Eminem Legal troubles and Drug issues
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by admin in Eminem
Legal troubles
In 1999 Mathers’ mother sued him for around US$10 million over alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP; she won only about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.
Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground. The following day, in Warren, Michigan, he allegedly saw his then wife, Kim, kiss bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Café so he assaulted him. He was given two years probation for both the episodes.
In the summer of 2001, Mathers’ legal troubles continued, as he was given probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records, giving him a fine around $2,000 as well as several hours of community service.
In the summer of 2001, Mathers’ legal troubles continued, as he was given probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records, giving him a fine around $2,000 as well as several hours of community service.
In 2007 Eminem’s music publishing company Eight Mile Style LLC together with Martin Affiliated LLC filed suit against Apple, Inc and Aftermath Entertainment claiming Aftermath did not have the appropriate authority to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 songs by rapper Eminem on Apple’s iTunes service. The case against Apple went to trial in late September 2009 and was settled a few days later.
Drug issues
His group-mate Proof from D12 stated that Mathers “sobered up” in 2002 from drug and alcohol dependence. However, he did turn to zolpidem sleeping pills for relief from sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel the European leg of the Anger Management Tour in August 2005 and eventually go into rehab for treatment for a “dependency on sleep medication”. In a 2009 interview with British talk-show host Jonathan Ross, Mathers admitted that at the height of his addiction, he considered suicide, saying that “I just wasn’t taking care of myself, at times I wanted to just give it up.” He also confirmed that he is now sober, commenting that “[R]ap was my drug … Then I had to resort to other things to make me feel that. Now rap’s getting me high again.”
Conflict with Mariah Carey
Eminem has written several songs referring to a relationship with pop singer Mariah Carey, although she denies the claim. She says that they hung out but nothing sexual or intimate occurred. Eminem has referenced her on many songs that include “Superman”, “Jimmy Crack Corn”, “Bagpipes From Baghdad”, and “The Warning”. While “Superman” was released in 2003, Carey released a song entitled “Clown” on her Charmbracelet album, released around the same time, which makes similar references in line with her 2009 hit “Obsessed”.
Eminem’s “Bagpipes From Baghdad” from his album Relapse may be his best known Carey diss due to the controversy it caused. The song calls out Mariah and husband Nick Cannon’s relationship. Cannon responded to Eminem by saying his career is based on “racist bigotry”, and that he would get revenge on Eminem, joking that he may return to rapping. Eminem later stated that the couple misinterpreted the track and it was wishing the two the best. Cannon also stated that there were no hard feelings, and that he just had to express his feelings about the song.
In 2009 Carey released “Obsessed” in which she sings about an obsessed man who claims to be having a relationship with her. Cannon claimed that the song was not an insult directed at Eminem. Eminem then released a track in late July 2009 titled “The Warning” which was a direct insult at Mariah and Nick, and contained samples of a voice which Eminem says is part of the voice mails Mariah Carey left him when the two were together. Eminem did also hint that Mariah Carey had more to worry about saying “mariah did it ever occur to you that I might still have pictures?”. Although most assume he was referring to nude pictures it was never actually said to be of that. Eminem says at the end of the song for Nick to tell Mariah to shut her mouth and he’ll leave her alone if not he’ll keep going. The conflict was then deceased with Mariah and Nick never responding to the song.
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