Previously G-Unit leader 50 Cent hinted to the press that Em is preparing a new disc. “He’s got a new album coming. He’s not gonna tell people that, but he’s making new music. I’ve heard a few songs, and it’s hot. He won’t tell nobody he’s working on a new album, but I’ll tell you: he’s working on new music. And once he locks into it, like, ‘This is my favorite sh*t,’ it’s gonna come out,” 50 told Blender magazine.

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Hip-Hop producer Dr. Dre was victorious in a second lawsuit involving the controversial “Up In Smoke” tour and DVD. A $3 billion dollar invasion of privacy lawsuit against Dr. Dre over a videotaped conversation featured on the “Up In Smoke” DVD was dismissed last week. Judge John Murphy ruled that three former City of Detroit employees had no reason to believe their conversations featured on the DVD were private. The trio had a conversation with producers, asking them to refrain from showing a video that contained nudity and a gunfight to audience members during a stop in Detroit in July of 2000. They filed the $3 billion dollar lawsuit after the “Up In Smoke” DVD hit stores in December of 2000.

For the full story log on: http://allhiphop.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/12/11/18989828.aspx

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Deeply depressed rapper Eminem has become a virtual recluse, comfort eating his way towards obesity.

The once skinny Slim Shady, who spent four days in hospital over Christmas suffering from pneumonia and suspected heart problems, is just 5ft 7inches tall but has ballooned up to 14.5 stone

His family and friends fear his massive weight gain is causing him long-term health woes but the deeply depressed star refuses to stop binge eating.

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Cipha Sounds interviews Marshall on his new Sirius Radio show Behind The Boards, which focuses on the production side of things.  Thanks to nahright.comCipha Sounds & Eminem on Behind the BoardsAudio and link flagrantly jacked from youheardthatnew.com

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“Eminem’s music publisher filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Apple Computer Inc. on Monday, alleging the computer giant violated copyrights by allowing unauthorized downloads of the Detroit rapper’s songs onto iPods.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit is the latest move by Eminem’s music publishers to aggressively protect the rights to his music.

A top California entertainment lawyer, Owen Sloane of Berger Kahn, said the Eminem lawsuit is likely a sign of more to come in the music industry as artists and those with the rights to their compositions fight for a bigger share of revenues from the burgeoning music download industry.

A “burning issue” in the music industry today is whether the rights record labels hold to sell a recording artist’s CDs include the rights to authorize music downloads, or whether further permission is needed from the music publishers who hold the copyrights to the lyrics and sheet music.”

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