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February 28, 2002 - MuchMusic reports the feud between Eminem and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst looks to be over as the pair have agreed to collaborate on a new song, called "New World Order," which supposedly deals with the hunt for Osama Bin Laden by U.S. troops. Eminem takes on the roll of Bin Laden while Fred Durst assumes the role of an American GI in Afghanistan. It seems Xzibit was instrumental in getting the two to make up as he talked Eminem into calling up Durst calling their beef childish. As Xzibit told his top fansite earlier, he's not into the whole 'beef' thing.

February 28, 2002 - Christina Aguilera spoke with MTV.com about the much publicized war of words she's had with Eminem and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Christina explained, "I'm always getting those calculated answers from people around me, like, 'OK, say this,' and, 'Make sure you don't say anything too mean,' and I saw other people get dissed and they giggled and laughed it off. But mine was harsh." As for Durst commenting that he only did the VMA 'duet' with her 'for the nookie: "It was just coming off of the Eminem [dis]. With the things he was saying — no female should be talked about like that. I'm not gonna laugh it off and say 'Ha ha, it's a funny song, hee hee.' That's just not gonna fly with me, so I just had to speak my piece. I had to be honest about it and speak for all women." Christina also commented on the new album extensively, check it out here.

February 24, 2002 - Jon Stewart spoke on Grammy.com about his hosting job last year that had him joke that he met Eminem backstage and he was really gay. Jon answered when asked if Eminem kicked his ass for the comment: "Not that I'm aware of. I think the guy's got a pretty good sense of humor. I think I just got his autograph and that was about the end of it. Signed a baseball, and I was done." Read more.

February 22, 2002 - Top of the Pops spoke with Bubba Sparxxx about his album, latest single, being a white rapper, and comparisons to Eminem. On the latter subject, Sparxxx said, "We are both white but that's about the end of the similarities. The music sounds and feels totally different. Hats off to him but I honestly don't think that there are many similarities." Read more.

February 15, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem is saying sorry to his mother Debbie Mathers on his new album. The track 'Cleaning Out My Closet' on the new disc includes the lyric, "I’m sorry mama/I never meant to hurt you/I never meant to make you cry."

February 6, 2002 - LL Cool J was Carson Daly's guest on Monday where he talked about his new film 'Rollerball', his sex life, and Eminem. When asked what he thought of Slim, LL said, "Yeah, I like Eminem. I think he has, like, you know, a lot of wit, a lot of creativity, a lot of -- you know, a lot of sarcasm that works well for him."

February 5, 2002 - Dr. Dre spoke with Entertainment Weekly to announce that his protege Eminem will release his new album, to be titled 'The Eminem Show' in April. Dre commented on the new disc saying, "There's not as much playful stuff on it. It's him being him."

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