’ Roses’ “Greatest Hits” (520 weeks).

Meanwhile, producer Benny Blanco has revealed Rihanna’s “Diamonds” single could have been another big smash for Eminem, as he had recorded a track to the beat before losing the 2012 song to his “Love the Way You Lie” collaborator.

Blanco explains he, Stargate, and Sia Furler had originally created the tune for either Kanye West or Lana Del Rey.

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“Stargate’s like, ‘Yo, we’re giving this song to Rihanna. It’s going to go,'” Blanco recalled during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know, man. Should we keep the beat for Kanye? I don’t know about it.'”

He continued, “I remember, at the same time, I had given a beat CD like, a month earlier to [music manager] Paul Rosenberg to give to Eminem. And apparently, Eminem had done a song to it, too. And I didn’t even know… So when it happened [was sold to Rihanna], Paul was like, ‘Man, Em had that beat on hold.’ I was like, ‘What? I didn’t even know.'”

However, Blanco was pleased with the way the song turned out with Rihanna, “I’m sitting there, and then I finally am like, ‘You know what, Stargate?’ I let go. I said, ‘You guys know better. Let’s do it.’ She cut the song. First of all, the second she cut the song, they were completely right. I was like, ‘This is the best song I’ve ever done.'”

And Kanye even got the chance to rap on the single as he was recruited for the “Diamonds” remix, “This is how life works, full circle. Kanye West does a remix to the song.”

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Armed and ready to respond to the new social media campaign that seeks to cancel him over his controversial lyrics, Em releases an animated video for his 2020 song.

Mar 8, 2021
AceShowbiz – Eminem has responded to social media campaign that sought for his cancellation over his controversial lyrics. No stranger to backlash since early of his rising career, instead of dropping a new freestyle or recording a new track, the Grammy Award-winning artist released a music video for his already existing song aptly titled “Tone Deaf”.
Lifted off his 2020 album “Music to Be Murdered By”, the song reflects his defiant attitude to the cancel culture. “It’s okay not to like my s**t/ Everything’s fine, drink your wine, b***h/ And get offline, quit whinin’, this is just a rhyme, b***h,” he raps on the song.
Em adds in the chorus, “I can’t understand a word you say (I’m tone-deaf)/ I think this way I prefer to stay (I’m tone-deaf).” He also tweeted, “I won’t stop even when my hair turns grey (I’m tone-deaf)/ ‘Cause they won’t stop until they cancel me,” referencing another line from the track, when announcing the release of the animated video on Friday, March 6.
The attempt to cancel Em apparently kicked off in February, when a Gen Z TikTok user argued the rapper’s 2010 hit “Love the Way You Lie” glorifies toxic relationships and domestic violence. A user, who has been banned from the video-sharing application, played a snippet of the song and appeared to take issue with the lyric which goes, “If she ever tries to f**king leave again, I’ma tie her/ to the bed and set this house on fire.”

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In the critic’s video, the song plays while someone looks into the camera with the text “Yesssss lets [sic] cancel him” being displayed.
Em, however, has survived from attempts to cancel him in the past. Throughout his career, he faced backlash for creating far more offensive music than “Love the Way You Lie”. One person even noted that the rapper’s debut single, “My Name Is”, opened with the line, “Hi kids, do you like violence?”
Em was also heavily criticized when his unreleased song “Things Get Worse” leaked online in 2019. In the said song, he dissed Rihanna, whom he has collaborated with several times, including on “Love the Way You Lie”.
“I’m not playing, Rihanna, where’d you get the VD at?/ Let me add my two cents/ Of course I side with Chris Brown/ I’d beat a b***h down too/ If she gave my d**k an itch now,” he raps on the controversial song.
He then apologized to Rih on his song “Zeus” off “Music to Be Murdered By – Side B”, which part of the lyrics goes, “And wholeheartedly, apologies, Rihanna/ For that song that leaked, I’m sorry, Ri/ It wasn’t meant to cause you grief.”

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Addressing his diss track at Rihanna, the ‘Lose Yourself’ spitter says he was just rapping whatever rhymed because the song was recorded during the time that he was relearning how to rhyme.

Jan 5, 2021
AceShowbiz – Eminem may be one of the best rappers alive today, but a near-fatal drug overdose almost stripped him of the ability. The Grammy Award-winning artist admits he had to relearn how to rhyme again after the 2007 incident that almost took his life.
The Slim Shady briefly touched on his drug issue and its aftermath when addressing his diss track “Things Get Worse” aimed at Rihanna. “When it first happened, I was like, first, I didn’t know how, how somebody got it,” he said to SiriusXM’s Gray Rizzy on Monday, January 4.
The 48-year-old star claimed he had no recollection of the lyrics and figured he was just rapping whatever rhymed because the song was recorded during the time he was relearning how to rap. “Second of all, I have no, zero recollection of even remembering doing that, that verse, like ‘The rhyme schemes didn’t even sound familiar to me.’ So I was caught off guard, too,” he shared.

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Em went on recounting, “I was like, ‘What the f**k, I said that?’ And that was during early stages of the ‘Relapse’ record that I was working on. So, you know, it’s ten-plus years old, but not making excuses for it. I said it and I was wrong for saying that, it was f**king stupid.”
“A lot of times, especially with the ‘Relapse’ record, when I first started learning how to rap again, because of the drug situation that I went through and having to relearn a lot of things,” the “8 Mile” star continued. “That was one of those things that it was like, well, if it rhymes, say it. I think that being able to look back – I mean, that’s not even an excuse – but I’m just saying there was a phase I was going through with that ‘Relapse’ record.”
In the said diss track, which was recorded during sessions for his 2009 album “Relapse”, Em rapped, “I’m not playing, Rihanna, where’d you get the VD at?/ Let me add my two cents/ Of course I side with Chris Brown/ I’d beat a b***h down too/ If she gave my d**k an itch now.” The song was leaked in 2019.
Em later addressed the controversial lyrics in his new song “Zeus”, on which he apologized to his “Love the Way You Live” collaborator, “And wholeheartedly, apologies, Rihanna/ For that song that leaked, I’m sorry, Ri/ It wasn’t meant to cause you grief.”

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Following rumors of the surprise album that circulated last week, the Detroit emcee has debuted the sequel to his January 2020 set with 16 additional tracks.

Dec 18, 2020
AceShowbiz – Eminem is capping off 2020 with a new album. The 15-time Grammy Award winner has surprised fans by dropping new music through “Music to Be Murdered By: Side B”, a follow-up to his eleventh studio album “Music to Be Murdered By” that was released earlier this year in January.
Hitting streaming service at midnight Friday, December 18, the deluxe edition of his most recent LP contains 16 additional tracks. It features Dr. Dre, who appears on “Guns Blazing”, with Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Premier, Skylar Grey and more also making appearance on other tracks off the album. Dre is also reportedly responsible for co-producing “Discombobulated”.
Along with the surprise album, Em has released a music video for one of the new tracks, “Gnat”. The Cole Bennett-directed video has the Detroit emcee playing different characters in different costumes, including one that has him in a hazmat suit.
A real take on the global COVID-19 pandemic, one scene has him in daily outfit while wandering around the street and wearing a face mask, before he’s getting shot. He, however, survives as he’s seen waking up in a corridor despite still sporting a bullet wound on the chest.

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On another song titled “Zeus”, Em offers an apology to Rihanna, whom he shaded in a song that leaked in 2019 featuring lyrics about him “siding with Chris Brown” despite having collaborated with the Barbadian songstress in 2010’s hit “Love the Way You Lie” and its sequel “Love the Way You Lie (Part II)”. “And wholeheartedly apologies Rihanna for that song that leaked/ I’m sorry, Rih, it wasn’t meant to cause you grief/ But regardless it was wrong of me,” he raps on “Zeus”.
Em marked the album release with a post on his Instagram page. “Uncle Alfred heard you screaming for more… enjoy Side B,” he wrote along with the album cover art.

Prior to this, the 48-year-old star never addressed rumors about the deluxe edition. Fans, however, got their hope high after Dem Jointz fueled the rumors by revealing the “Music to Be Murdered By: Side B” cover art among several projects he said he worked on this year. “Even Thru The S**t-Storm, Thank God For Another Successful Year!! . . . #ProducedWrittenMixedByDemJointz,” he captioned it.

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Inspired by the lyrics of the rapper’s classic ‘8 Mile’ track, the 45-second spot titled ‘One Opportunity’ features footage from the presidential hopeful’s rally in his native Michigan.

Nov 3, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rapper Eminem has given U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden permission to use his classic “8 Mile” track for a new campaign ad, which debuted on Monday (November 02), on the eve of the general election.
The 45-second spot’s title, “One Opportunity”, is inspired by the lyrics of “Lose Yourself” and features images of people voting, as well as footage from Biden’s rally in Eminem’s native Michigan.
Eminem has shared the new ad on Twitter, adding the caption, “One opportunity… #Vote.”

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It’s a big step for the rap star, who successfully sued New Zealand’s National Party campaign managers for sampling the song for a political ad back in 2014.
Eminem has always been vocal about his opposition to Biden’s opponent, current U.S. leader Donald Trump – he criticized the businessman-turned-politician in his song “Campaign Speech” and attacked Trump in a freestyle during his song “Framed” at the BET Awards.
Eminem isn’t the only artist who has given his permission for his song to be used for political purpose. Taylor Swift recently let U.S. politician Eric Swalwell use her music in a new ad aimed at boosting voter turn-out ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
The pop star’s track “Only the Young” features in the latest ad for the Democrat’s Remedy PAC organization, which also features a quote about voter suppression from vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The video includes a montage of powerful social and political scenes that took place within the past four years under current President Trump’s first term.

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