The Eminem Blog

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A court in the Hague ruled in favour of Eminem in a case the popular 28-year-old American rap and hip-hop artist brought against Ramshorn BV, a Dutch online company.
Ramshorn, whose website offers cheap and ‘rare’ CDs by artists like Eminem, was charged with copyright and trademark violations.
Cases cited included the CDs Eminem is Back and All Stars Eminem – The Greatest Hits.
The first contains tracks that had been rejected for release. The other has a misleading title – considering that it only contains covers of Eminem’s songs. All of this was done without the artist’s approval, the court was told.
In addition to immediately ending the sale of the illegal Eminem CDs, Ramshorn was also ordered by the court to place a rectification notice on the company’s website.
Furthermore, the retailer was required to send, within seven days, a letter to all its clients who had purchased the CDs, stating the court’s decision and requesting that they return the CDs (for which clients would receive back the original price, plus postage).
Failure to comply could result in a daily fine of ‘25,000, and ‘7,500 for each breach of a series of restrictions stipulated by the court.
“We won on just about every point,” said the Dutch lawyer for Eminem.
Ramshorn is reviewing its options. “The company sells CDs through the internet, just like other record shops. However, we first need to further study the verdict,” said the lawyer for the defense.

After black people got their independance, they started to migrate from the Southern states to the Northern states of America for a brighter future.
But in fact, black folks had to face much more difficulties than they expected when in the North of America.
When they settled down in Detroit, for instance, they had to face poverty, racial discrimination and segregation.
Although Southern states like Arizona are well known for their racism, Detroit’s history is linked with racism.
Henry Ford wanted to massproduce cars in order to make them affordable to a huge amount of people. Massproduction meant, of course, to the lowest expense and to the lowest salaries.
In many people’s mind, black people were viewed as inferior and deserved to become lower salaries.
Black workers used to live in a neighborhood sarcastically called ‘ Paradise Valley ‘, because it was a dark place with no green and no trees. It could rather be described as a hellhole. ‘ Paradise Valley ‘ corresponded to the East Side of Detroit.
The 1943 race riots
Recruiters from the Northern factories went to the South in order to make some publicity, promising high wages to the future employees, trying to convince Blacks and Whites to work for the new war factories. As a consequence, the migrations to the North increased so much that detroit was facing some housing problems. Food was rationed. In fact, people were working very hard and couldn’t even enjoy the benefits from the money they earned, because they had less time (they used to work 48 hours a week) and very few places for leisure time.
At this time, Detroit’s sarcastical name was the ‘ Arsenal Of Democracy ‘. Segregation and racial discrimination ruled everywhere in Detroit.
Blacks were excluded from public housing programms except for the Brewster projects, they were treated unfairly by the police.
Whites also protested against Blacks working with them in the assembly line and during a strike, some people shouted out slogans like these :
‘ I’d rather see Hitler and Hirohito win than work beside a nigger on the assembly line. ‘
Black men were armed to protect their properties.
On June the 4th, the Detroit Housing Commission had approved two sites for defense housing projects : one for Whites and one for Blacks.
Racial tension began growing to an unbearable level. Some Blacks began a ‘ bumping campain ‘ against white people : they wanted to protest against unfair conditions.
On June the 20th, 1943, the situation exploded. There were almost 10 000 people brawling in the street. Incidents happened at Belle Isle. The police was chasing only cars driven by Blacks. Fightings started. Cars were set on fire. A white woman was raped and murdered. Six Detroit poilicemen were shot.
Two back men, Leo Tipton and Charle Lyons spread the rumor that Whites had thrown a black woman and her baby off the belle Isle Bridge. The angry crowd moved to Woodward, breaking windows and looting stores.
The police was only dealing with black rioters and was criticized for its refusal to follow ‘ shoot to kill orders ‘.
The police was praised by Detroit mayor Jeffries who made this statement that ‘ he was rapidly losing his patience with those Negro leaders who insist that their people do not and will not trust policemen ‘.
Thurgood Marshall is the first person to make things move for black people’s rights in Detroit. With the NAACP, he assaile the city’s handling of the riot and pointed out the police’s responsibilities during the riots. Many policemen were watching whites overturn cars and burn without getting involved.
1967 race riots
The police is the main responsible of the second race riot in Detroit. Police through the Northwest side of Detroit to vice squad officers executed a raid on a drinking club in a predomantly black neighborhood located at Twelfth street and Clairmont Avenue.
People were partyingthere and the police tried to arrest everyone. The ploice was waiting for ‘ a clean up crew ‘ to transport the arrestees when a crowd suddenly emerged in order to protest.
After the police had left, a little group of men who were offended to have been kicked out of the club started some trouble and broke the windows of a clothing store. As a consequence, vandalism spread from the Northwest side of Detroit to the East side.
The main causes of the 1967 race riots were due to police abuse, to the lack of affordable housing, black militancy and demographic changes.
4 men police units called ‘ Big Four ‘ and ‘ Tac squad ‘ were looking for prostitutes to arrest or bars to raid. They were degrading black people verbally and physically. In 1962, they shot down a black prostitute, Shirley Scott and beat severely another one, Barbara Jackson in 1964.
Housing problems were worsening the situation too: Blacks used to live in the poorest parts of the town. When middle classes Blacks attempted to integrate white neighborhoods, white inhabitants of detroit started building a large wall along 8 Mile Road.
The destruction of ‘Paradise Valley’ which was bulldozed, left a lot of bitterness and anger among black folks, because it used to be the heart of Detroit’s cultural and economical black community.
Racial tensions have been very strong through the years after the race riots till the early 90’s.
If you take time to look back at Detroit’s historical background, you will notice that racial segragation is part of its history.
Eminem’s story made me focus a real interest on Detroit City. You can hardly study Eminem’s life story without focusing an interest on black history in Detroit. Knowing the huge racial tensions the D-town has been through and Eminem’s will to be part of black people’s cultural landscape, anybody who calls the talented rapper a racist is an ignorant person.
I feel very concerned by black history as a white person, because my two kids are metis and I do also teach languages (German and English) in public schools. As a teacher, I think that my responsibility is also to inform white kids about black history, because most of the time, facts about Blacks and other ethnical minorities are often taught in demeaning terms.I had the occasion to teach about hip hop this year and to talk about black history to white kids who were really interested in the subject matter.

If you’re confused about voter eligibility and registration, you are not alone.
http://www.mtv.com/chooseorlose/headlines/news.jhtml?id=1487432&_requestid=932798
On Saturday Eminem gave the keynote address at the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit, with hopes of encouraging young people of the hip-hop generation to register to vote. In doing so, Eminem told the media and audience of 4,000 that he’d had his right to vote taken away, presumably referencing a felony conviction in 2001 in which he was given two years’ probation (see “Eminem Gets Two Years’ Probation In Weapons Case”).
However, the star should be eligible and need only to register.
In several states, convicted felons are denied the right to vote. But according to the longstanding election laws of Michigan, the state in which Eminem resides, a convicted felon has only a temporary suspension of the privilege to vote while they are incarcerated. Those under probation do not lose the privilege, according to a spokesperson for Michigan’s Bureau of Elections.
Eminem was not sentenced to any jail time and was only given probation in that case and another in 2001, concurrently, for an incident involving a person working with the Insane Clown Posse (see “Eminem Gets Probation For Pulling Gun At ICP Run-In”). Thus, Eminem, who previously had not been registered to vote, should never have had his right suspended or revoked.
A spokesperson for the rapper said Eminem and his camp had always been under the impression that convicted felons were denied the right to vote. The rep said Eminem’s attorneys were looking into the matter and that if it turns out the rapper is eligible, he probably will register.
The intricacies of Eminem’s voting status underscores the murkiness of voting laws for convicted felons in America, ironically a touchstone for Russell Simmons and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, organizers of the weekend’s Detroit Hip-Hop Summit.
For more on this issue, see “Should Convicted Felons Have A Vote? Most Don’t.”
‘Joseph Patel

No need for me to possess a Smith and Wesson, man, to teach you a lesson
Your work always undone in your sick run to be number one
Thinking your a G when you ain’t none
no need to be so full of yourself when you could be taught by each one
No need to have a crown to bring you down, man you’re a bad clown
Nearly as silly as ICP take a look at yourself really
Against you words will spread like a pistol to make you fall
Man you stole a bad role I’ma put you into a hellhole, traitor with no parole
You lost in the jungle with no address only emotional distress,
I’ma make you stumble go on mumble your unspoken word you fucking nerd
You talk like you were underage, let me expand my rage and put you in a cage, your story is an empty page, I’m doubting your mental age
Now you’re afraid, speaking like you’ve been betrayed on the ground you I’ve been layed
On you I’m dropping my grenade you renegade words to counter your masquerade a full tirade to destroy your serenade, to stab you like a knife blade
Words to disarm, words to harm with charm with a certain will to kill like a poison pill
Admit that you have to quit before your throat gets slit
Words crimes I commit and this is my latest hit.

How many whack and average artists have accused Eminem to have copied their style or rhymes? Well, if Eminem was actually inspired by some of you and took some of your whack or average work to make it look brilliant, that makes him appear much more than a genius in the public’s eyes.
Underground rapper Cage from New York belongs to those emcees who claim that Eminem copied their rhymes and their style.
Their beef goes back to the release of the Slim Shady EP in 1998. At this time, Cage accused Eminem to copy his rhymes and his style, which has been denied by Eminem. Cage gets dissed in the song ‘Role Model’ from the Slim Shady LP, where Eminem says: ‘Bought Cage’s tape, opened it and dubbed over it.’
Eminem also disses Cage in a freestyle called ‘Drastic Measures’:
‘Are you afraid of a blade made of a razor wit AIDS
Blood dripping from it
Ripping your stomach up from the waist up
You talk a lot of junk, but you was never ill though
I’m strong enough to beat you to death with a feather pillow
Tipped over some cows, just for a joke and a laugh
Jumped up choked a giraffe
Snapped its neck and broke it in half
Waging wars
Went on stage and sprayed Cage wit Agent Orange
And wiped my ass wit his page in Source
The demon is here, i’m steaming this year
I rip Mystikal’s voice box out, and scream in his ear
It’s not a gimmick trick, it’s an image I live it
Give a damn? I don’t know what a damn is to give it
Man I don’t think this guy is well, I’m high as hell
I beat you with a live cat while I’m swinging him by his tail
I’ll freakin’, I’ll freakin’
Lay your nuts on the dresser, just your nut sack by itself
And bang them stuffs wit a spiked bat
Cut your neck off, and glue your head right back, and leave you like that
You just triggered the prick who mixed liquor
Who’s itching to leave you disfigured
And stiffer than Chris “Stiffer” Reeves
I was teething with strep throat when your mother was breast feeding
And gave her the flesh eating disease
I’m iller than taking a hammer and beating your knees
And walking through South Central L.A. bleeding in jeans
Flash you back to being shot and repeating the scene
On how you just got smoked
And if you do live
You’ll be too scared to tell it, like a Biggie and Pac joke
Did my best to edit in the curses
In these verses
When it dispurses…’
Despite the fact both emcees despise each other, Eminem and Cage have something in common: both are abused children. The article ‘Rage In The Cage’ will give you further information about the underground emcee:
http://music.ign.com/articles/424/424016p1.html?fromint=1
Cage calls Eminem’s rhymes “Tired rhyme styles from Detroit, Michigan”.
Cage justifies his retaliation against Eminem this way: “It started because he is a bitch ass nigga! Right now it stands with me kicking in his fucking face, real horrorshow, I ain’t lettin’ all the shit he said slide.”
Here are some lines written by Cage that are directly aimed at Marshall and at his alter egos:
‘ I heard some blonde bitch walking through New York looking for Cage, I’ll stab you in the face, ten times in the same place. Lace your little infant ’til you thinking different, When in the same building on the street lift you off your feet. The illest four letter word in the world, supporter, Rhyme slaughter, the listener to death save the gun for the Blonde Ambition, fell off the Christian wagon. Your systems saggin biting my shit and I’m laughing, I can freak simple shit and sell records but I don’t. I write the illest shit that cause fans to enter bitin’ zones, Keep your guards by your guard you showing cards on the low. See a man gotta deal, now y’all look just like ‘Cro (Necro), all you schizophrenics need help with reality. Kill your two little personalities, shark getting snuck a salary, Observe gravity pullin ya in to earth gradually. You’ll see you need a style I create to try and battle me…’
Cage, who despises Slim Shady calls Eminem’s alter ego ‘Censored Lady’. He also created a Dr Dre diss called ‘Still Cage’ which is supposed to be a parody of ‘Still Dre’.
Since the beginning of his career, Eminem has caused a lot of envy and jealousy in the world of hip hop. Because he is incredibly gifted for rap and because he handles words like nobody, many emcees would like to be rap like him.
Why not try to improve your style and work a lot harder instead of picking on the best MC?

DETROIT (AP) ‘ The hip-hop generation needs to educate itself and then head to the polls in this fall’s election.
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1085254465108330.xml
That was one of the messages from speakers at the Hip-Hop Summit, which drew artists and behind-the-scenes members of the music industry on Saturday.
Rap mogul Russell Simmons, whose Hip-Hop Summit Action Network puts on the traveling event, said young people need to empower themselves to make a difference in their communities and the world.
“Those of us who work in the hip-hop industry know this is the best generation in the world,” Simmons told a crowd of music fans at the Fox Theatre. “And come November, they are going to see that this is the most powerful generation that the world has seen.”
Simmons said the power of hip hop comes from its ability to unite people of different races and religions.
“It’s very important that we flex these muscles in November,” he said.
Two panel discussions were held as part of the event. The first centered on the empowerment of young people and the Hip-Hop Team Vote effort.
As part of the effort, organizers hold voter registration drives at summit cities. It recently registered 50,000 voters in Los Angeles and 80,000 in Philadelphia. Midway through Saturday’s event, the group said it had signed up at least 70,000 Michigan voters ‘ including 40,000 in Detroit.
Run-DMC’s Joseph “the Rev. Run” Simmons said that young people ‘ especially those who want to make it in the music business ‘ need to work as hard as they can, even if that means volunteering or interning for free.
“Everything is about service,” he told the crowd. “When you serve, you get. You can’t get a blessing, you have to be a blessing.”
A second panel discussion that touched on the business side of hip hop featured Detroit-area rap star Eminem and some other members of the group D12.
When asked by a member of the enthusiastic crowd about how to not lose sight of the music when faced with business pressures, Eminem said the secret is to hire a trustworthy business manager.
“On the business side, I’m not ignorant. But I know that without the music there is no business,” Eminem said, “and that keeps me creative.”

It is always sad to see your friend become your enemy, particularly in Eminem’s case, because real friendship and loyalty really matter to Marshall.
Marshall and Royce have been friends since the beginning.They knew each other since 1997. They have been collaborating since the Slim Shady LP :
‘I started rhyming about ’95. I always did it as a hobby, just freestyling with my friends, but I actually started writing rhymes in ’95. I met Eminem in ’97. And he was like, “We should get together and do something.” So we got together and recorded Bad Meets Evil [in 2001]. Then he got the deal he wanted to put the joint on his album. So I went out to Cali to re-cut the vocals.’
(Royce Da 5.9)
Royce is featured on the track ‘ Bad Meets Evil ‘ where you will certainly enjoy both men’s talent.
At this time, Royce had a lot of respect for Eminem :
‘ Em is a genius and a perfectionnist. Anybody that goes in the studio with him, he’ll bring the best out of him . ‘
You have probably enjoyed the video of the song ‘ Rock City ‘ where both men show their talent.
No doubt : the first shadow in Royce and Marshall’s relationship is due to a huge misunderstanding. Royce wrote some lines in 2003 about the Anger Management Tour :
‘Fuck Anger Management, I need to hire somebody to manage my anger.”
Marshall and his D12 fellows felt it like a diss.
Eminem didn’t use the lines written by Royce and got mad at him.
Marshall’s biggest mistake was certainly not to talk about it when Royce himself and to stay angry. Although the content of Royce’s lines may create some confusion in the way they can be interpreted, the lack of dialogue in this situation is obvious.
Royce always pointed out that he never intented to diss Eminem :
‘ For some strange reason, Eminem and D-12 took that as a diss. Why? Why would I diss Eminem the illest lyricist on the fucking planet? I heard that Em was upset, so I started putting in phone calls to his camp to set the record straight and too let them know I would never do something like that. Paul (Em’s manager) told me that “Em is not talking to you period.” Its crazy how we are supposed to be cool, but they accuse me of something and do not even attempt to get to the bottom of it. But I turned my back on him right?’
According to Royce, Proof has attempted to squash the beef, but it just didn’t work out :
‘I wrote that record because I thought Bizarre dissed me on some local Mixtape around the time they were really mad at me. They had diss raps for Em because of me! I did the Bizarre diss and called Proof to the studio, because he was my nigga and I’m a real nigga. I told Proof, I know he’s in your camp, but he dissed me and I gotta spank him! Proof came up to the studio, heard the record (the whole record, including the line about Bugz), laughed and said it was crazy and told me he loved me for being real and calling him! Proof told me he wanted me and Em to talk, so he got us on the phone and we squashed everything! Ya’ll niggas are the first ones to say ya’ll got families and you just want to rap and get money and now your starting this shit like I’m not supposed to defend myself, fuck ya’ll! I’m a man of my word, so when I agreed everything was squashed nobody heard that diss until now—three-years later. In regard to the Bugz line that everyone was supposed to be all upset about, it was just meant for Bizarre, it was not written to play on the radio and we was rushing to the station that day to play it and we edited the shit real fast and that line got missed. But to show how real I am, I felt bad that it got played and I called Proof to apologize and was even willing to go on the air to apologize.
After all of this, I got a voice mail from Proof and he’s on there cocking his gun talking about what he is going to do to me.’
But what if Royce’s lines were inspired by a little bit of jealousy ? Didn’t he get a little bitter when Obie Trice and 50 Cent were signed to Shady Records ?
This is Proof’s comment about Royce which seems to confirm the involvement of some jealousy in the conflict that opposes him to Eminem and D12 :
“First and foremost, I knew Royce, before Em knew Royce…He went on a quest to find Em, and that’s the flat out truth. He knew Eminem was gonna have a deal and he did what he had to do to try to get somewhere and that’s the bottom line. Me and Em is fifteen years deep, and I can’t tell Em not to sign 50 Cent, I can’t tell Em not to sign Obie Trice, I can’t tell Em not to befriend Royce. That ain’t my call.”
Proof also points out that his crew never started the beef:
“He’s saying we started it but it’s all in his statement and he’s covering it up with lies. How can we start the beef when he made the first diss three years ago? Come on now… That don’t even make sense, then he said that I called his house clicking guns on the phone. Dude is lyin’, I don’t even know his phone number! The truth of the matter is that he knows that he called my voicemail and my voicemail got me on there clicking hammers and sh!t, so he tried to reverse it on some bullshit. That nigga need to grow the fuck up!”
In an interview, Royce declared that D12 ‘ was ruining rap and that they were the worst rap group ever. ‘
At 50 Cent’s release party in Detroit, D12 released a free mixtape that was aimed at hardcore fans (that is- by the way- worth listening to). The first track of the D12 mixtape is called ‘ Smackdown ‘ and used 50 Cent’s tracks from ‘ Backdown ‘. It is a full diss against Royce. Eminem didn’t appear on the tape, though. Only the 5 other members are dissing him.
Having a long term friendship with Eminem, didn’t he wish, even secretly, to be part of the Shady Rexords team ?
It seems like Royce has much more a problem with the D12 crew than with Eminem himself.
He started dissing Bizarre in response to a diss track written by Bizarre towards him on the DJ Butter mixtape’s track called ‘ Don’t Try This at Home ‘.
Royce retaliated with a diss mainly aimed at Bizarre called ‘ Shit On You ‘. This diss was never released, obviously because Royce’s first intentions were not to beef publicly with D12.
Royce retaliated with 3 disstracks aimed at d12. They are called ‘ Malcolm X ‘, ‘ What We Do ‘, ‘ We Riding ‘, ‘ We Riding ‘ being directly aimed at Marshall. At this moment, Royce turned his back to eminem and his crew and was even thinking about further collaboration with the enemy camp from Murder Inc.
According to Emineminfo.com, the beef between Eminem, D12 and Royce has been squashed recently :
http://www.emineminfo.com/royce.shtml
Hopefully they might be right about it.

Eminem will be in charge of moderating something? What is the world coming to? He needs to go and hug his mama.
But all jokes aside, Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis and The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network announced Wednesday that the Detroit native and multi-platinum hip-hop artist will host the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit, Saturday, May 22nd from Noon to 4pm at the Fox Theater.
Co-chairs of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network – Damon Dash, Sean “P Diddy” Combs and Kevin Liles – have all worked with Simmons and Chavis in their initiative to reach out to youth across America around HSAN’s Youth Voter Registration and GOTV initiative, called Hip-Hop Team Vote, which launched at the Detroit Hip-Hop Summit ’03.
This coming weekend has been declared “Hip-Hop Weekend” in Detroit by Clear Channel Radio’s FM98 WJLB and a capacity audience is expected at Detroit’s historic Fox Theater.
Headlining the Detroit Summit with Eminem will be 50 Cent, The G Unit, D12, Obie Trice, the Ying Yang Twins, Reverend Run of Run-DMC, Doug E. Fresh and Layzie Bone of Bone, Thugs ‘n’ Harmony, among others.
“I know people been down on Eminem, but all I ever see is him giving back,” emphasized HSAN Chairman, Russell Simmons. “They can talk about me, but Eminem is a giver and I’m proud to work with him.”
Dr. Benjamin Chavis stated, “We’re excited about returning to the city of Detroit and working again with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who serves as a shining light of hope and leadership, not only for youth in Detroit, but for young people throughout America. We intend to celebrate the evolution of hip-hop throughout the state of Michigan, and to encourage the largest youth voter registration in the state’s history.”
The Detroit Hip-Hop Summit is sponsored by national sponsors Anheuser-Busch, Inc, Playstation2 and Pirelli. The radio sponsor is Detroit’s FM98 WJLB.

I would never have imagined ‘not even in my worst dreams- that the music that pleases my ear could be used as a torture.
But that is what actually happens when Americans suspect some people to belong to the Al Quaida network.
Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal are muslims with British citizenship. Both were detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in an American prison camp:
http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=3171
They have been forced to listened to rap music, Eminem’s music in particular at deafening levels.
Sometimes psychological torture can even be worst than physical torture.
The same misadventure happened to Mohammed Jaber, a Libenese pilgrim who wanted to visit Islamic holy sites:
“We said we came only to visit the holy sites in Kerbala. They didn’t torture us physically, but they did psychologically by raising the volume of rap music all day until it became unbearable and by withholding food.
It could have been worst for Mr Jaber if he hated rap, for instance. But there is no excuse for such behavior from the American troops.
‘I mean I like rap. Just imagine them playing jazz.”
Because Islamic faith is often confused with integrism, such confusions often occur. Muslims are often viewed as the enemy from the American side. Not every Muslim feels sympathy for Saddam’s regime. This confusion comes from a total misunderstanding of the Islamic culture and tradition in general.
It would be high time somebody stopped Bush’s worthless Iraqui war. Too many people have lost their young lives for nothing and mostly to serve President Bush’s interest.
I find it quite ironical to use Eminem’s music who clearly showed his opposition to the war to torture so called enemies. Moreover, it is really despicable and disgusting.
Everywhere in this world when human rights are denied, we ne

If Eminem could go back to 2000, he would probably like to erase June the 3rd from the calender.
June the 3rd,2000: the day Eminem got into trouble with Douglas Dail from ICP and John Guerra, the man who kissed his ex wife Kim.
The events that happened this day caused Eminem’s arrestation and weapon and assualt charges.
Prosecuters have charged Eminem with 2 felonies:
-carrying a concealed weapon without a licence
-assault with a deadly weapon
Those circumstances could have lead him to 5 years jail sentencing.
Full details story
Around 5 pm Douglas Dail was somking a cigarette in the Mickey Shorr parking lot at Woodward Avenue in Detroit when Eminem drove by with his car. Both men exchanged looks. Douglas Dail must probably have added some verbal provocation, because Eminem asked Douglas: What did you say to me?
Although Douglas Dail pretends not to have said anything, we may doubt it.
Marshall pulled out his 9mn Smith & Wesson from his car and yelled at him: “I’ll kill you! I’ll shoot you!”.
It is also known that Kim and Douglas Dail’s girlfiend, Jennifer Childers began shouting loudly at each other.
Eminem’s intentions were more to scare his rival Douglas Dail, than anything else. Witnesses can testify that Eminem pointed his gun at the ground. When Eminem finally left, Douglas Dail called the police. Hours later, Marshall suspected Kim to be cheating on him and he went to the house of his friend Gary Kozlowski ( who is mentioned in the skit of The Eminem Show.)
Marshall already knew Kim was spending some time at the Hot Rocks Cafe in Warren. Both Marshall and Gary drove to the Hot Rocks Cafe around 2 am. When Eminem saw Kim kissing John Guerra, he went mad, jumped out of the car, and pointed a gun at John Guerra’s head, threatening to kill him. Both men started to fight.
Eminem’s gun fell on the floor. It was picked up by his friend Gary. When the police arrived, Gary showed them that he was in possession of the gun, but Eminem confirmed that the gun was actually his, so it led to both men’s arrest. Because she started insulting the police officers, Kim was charged for disturbing the peace.
Another man, Robert Lee Brown, who probably wanted to help Eminem out, pretended to be him. He created some confusion and was arrested too, because he wouldn’t leave the scene.
In Court: harsh times in Marshall’s life
You have probably seen pictures of Marshall in Court and noticed how much he seemed to suffer at this time of his life. Besides Ronnie’s death and his school bullies, Marshall’s time in Court will probably remain one of his worst memories.
Fortunately , Eminem’s probation time is over since 2003.
For the incident with Douglas Dail, Eminem had to pay $ 1000 and $ 10.000 for his felony charges concerning the incident at the Hot Rocks Cafe in Warren. Marshall was went on trial in 2001 and was eventually sentenced to two years of probation. Eminem points out that the judge treated him fairly. He was happy to escape jail time, because his biggest fear was to be separated from Hailie:

The judge treated me fair, like any other human being. I just want to get it behind me and get back spending time with my little girl and making music.

A bad sentence would have compromised his career too. Prosecutors had asked for a six months jail sentence, but judge Viviano pointed out that Eminem had no criminal record and also that his gun was unloaded.
Probation terms
During his probation, Eminem had to respect following terms:
-He was allowed to travel within the USA for work purposes.
-He needed a special court permission to leave the country
-He couldn’t use drugs and drink huge amounts of alcohol and had to submit to regular testing.
Although some people might think Eminem acted like this to get some publicity or to look more like a thug, Marshall didn’t do it intentionally to look tough.
Friends and family
Rapper Snoop Dogg, Eminem’s little brother Nathan and even Debbie (who was suing Marshall for defamation at this time) showed up in the Courtroom to show their full support to the talented rapper.
Fans to back Marshall
Many fans waited out of the Courtroom and were wearing some Eminem T-shirts to show their full support.
Stephanie Stempilewski of Warren expressed her happiness about the sentence:

I’m really glad he’s not going to jail. I just support him all the way.

Marshall is lucky to have true fans who will stand on his side in good times as well as in hard times. I am proud to belong to them.