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June 29, 2002 - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler spoke with Access Hollywood on his welcoming of Eminem's request to lend his vocals and his group's most famous tune 'Dream On' for Slim's new 'The Eminem Show' album. "Spoken word is the most beautiful thing of all this rap. It's a lot more honest than it ever was before," he said. "Em does it so good, and he wanted to borrow 'Dream On' -- the first thing he wanted to do was fix it." Read more.

June 28, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports early numbers in from Wherehouse for this week's album sales show Nelly's new album 'Nellyville' on track to finish in the top slot, unseating 'The Eminem Show' which has topped the charts for five weeks. Truth Hurts is expected in the #3 spot, while Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs remix album is at #6, N.O.R.E. at #7, and DJ Quik at #10. Where's Will Smith? They only predict a top 20 position for Smith, which would be a big disappointment given all the publicity he's done.

June 28, 2002 - Drudgereport.com reports '8 Mile' producer Brian Grazer is now quietly telling associates he's found a new candidate for Oscar - Eminem! "I think the audience is going to be blown away, so will the Academy. I think we've got a good shot at getting nominated," declared Grazer. The movie is currently set for a November release. Read more.

June 27, 2002 - 'The Eminem Show' maintained its chart dominance for the fifth week selling 381,000 copies, easily enough to beat out Papa Roach's Lovehatetragedy, which managed sales of 136,000, and Korn's 'Untouchables', which cleared 132,000 units. Wyclef Jean's 'The Masquerade' sold 81,000 for a number six debut. The string is likely to end though for Eminem this week with the highly anticipated release of 'Nellyville' with Nelly's opening single 'Hot In Herre' topping the charts. Read more.

June 25, 2002 - In an interview with the BBC, Alesha and Su-Elise of Mis-Teeq say Eminem's their favorite male artist. Read more.

June 22, 2002 - Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore tells CDNow.com that getting support from Interscope on their new 'Murray Street' album isn't easy. "We don't lose money, [but] just the fact that they know we're recognized as a positive model for a lot of bands but we don't sell records," he said. "And that's what they do, they sell records. And right now the only thing on the mind of Interscope is the new Eminem record and that's beyond any notion of competitiveness [we have]." Read more.

June 22, 2002 - A few more mixes of Eminem's 'Without Me' have emerged on Boom Selection, including an awesome mix by Magic Cornflake 'Whenever, Without, Wherever' combining 'Without Me' with Shakira's 'Whenever, Wherever'. Also added was Freelance Shirtlifter's Thrill Me', mixing Slim's latest with Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. Download those and more here. Speaking of Boom Selection, check out this week's column by Robert Wilonsky in the Dallas Observer on the bootlegging phenomenon and specifically this Eminem track here.

June 21, 2002 - Nelly checked in with Quddus on MTV's Total Request on Thursday where he performed his chart topping hit 'Hot In Herre' and later 'No. 1'. Nelly was asked if he had heard Eminem's new album and he said no - not sounding too interested in Slim. Read here for a transcript.

June 21, 2002 - Eminem stopped by the KROQ studios in Los Angeles a few weeks ago to chat about his new album 'The Eminem Show' with Kevin & Bean. Em talked about the bootlegging of the album, his different personalities, why he shares conflicts with his mother or Kim (he says his relationship with Kim is better than ever and that he loves his mother), how it gets old that people expect him to act crazy everywhere he goes, how he wouldn't sell as many records if he was black, meeting Aerosmith and doing 'Dream On', not getting permission to use a George Harrison track on 'Hailie's Song', his beefs with Moby or the Cheney's, the FCC, performing on the road, and more Listen to the interview (about 22 minutes) here.

June 21, 2002 - Globe magazine features an article on Eminem talking about his love for his daughter Hailie. On his new album 'The Eminem Show', Eminem tells parents, "I wouldn't let Hailie listen to me neither." But he insists, "I was just kidding with that line. The irony is she's on the CD with me, going 'I think my dad's gone crazy.' I'm doing that just to push the envelope as far as it will go. I'm a pretty liberal parent, but if there are too many cuss words in a row, I'll make sure Hailie hears the clean version. But if there's just an expletive here and there, I would rather her hear it this way that at school behind my back."

June 20, 2002 - Launch.com reports Queens-based rapper 50 Cent, who was previously signed to the Trackmasters' Columbia Records-distributed label, has landed a new deal with the Eminem/Dr. Dre label Shady Records/Aftermath Entertainment, distributed through Interscope Records. Read more.

June 20, 2002 - Well the album chart battle between 'The Eminem Show' and Korn's 'Untouchables' wasn't as close as reported by Hits Daily Double's sales figures on the Nielsen SoundScan charts. Slim's new album sold 530,000 copies in the week ended June 16, while Korn's new offering sold only 434,000 copies. Read more.

June 18, 2002 - Access Hollywood talked with Moby at the KROQ 10th Annual Weeny Roast in Los Angeles over the weekend. The singer commented on the Eminem diss in 'Without Me' saying, "I think it's generally amusing and the video that he would go out of his way and wear a bald head wig and dress up as me. I think it's hysterical."

June 18, 2002 - This week's album chart battle between Korn and Eminem looks like it will go down to the wire, with around half the sales figures in, Slim's 'The Eminem Show' holds a slim 12,000 units sold lead over Korn's 'Untouchables' - clearing 382,000 vs 370,189 units. The numbers should be finalized sometime Tuesday afternoon. Find out who wins Tuesday here.

June 18, 2002 - Extra TV has a video clip on Eminem making headlins over his controvertial new album 'The Eminem Show'. They have a few interview soundbites including Slim saying, "I felt like alot of the sh** was so blatantly comical, you know that it's like, how can you get mad at it and take it serious?" Listen to the clip, which includes Snoop Dogg defending Eminem, here.

June 18, 2002 - Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters reviewed Eminem's latest album 'The Eminem Show'. Fuchs writes, "Eminem is no slouch when it comes to gauging the world around him. And there are moments on the album where his self-awareness comes through, loudly, as he thinks through his own functions, while also declaring his determination to milk his celebrity moment for all it's worth. Some readers see this as slippage..." Read more.

June 16, 2002 - News of the World reports Mariah Carey is still dating rapper Eminem, as their secret relationship has been going on for four months. A source close to Mariah revealed, "They've tried to keep their relationship very secret, going to great lengths to avoid being photographed together." The source added, "They are still meeting secretly but at none of the obvious places." Read more.

June 16, 2002 - Oliver Wang of LA Weekly weighed in on Eminem's latest effort 'The Eminem Show'. Wang writes, "What makes Eminem so infuriating and brilliant is the cutting self-awareness of his own pop phenomenon." He added, "Em chews through words like a lawn mower, spitting them back out with dazzling agility and articulation." Read more.

June 15, 2002 - With just over two weeks of sales figures in, Eminem's latest album 'The Eminem Show' has become 2002's best selling album. This past week's sales of 808,000 copies put the 15-day total at 2.4 million, enough to beat out runner-up 'Drive' by Alan Jackson, which has sold 2.1 million copies since its release in mid-February. Read more.

June 15, 2002 - Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' will be the spotlight of VH1's 'Ultimate Albums' show Sunday (June 16) at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Launch.com spoke with the show's producer Soren Baker who said, "I think that through the interviews and protests and such that we do on the show, you get the sense that even Eminem doesn't believe the stuff that he says. He's just saying that to make entertaining music and kinda rattle their brains." Read more.

June 15, 2002 - Associated Press reports Randy Newman, inducted Thursday into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, called Eminem "a great comic artist." Newman says his songs that have slurs towards gays and women are just music. "He is not serious ... he's a comic artist. And since that's essentially what I am, he's a kindred spirit in some kind of way," the 58-year-old said. "We both want to kill our wives and cut up our mothers," he joked. Read more.

June 15, 2002 - If you weren't able to catch Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst's interview with Tom Cruise on MTV's Movie House, it's available online now. Tom says he's been listening not only to Limp Bizkit, but had praise for Eminem and Pink. Watch the interview here.

June 15, 2002 - The Sun reports Boy George emerged from London's Chinawhite nightclub the other night wearing a T-shirt that said 'Eminem Screws Gays'. "I think it's time that pretty-boy Eminem stopped rattling on about gay issues," he said. "Because it's a subject he has no experience of – or is there something he's not telling us?"

June 15, 2002 - Entertainment Weekly reports Eminem's publicist yesterday called the rumor that Eminem had been threatened by al Qaeda for his portrayal of Osama bin Laden in 'Without Me' ''completely untrue and dangerous. There have been no threats made against Eminem. Any earlier reports of such are untrue, irresponsible, and inflammatory." Read more.

June 15, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Thursday, "I gotta mention this -- this is a strange story. This week, the terrorist group al Qaeda issued a death threat against rapper Eminem. This is true. I didn't make this up. A death threat against rapper Eminem because, in his latest video, Eminem dresses up like Osama bin Laden. Yeah, and not only that -- they issued a death threat against the Backstreet Boys because, in their latest video, they dressed up like the Backstreet Boys."

June 14, 2002 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Thursday, "I gotta mention this -- this is a strange story. This week, the terrorist group al Qaeda issued a death threat against rapper Eminem. This is true. I didn't make this up. A death threat against rapper Eminem because, in his latest video, Eminem dresses up like Osama bin Laden. Yeah, and not only that -- they issued a death threat against the Backstreet Boys because, in their latest video, they dressed up like the Backstreet Boys."

June 14, 2002 - Hitsdailydouble.com reports early sales figures have Korn's new album 'Untouchables' on pace to sell over 500,000 copies for the weak, which would likely put them in a close battle with Eminem's new album 'The Eminem Show', which sold about 800,000 copies last week. Meanwhile, New Found Glory's latest effort 'Sticks and Stones' is on track for sales in excess of 100,000 units. Read more.

June 13, 2002 - Mariah Carey's unnamed label at Universal has responded to Eminem's comments to Rolling Stone about he didn't "like her as a person" and said "she doesn't really have it all together." A rep for Carey said, "This is inconsequential to Mariah... she's dealing with real-life matters."

June 13, 2002 - The Boom Selection has a fantastic selection of bootlegs for Eminem's 'Without Me'. Included in the mix are Prodigy's 'Breathe' vs 'Without Me', 'Wings' vs 'Without Me', the UK chart battlers melded on Will Young's 'Light My Fire' vs Eminem vs 'Without Me'. The Prodigy remix kicks ass. Check out the 30 tracks posted so far and vote for your favorite here.

June 13, 2002 - Access Hollywood spoke with Rolling Stone's Anthony Bozza about his interview with Eminem in the magazine's new issue. On the subject of romances with Spice Girl Emma Bunton or Kim Basinger, Slim denied any involvement. On Mariah Carey rumors though, Bozza said, "There was a potential relationship going on, but Eminem said when he got to know her better, he didn't like what he got to know." Slim's own words had him saying of Cary, "I just don't like her as a person. I gotta be honest. I have respect for her, but she really doesn't have it all together." When he doesn find the right woman, does he plan on remarrying? "I would rather be on a coach flight with *NSYNC, at the back of the plane, in the last row, in them seats that don't go back..." Slim said, rather than get hitched again.

June 13, 2002 - Eminem was featured in The Source Unsigned Hype Column. So were Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Mobb Deep, Capone-N- Noreaga and Common. Now contestants from all over the United States are participating in the first "Rbk/The Source Unsigned Hype Freestyle" promotion -- turning in their demo tapes for a shot to become the next star in the hip- hop world. To enter the contest, consumers must go to an official Rbk retailer to obtain an entry form, then submit their demos to The Source for judging. Read more.

June 13, 2002 - Peoplenews.com reports Eminem has reportedly received received a death threat from bin Laden's al Qaeda network after his portrayal of Osama in the 'Without Me' video. A source close to Slim said, "Eminem has had no choice but to take the threat very seriously. He's hired more professional bodyguards to protect him and updated his home's security system. He's even consulted a specialist in counter-terrorism on what precautions to take."

June 13, 2002 - Part of Anthony Bozza's interview with Eminem has been posted on the magazine's website. Talking about all the drama Eminem was involved with last year and how it played into his writing of the album, Slim said, "'Sing for the Moment' was the first song I wrote for the album; 'Cleanin Out My Closet' was the second. I had the line in 'Cleanin Out My Closet' -- 'I'd like to welcome y'all out to The Eminem Show' -- and it was just a line, but I sat back and I was like, 'My life is really like a fucking show.' I have songs on the album that I wrote when I was in that shit last year, with a possible jail sentence hangin' over my head and all the emotions going through the divorce. I went through a lot of shit last year that I resolved at the same time, all in the same year. And, yeah, that's when half of the album was wrote." Check out more on the interview, a preview of the new 'White America' video, and a review of 'The Eminem Show' here.

June 12, 2002 - Eminem also elaborated on his beef with Canibus in an interview with Tim Westwood on BBC Radio 1. "Can'o'sh**? He's like on some fag sh**," Slim said. "It seems like it's some queer sh** to me. His little ‘Stan lives’, or whatever, barely peeked my radar. Hopefully he'll do something better to get my attention. No matter how big I get or whatever happens in this game, I’ve always got my ear to the street. If somebody – big, small, it doesn’t matter - if you're an MC and you mention my name in the wrong way and you draw first blood, I’m going to come back at you." Read more.

June 12, 2002 - Renee Graham of the Boston Globe writes: "Eminem has finally gone too far. On his latest CD, 'The Eminem Show,' the Detroit rapper manages something more offensive than his misogynistic and homophobic rants, more noxious than the bile spewed against his mother and ex-wife, and more troubling than his snide asides about Christopher Reeve's paralysis, Gianni Versace's murder, or Dick Cheney's balky heart... He sings." Read more.

June 12, 2002 - RenegadeDSX writes "Big Tigga recently hung out in Eminem's basement on BET's Rap City: The Basement and interviewed Em. Tigga commented,"Some people are getting offended by you dressing up as Bin Laden in your new video" which resulted in Em saying "Some people can suck my di**. (laughing) Some people don't have to, its simple as that.""

June 12, 2002 - Eminem slaughtered the competition for album sales again last week, clearing 764,620 copies of 'The Eminem Show', enough to beat 'Totally Hits 2002' who got 121,661. P. Diddy landed in third with 90,266 'We Invented The Remix' units sold. Big Tymers landed at #12, Cam'ron at #14, and DJ Quik debuted at #23 with 'Under Tha Influence.'

June 10, 2002 - Pop Idol winner Will Young beat out Eminem again on the British singles charts, with his cover version of The Doors' song 'Light My Fire' outselling Slim's 'Without Me'. Eminem did rule the album charts though, beating out 'Queen's Greatest Hits'. Read more.

June 10, 2002 - Associated Press reports Eminem traded in his purple Ford Mustang last week at Russ Milne Ford. Slim had his uncle bring the car in, but reportedly was outside, "kind of acting incognito," says Russ Milne general manager Keith Batko. "One of our workers recognized him." The deal says they are considering selling the car and donating the proceeds to charity. Read more.

June 10, 2002 - David Browne of Entertainment Weekly reviewed Eminem's latest effort 'The Eminem Show' praising the rapper for his "dizzying prowess, gob-spewing individuality and wickedly prankish humor." Browne added, "On 'The Eminem Show,' he's still raging against the machine, while admitting that he's a deeply flawed part of that machine himself." Read more.

June 9, 2002 - Garbage singer Shirley Manson praised Eminem's new album 'The Eminem Show' in her latest diary entry. Shirley writes for Sunday, June 2nd: "Love love LOVE the new Eminem CD having been somewhat underwhelmed on first listen, but now it's worked it's way into my heart and I keep playing it over and over. It's like some old blues/folk record set in a modern context. Dark and desperate, but defiant and jubilant!" Read more.

June 8, 2002 - The London Sun is giving Eminem a rough time after it was revealed on his DVD that the rapper is asked by All Access Europe, "Where is England?" He replied, "England? England is in London, right?"

June 8, 2002 - Michael Endelman of the Boston Phoenix reviewed Eminem's latest album 'The Eminem Show' questioning the rapper's mixed identity. Dendelman said, "So, which is the real Eminem? The lonely, paranoid, suicidal star who’s been emotionally wounded by relationships gone awry? Or the bold, resilient artist who uses his amazing talent as a life-support system? In his typical convoluted way, Eminem gives no direct answers, contradicting, commenting, and criticizing his own lyrics even as he delivers them. The truth lies somewhere in between; searching for it has become a national pastime." Read more.

June 8, 2002 - Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer reviewed Eminem's latest effort 'The Eminem Show' giving it high marks. Wilonsky praised, "Eminem, now Dr. Dre's equal partner in production, has wrought the perfect Summer Album, a disc as shiny in song as it is enraged in temperament. It has the groovin-moovin single, the deeply felt funk, the hypnotic harmelodic fury that renders most rappers moot even before they step up to the mike." Read more.

June 7, 2002 - Eminem chatted with MTV News about the 70's rock that is a big part of his latest album, 'The Eminem Show'. "Seventies rock had a feel to it — it was crazy. When I go back and listen to it, like Led Zeppelin or Jimi Hendrix or Aerosmith, there was a feel that '70s rock had that was incredible. I thought, 'What if I took that feel and that emotion and put it with [the new millennium]?'" Eminem added, "I like guitars. I know guitars ain't real big in hip-hop, but if you use them the right way they can be. Other rappers have used them and got away with it." Read more.

June 7, 2002 - Entertainment Weekly writer Ken Tucker and his 16-year old daughter Hayley both reviewed Eminem's new album 'The Eminem Show' giving it a B+ rating. His daughter's thoughts: "Hayley liked the album's first single, 'Without Me,' and said, overall, the music was 'OK, if you didn't listen to the words,' by which she did not mean Eminem's endless flow of obscenities. These bothered her not at all. No, what she meant was, 'He sings about being white too much, as if being a white rapper is the greatest thing of all time.'" Read more.

June 6, 2002 - Shaheem Reid of MTV News spoke with Eminem from atop the Peninsula Hotel in New York City. Slim described his insecurities saying, "My insecurities? I'm dumb, I'm stupid, I'm white, I'm ugly, I smell, I'm stupid and I'm white. I have freckles ... um ... I'm short, I'm white, I'm not very smart, I wanna kill myself. ... My nose is crooked. Um ... my penis is small. I'm fu**ed." Read more.

June 6, 2002 - Steven Samuel of SOHH.com is analyzing the latest beef that pits Eminem against Canibus. Canibus' 'U Didn't Care' implies Slim was ghostwriting for LL Cool J, so Eminem answered with 'Squaredance' rapping, "I'll be brief, let me just keep *#@% simple / Can-i-bitch, don't want no beef with Slim - No. / Not even on my radar / so won't you please jump off my dick; Lay off and stay off..." The importance of this beef is the possible use of the race card, says Samuel. Read more.

June 5, 2002 - Edna Gundersen of USA Today spoke with several in the music business that have Eminem being compared to everyone from Elvis, Axl Rose, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Madonna. Alan Light, former Spin editor said Lennon might be the best comparison, "Eminem, who is obviously insanely self-absorbed, uses so much of his personal drama as the driving force of this record. His family stuff is lurid and fascinating, and after going through that madness, he generates more madness in the record. Lennon also attempted to create his art out of his life. Dylan never did that." Read more.

June 5, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com has its final numbers for the week in and Eminem's new album 'The Eminem Show' slaughtered the competition clearing 1,394,530 copies for the week, enough for the best week of the year for an album and about 13x more than the #2 man on the album charts, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs.

June 5, 2002 - Fox News continued it's bashing of Eminem on Tuesday with syndicated columnist and Fox news contributor Michelle Malkin on the show. Michelle blasted, "His daughter Hailie who is now 6-year-old. At the time he recorded that she was a toddler we have remember when the music critics talk about him being a good dad he got her to record her voice in the studio on that song by tricking her and telling here she was going to Chucky Cheese. And I think any parent who listens to a story like that has to realize this is not somebody who is harmless in any way but a sick deranged individual. Not only exploited his daughter in the past but on the recent album her voice is recorded on another track where the song opens with him making cocaine snorting sounds and spouting his profanity for the rest of the song."

June 5, 2002 - Last night The O'Reilly Factor on FOX News had host Bill O'Reilly laying into Eminem for using his daughter on the track 'My Dad's Gone Crazy'. O'Reilly had on writer Keith Murphy who said the only reason people are paying so much attention to Eminem is because he's white. O'Reilly said he's concerned about Hailie participating in the obscene track thinking that he's corrupting the child. Read here for a transcript.

June 4, 2002 - Moby posted a response to an insulting description of him leveled on his official site's message board. The fan called him an "aid filled ape fu**ing co**face" prompting Moby to reply, "Maybe it's wrong of me, but I'm always guaranteed a good laugh when right-wing people and Eminem fans come to moby.com and insult me. Really. I'm not being facetious. they're funny." Read more.

June 4, 2002 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports that with early sales figures still coming in, look for 'The Eminem Show' to clear 1.3 million albums in it's 2nd week - the first full week of sales. Puffy's 'We Invented the Remix' is far behind at #2, likely to sell around 100k. Read more.

June 3, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Eminem at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles Saturday night. Check them out here.

June 3, 2002 - Pop Idol winner Will Young topped Eminem in this week's British singles charts as his cover of The Doors' 'Light My Fire' bested Eminem's 'Without Me'. It was Will's second number one single. Read more.

June 3, 2002 - Alan C Page from DaveyD.com reviewed Eminem's new disc 'The Eminem Show' including a track-by-track opinion. Page writes, "Fans who were pleasantly satisfied with Eminem's prior two albums will probably like this one, but folks hoping for a more solid full-length effort from Mr. Mathers are sure to be disappointed. It's no mystery that Eminem is far from the best producer or singer, yet he has chosen to do both here. His polysyllabic rhyming is in full form and there is plenty of venom, yet most of his humorous Slim Shady persona is now gone." Read more.

June 3, 2002 - Nicola Pittam of the Sunday Mail spoke with Eminem in a very revealing interview. In regards to his decision to divorce Kim, his non-existant relationships with his mother and father, Slim admits, "To be honest, I really didn't have much support, nobody in my family, in her family. Just a few friends. And just myself." As for why he still hangs out in his hometown area of Sterling Heights, Michigan, Eminem explains, "I tried to stay close to home. I bought the house in Sterling Heights when I didn't know I would be as successful as I am now. It was like, 'I better grab this house, I don't know if any more money is coming'. I bought the house, got it on the main road, just figuring I might get a couple of fans every once in a while. That was a big mistake. But I stayed close to home just because I'm so used to it. A lot of people don't understand this about me." Read more.

June 1, 2002 - Snoop Dogg chimed in to SOHH.com on the beef between Jermaine Dupri and Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Xzibit. Snoop thinks the three should lay off and concentrate on Suge Knight, whose been blasting all of them without response. "I'm a fan, ya know, I'm just watching right now," Snoop explains. "But like I said, I don't like how everybody is ganging up on the little man. But I'm a little man too and I always come out on top when I get ganged up on. But my suggestion is for everybody is talk sh** to the Big Man too." Read more.

June 1, 2002 - Steve Berman, head of sales and marketing at Interscope, a division of Universal Music Group tells JAM! Music that he's convinced the illegal filesharing of 'The Eminem Show' has hurt sales despite the huge numbers expected in the opening week release of the album. "I absolutely believe that the bootlegs and downloads have a huge negative effect on sales," he said. Read more.

June 1, 2002 - Marty Hughley of The Oregonian shared his opinion on Eminem's new album 'The Eminem Show' saying it is "worth high rating." Hughley adds, "If you're one of the fans who appreciated 2000's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' as challenging, multilayered state-of-the-art pop, the new disc justifies the anticipation. On the other hand, if you loved Eminem's earlier albums solely as transgressor thrill rides, or were among those (on both left and right of the culture-war battlements) who protested their expressions of misogyny, homophobia and callous violence, 'The Eminem Show' might -- just might -- prompt you to reconsider." Read more.

June 1, 2002 - The New YorK Post reports Eminem hung out with Jay-Z until 3 a.m. at 'The Eminem Show' release party at Remedy in New York.

June 1, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem has recorded a clean version of his track 'My Dad’s Gone Crazy' so he can play it for his daughter Hailie, who sings the line. "The song has swearing on it so I made a clean version that I play for her," he said. "There are still a few swear words on it but that’s cool – as long as she knows not to repeat them."

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