Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ Eminem ’

With the Kandahar, Jalalabad, Kabul and the Afghanistan experiences behind me now, and in hindsight – most of these visits had elements of serious danger sometimes for members of the audiences, for the military who assisted us at each location, and, dare I say, for me. But I was warmly welcomed in a very...
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And it’s fairly on the badass side considering the beauty here, and the no-luxury of our lovely little city. And Em’s actually driving a car. http://youtu.be/N3EI7m6rs7A
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Earlier this week during the BET hip-hop awards, a highly talked about cypher involving members of Shady Records took place that people are still discussing. For whatever reason, Detroit emcee Royce Da 5′ 9″ decided to coyly flirt with pop star Rihanna by saying “hi Rihanna” a couple of times during his verse and...
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Public Enemy mastermind and mouthpiece Chuck D narrates this trailer of an upcoming film about the halcyon days of Motor City rap and it shows, among other things,  hilarious shots of a very young Eminem picking his nose and hanging with then-tutor Champtown and sporting a mini high top fade. The five-minute trailer also...
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If there’s a high-priced PR team behind Eminem right now their jobs probably don’t need to exist. The Detroit representative seems to be in the news every other day at this point for something he’s genuinely accomplished without any exaggeration or hype. After already becoming the first person to amass 30 million Facebook fans...
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After it was rumored a few months back that Eminem would grab a headlining slot at the 20th incarnation of Lollapalooza, it was made official at midnight, that Em, along with Foo Fighters, Muse, and Coldplay will headline the 3-day Chicago festival.  Fellow Detroiter’s Mayer Hawthorne and The County and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr....
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Chrysler keeps getting smarter and more hip with their advertisements. Fresh off of the overwhelming success of using Detroit hip-hop star Eminem in their commercial for the new Chrysler 200 during this year’s Super Bowl, the suits in Auburn Hills have agreed to bring on Eminem’s mentor, Dr. Dre, for a one-time ad spot...
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One gets the sense that D12 and Shady Records are gearing up for a big year in 2011. Eminem just released a fire-y single with his old friend and current labelmate Royce Da 5’9″ called “Writers Block” that gained a decent buzz on the internet. And Royce’s Slaughterhouse group, which is signed to Shady...
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Michigan’s favorite TV advertisement star of the moment, Eminem, recently filmed a new music video for his song, “Space Bound,” and he’s got a nasty little vixen for a co-star playing alongside of him. Adult film star Sasha Grey will be playing Eminem’s love interest in the soon to be released music video. That’s...
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In case anybody didn’t see Eminem representing the Motor City during last night’s Super Bowl, here’s the full commercial. It’s an ad for Chrysler entitled: Imported From Detroit, and the video footage does a good job of showing some choice scenery from around the city as Eminem drives the new Chrysler 200. There isn’t...
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