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Rap music has been blamed for a number of social problems including, but not limited to: violence in the inner city, degradation ofwomen, lack of musicianship in pop music, declining television ratings for the NBA and white people awkwardly adopting catchphrases such as “crunky� and “fo’ shizzle.�

(While not a social problem per se, rap music also led to the creation of Snow’s 1993 hit single “Informer,� the single worst song ever to be played regularly at my monthly junior high school dances.)

But there is one social problem rap music actually might help solve: school bullies.

Just ask DeAngelo Bailey, a Michigan sanitation worker who used to beat up a scrawny kid named Marshall back in middle school. Little did he know that Marshall would grow up to become one of the biggest music stars in the world, Eminem.

If Bailey forgot about Marshall after graduation, Marshall made sure to tell the world that he hadn’t forgotten about Bailey.

“I was harassed daily by this fat kid named DeAngelo Bailey/An eighth-grader who acted obnoxious, cause his father boxes/So every day he’d shove me into the lockers,� Eminem recalls in the song “Brain Damage� from his 1999 debut CD, “The Slim Shady LP.�

“And he had me in the position to beat me into submission/He banged my head against the urinal until he broke my nose/Soaked my clothes in blood, grabbed me and choked my throat.�

Talk about living the ultimate dream of every kid suffering from constant toilet-dunking and gravity-checking at the hands of teenaged goons.Eminem, a scrawny kid no more, finally scored his own beatdown.

NEW YORK, April 08. 2005 - Elton John says that Eminem is on par with Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger.

In the new issue of Rolling Stone, the rapper is listed in the magazine's second "Immortals" edition, featuring another 50 of the greatest figures of rock 'n' roll with appreciations written by other artists. In his immortalizing of Eminem, John writes that he got goose bumps when he first rehearsed with him for their performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

Eminem is helping out the Save The Earth Foundation by donating an autographed microphone to raise funds for Earth Day.

Shady and the sultry Beyonce are gearing up for this year's Earth Day (4/22/05) by participating in an online auction. They've both donated autographed microphones to Overstock.com in an effort to raise funds to aid the Save the Earth Foundation. Save The Earth raises money to provide colleges and universities with grants for environmental research and educational courses.

SOHH.com has exclusively obtained documents filed by former Source Magazine Editor-In-Chief Kim Osorio and former Vice President of Marketing Michelle Joyce alleging gender discrimination against the publication's owners -- just days after Benzino announced his resignation.

Ray Benzino, the Chief Brand Executive and Co-owner of The Source magazine, has resigned from his position at the company today (April 8).

"If me leaving the source is gonna help the magazine then I'll do it," the rapper told AllHipHop.com."The Source is an institution and is part of history; I want my kids and grandkids to enjoy the No. 1 Hip-Hop magazine for all time."

“I want to step down from the magazine and sell my stock effective immediately,� the rapper continued in a statement.

The rapper explained that there were a number of reasons for his departure, including his beef with Eminem, politics and other nearby business partnerships.

Banks offers $1000 for fans to tell. Lloyd Banks recently got hit with a plastic cup during a Scotland performance -- and then offered fans $1000 to point out the offender. Banks reportedly stopped in the middle of his set and made the offer to the crowd in attendance at Glasgow’s Barrowlands.

Please take your time and read about the atrocities which are taking place as we speak.

By publishing this article, we hope to bring attention to an issue that most people don't even know exists. Hopefully together we can shine some light and urge those in power to help the poor people of northern Uganda.

You can read about it here: http://www.eminem.net/other/world_crisis/northern_uganda

Thank you.

Eminem fans, don't set your TiVos just yet. The folks helping to plan next year's Super Bowl festivities at Ford Field downplayed media reports Friday that Eminem and Stevie Wonder are atop the list of planned halftime performers.

A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania songwriter has been heavily penalised for bringing a false plagiarism claim against Xzibit and Dr. Dre. Michael Lowe's copyright infringement lawsuit against the rappers was thrown out of a federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Wednesday (March 23), with a judge calling the action "frivolous". Lowe claimed he created the beats for a track on Xzibit's "Restless" album, which is credited to Dr Dre. Lowe will now have to pay Dr Dre's legal fees and court costs.

If you think 50 Cent was down in Cancun for spring break sizing up sexy ladies for his "Candy Shop," well, you're not too far off. 50 was surrounded by a gaggle of lovelies earlier this month when he performed as part of the MTV-hosted spring break festivities. Besides hitting the stage, the G-Unit honcho gathered up some girls for his latest video, "Just a Lil Bit."