Eminem news

Lloyd Banks came through to kick it with Funkmaster Flex and Hot97 pulled him and 50 aside for a 'quick' interview that ran about 20 minutes and ended with 50 showing off his new G-Unit piece.

Lloyd Banks said that Em and Young Buck are going to be on his album. You can expect productions from Em and Dre.

» Watch the exclusive interview by Janine A. Morris (WMA | RealPlayer)

In D-12's new single and video, "My Band," Eminem and company satirize the very obvious fact that despite their best intentions, Em clearly is the most high-profile member of the group.

In the clip, Eminem is the egocentric lead singer of a rock band who affords himself all the perks of celebrity while shutting out his backing bandmates. The idea is a spin on three real-life experiences that happen to the crew again and again, Eminem says: when D12 get called a "band" and not a "rap group," when Eminem is singled out from the other members, and when people mix up the names, faces and voices of the group's other members. Instead of continuing to get angry about the situation, they decided to poke fun at it.

Don't miss the premiere of D-12's new video "My Band" on Wednesday March 17th at 7pm (EST)! Click HERE

According to MTV, 50 explained that he's aiming to have his solo album out by October. That would mean a nonstop caravan of G-Unit releases between now and then: Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and new G-Unit member Game are all scheduled to have solo albums out by the end of summer.

Lloyd Banks' upcoming album is scheduled for May 25.

In a wide-ranging interview with Playboy magazine, 50 Cent has let his feelings on homosexuality be known, in language sure to draw the ire of gay-rights supporters.

"I ain't into f----ts," 50 says in an interview in the April issue of Playboy, which hits stands Friday. "I don't like gay people around me, because I'm not comfortable with what their thoughts are. I'm not prejudiced. I just don't go with gay people and kick it — we don't have that much in common. I'd rather hang out with a straight dude. But women who like women, that's cool."

Universal Music has signed on with BigPondMusic.com, Telstra's music download site, the managing directors of BigPond and Universal, announced today.

Justin Milne and George Ash said this would give customers access to music by artists such as Abba, B.B. King, Bjork, Black eyed Peas, Bob Marley, Eminem, 50 Cent, INXS, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Limp Bizkit, Portishead, Queens of the Stone Age, Rod Stewart, Shania Twain, Sonic Youth, Stevie Wonder, The Who and Tricky.

Eminem 's "The Marshall Mathers LP" and OutKast's "Speakerboxx / The Love Below" have each been certified for U.S. shipments of 9 million copies. However, OutKasts album was a double cd which means only 4.5 MIO copies were actually sold.

Eminem is nominated for a TMF-award in the category best Urban international. In this category he will be compeeting with Beyoncé and the Black Eyed Peas. TMF is the leading music channel in holland. Go to tmfawards.nl to vote on Eminem.

(Fort Wayne-WANE-March 4, 2004) A formal complaint has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission about radio station indecency in Fort Wayne. A song played yesterday morning on Top Forty station "Hits 96.3" crossed the line according to one Fort Wayne man.

Shannon Johnson says, "What I heard yesterday morning on the radio shocked me."

He was taking his 18 year old son to school when he heard Eminem's new song, "My Band," debut on "Hits 96.3."