Eminem's surprise Kamikaze album from earlier this month came complete with a very familiar-looking cover: a glaringly direct homage to the cover of the Beastie Boys 1986 album License to Ill. In a new interview on The Strombo Show, Mike D and Ad-Rock from the Beasties revealed that they had no knowledge of Eminem's plans to emulate…
The Beastie Boys Say They Didn’t Know About Eminem’s License to Ill Tribute for Kamikaze
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Video: Eminem –“Venom”
Three weeks after the song was teased in a trailer for Marvel's new film Venom, Eminem has released a music video for a single titled "Venom." The visual drops the same day as the release of the film, which stars Tom Hardy as the Spider-Man villain Venom. The video follows the arc of a young man who finds a CD…
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Run the Jewels -“Let’s Go (The Royal We)”
Run the Jewels have released a new single "Let’s Go (The Royal We)," which appears after the credits in Marvel’s latest film Venom. Though the track wasn’t conceived for the new Tom Hardy superhero film — a version of the song was originally submitted for consideration for the Blade Runner 2049 trailer…
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Watch Eminem Perform “Venom” on Top of the Empire State Building on Jimmy Kimmel Live (Or Maybe Don’t)
It seemed as if nothing could be more ridiculous than Eminem's music video for his Venom soundtrack contribution and Kamikaze bonus track "Venom," except perhaps the film Venom itself. A new Eminem "performance" on Jimmy Kimmel Live, however, has officially given the video---in which an Eminem CD (yes, a CD) shoots Venom sludge at an unsuspecting…
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Eminem Drops Surprise “Kick Off” Freestyle Referencing Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, More
Eminem has released a new 11-minute freestyle titled "Kick Off." Recorded at the Shelter at St. Andrews in Detroit, the verse finds the rapper getting back to his roots, both in a literal return to the Detroit venue which housed one of his earliest performances ever, and in a stylistic return to the ruthless, take-no-prisoners…
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Watch Eminem Be Killed By Jessie Reyez in New “Good Guy” Video
Eminem has released a violent new visual for his song "Good Guy," though this time around he's on the receiving end of much of the abuse. The latest song from his recent album Kamikaze to get the video treatment sees the rapper and guest featured singer/probable Rihanna replacement Jessie Reyez physically battling each other after she rises…
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BRIT Awards 2019 Nominations: Beyoncé, Arctic Monkeys, the 1975, Aphex Twin, More
The 2019 BRIT Awards take place this February, and today, the organization has announced its list of nominees. This year, Aphex Twin, the 1975, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Ella Mai, Jorja Smith, Giggs, Florence and the Machine, Dua Lipa, Lily Allen, and Calvin Harris have received nominations for BRIT Awards, which celebrate Britain's biggest musicians. For…
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Watch a Trailer for the New Eminem VR Documentary Marshall From Detroit
Production company Felix & Paul Studios has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming Eminem VR documentary, Marshall From Detroit, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend. Directed by Caleb Slain, the 21-minute short film is a 360-degree movie filmed at nighttime in Detroit, as the rapper gives the filmmakers a tour…
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The Slim Shady LP at 20: Read Our 1999 Interview With Eminem
Charles Aaron's interview with Eminem first appeared in the May 1999 issue of Spin.
Give this kid a magazine rack, because he's got a lot of issues. For starters, there's race (he's the "corny-lookin' white boy" who got his lunch money stolen at his inner-city school and never forgot), drugs (he's well acquainted with mushrooms,…
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Eminem Takes Lawsuit Against New Zealand National Party to Supreme Court
Eminem's publishing company Eight Mile Style has filed an appeal to New Zealand's Supreme Court that challenges a December ruling to reduce the amount of money the country's conservative National Party must pay the rapper for featuring a "Lose Yourself" rip-off in a television campaign during the 2014 general election.
The advertisement in question was soundtracked by a so-called "sound-alike" track titled "Eminem Esque" that…
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Eminem’s Definition of ‘Stan’ Has Been Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Before "stanning" your favorite celebrity became typical slang among social media and meme culture, Eminem introduced the world to the term in his 2000 hit, "Stan." Now, the word has officially been added to Merriam-Webster as both a noun and a verb.
The dictionary announced the news on Twitter on Tuesday (April 23).
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Prepare to Die
Logic, famous for his song about suicide, has announced a new single titled "Homicide." The track comes from the artist's forthcoming album Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Eminem, fresh off his new contribution to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, features on the song, which can mean only one thing: they're gonna kill some rappers. With words!
This deadly…
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10 Tours That Changed the World
Can a rock concert change the world? Yes. For the better? Not necessarily.
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Key Eminem Master Tapes Digitally Backed-Up Months Prior to 2008 Universal Fire
Yesterday, the New York Times published a devastating report about a 2008 fire at Universal Studios in Hollywood lead to the destruction of an entire library of master recordings from a host of artists, including John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Eminem, Nirvana, R.E.M., Janet Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry, Beck, Nine Inch Nails and many more.
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Eminem’s Estranged Father Has Reportedly Died
Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr., the estranged biological father of Eminem, has died, according to TMZ. A family insider told the website that Mathers, who went by Bruce, died of a heart attack in his home near Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Eminem, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has rapped frequently and frankly about his father's absence…
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Video: Logic –“Homicide” (ft. Eminem)
Logic has shared a new video for "Homicide," his collaborative track with Eminem. The song, which you may have incorrectly assumed is a sequel to that one Logic song about suicide, comes from his recently released album Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
In the video, Logic is informed by Def Jam CEO Paul Rosenberg that Eminem won't…
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Listen to Eminem’s Guest Verse on Conway the Machine’s “Bang”
Eminem's tenth studio album Kamikaze dropped back in August, and after recent singles like "Venom" and "Homicide" with Logic, Marshall Mathers is back with a new guest verse on the Conway the Machine track "Bang."
The hard-hitting single finds Em rapping about giving up weed and his turn-of-the-millennium beef with Ja Rule, who…
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The 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999
1999 essentially marked the end of the alternative dream floated by punk bands in the '80s, sold by record companies in the '90s, and eventually rebooted in the Garden State '00s.
Five years earlier, alternative-minded Gen-Xers made Woodstock '94 their own by throwing mud (Green Day) or wearing mud (Nine Inch Nails). Woodstock…
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Noel Gallagher Talks Eminem, MasterChef, and Why He’s Leaving London in New Interview
Noel Gallagher recently gave one of his trademark candid interviews to the Irish Independent to promote his band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' forthcoming EP This Is The Place. The new record, due out September 27, was announced shortly after the release of the band's most recent EP, Black Star Dancing, which was released in June.
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Eminem Publisher Sues Spotify Claiming Massive Copyright Breach
Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style has filed a major new lawsuit claiming Spotify has infringed hundreds of song copyrights and challenging the constitutionality of a recently passed music licensing law.
In a suit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nashville, Eight Mile accuses Spotify of willful copyright infringement by reproducing "Lose Yourself" and…
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