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July 28, 2002 - Undercover.com.au reports Eminem has already gone triple platinum in Australia after only 9 weeks out with 'The Eminem Show'. Worldwide, The Eminem Show has sold 8.5 million copies in its first 9 weeks of release. Read more. 

July 27, 2002 - Eminem gave a pretty funny interview to Launch.com's Dave DiMartino. When asked about his goals when making 'The Eminem Show', Slim replied, "Um, well, with this album, more than anything, I was trying to show growth. I feel like I grown, as an artist, like, mentally, and like, my d--k has gotten a lot bigger. I grown like an inch, since, the last two albums. And I just basically wanted to show growth, with my penis." As for whether he'd like to get married again, Eminem scoffed, "I'd rather have a baby through my penis than be married again. Currently, I am not really seeing anyone, but, Shannon Elizabeth, if you're watching this...you know, I'm open. So holler." Shannon recently got married though Eminem. Read more.

July 26, 2002 - An interesting diary entry by Tim Healy, Head Writer of MTV's Total Request Live on May 2nd, when Eminem's 'Without Me' video was premiered. Healy writes, "At noon we found out that he would be calling in to the show to talk a little bit about the new record and introduce the video. We were a little nervous for Quddus because he's still getting his feet wet with hosting TRL and Eminem can be a really difficult person to interview. We told Q to be prepared for anything and not to let Em rattle him. Turns out Eminem was really cool to Quddus and gave him a really great interview. He had everyone cracking up when he said, 'I like Moby, it's just too bad nobody else does.' Oh yeah, the producer that answered the phone when Eminem called in told me that he was all nice and polite and even said, 'Hello there, this is Marshall Mathers. I was told to call this number for my interview.' Classic." Read more.

July 25, 2002 - Dan Aquilante of the New York Post was at the Meadowlands arena Monday to check out the Eminem headlining Anger Management Tour stop there. "Eminem may be the current bad-boy ruler of the charts, but this emperor has no clothes," he said. "At this performance, he proved that he has limited singing ability, marginal rapping skills and the charisma of a reptile - and the stories he talks out are hateful, juvenile, and comic book silly. And his teenage fans love him for it." Read more.

July 23, 2002 - Paine of AllHipHop.com spoke with Thirstin Howl III to get his thoughts on being a big fan of Polo, his unforgettable name, his inspirations, what exactly went down with Rawkus, and the publicity boost he got after working with Eminem. On the latter subject, he said, "As far as Eminem...I feel that after he reached stardom, it helped. Because of him...I got a lot of popularity that before, I didn't have. Yeah, Eminem defintley helped me." Read more.

July 23, 2002 - Eminem's show on the Anger Management Tour includes a staged murder of Moby, according to NME.com. A Moby impersonator with a bald wig and red tracksuit walks on to the stage saying "Look at me! I’m a spaceboy", and then flew up in the air. Eminem then told fellow MC Obie Trice to "get my gun", before he aimed and fired in the direction of the impersonator. 'Moby' then fell to the ground, although it turned out to be a rag doll.

July 23, 2002 - Rap stars getting nominations in this year's MTV Video Music Awards include Eminem and Missy Elliott, who along with P.O.D. lead the nominations with six apiece. Read more.

July 21, 2002 - Eric R. Danton of the Hartford Courant reviewed the Anger Management stop at the ctnow.com Meadows Music Centre on Friday night saying, "What a show it was." Danton added, "Profanity on stage was as ubiquitous as the pungent marijuana smoke drifting through the crowd, and Eminem's often disturbing lyrics drew nothing but cheers from the relatively young crowd." Read more.

July 20, 2002 - Eminem called out Mariah Carey much like he's done with former wife Kim and Christina Aguilera in prior tours when he kicked off the Anger Management Tour last night in Buffalo. Slim let it be known that he was single telling the women in the audience, "Ladies, I ain't married no more." Just when he said that, on stage was a woman pleading with him to save her, she being inside the giant mouth that was the backdrop of Slim's set and had only managed to get one arm out. "I'mma tell you like I told Mariah, 'Bitch, you make me hurl," he responded to her appeal, setting up 'Superman.' The girl turned out to be frequent Slim Shady back-up singer Dina Rae, made her way out the mouth on her own. Rae contributed to the song and was made up to look like Mariah. Read more.

July 20, 2002 - Shannon McCarthy of Get Real Detroit chatted with Princess Superstar and asked about the unlikely combination that would have her and Eminem having children. "I think they’d be pretty talented lyricists," she explained. "He’s pretty f**ked-up, so the kid would be pretty f**ked-up." As for her thoughts on the top hip-hop bling-blingers who are raking in all the cash, she said, "The beats are getting better, but the lyrical content is pretty much sh**. Everything sounds like a commercial." Read more.

July 20, 2002 - John Wawrow of the Associated Press was on hand at the opening night of the Anger Management Tour at Buffalo's HSBC Arena. Wawrow says Eminem's set got mixed reaction from the audience, "Perhaps, in wanting to, as he put it, 'show growth' and put the controversies behind him with his new release, Eminem is finding himself caught in the conflict between his two personalities: Marshall Mathers, his given name, and his on-stage alter-ego Slim Shady." Read more.

July 20, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Eminem and his '8 Mile' co-star Brittany Murphy are said to be in a serious relationship. Murphy's spokeswoman wouldn't return to the Daily News to confirm or deny the report.

July 19, 2002 - Eminem was recently on Power 92.3 in Phoenix where he ripped a 1:21 freestyle. He didn't call out any specific rappers. Listen to the real audio of the clip here.

July 19, 2002 - MTV's Iann Robinson interviewed Eminem for a clip on Total Request Live on Thursday. Slim talked about the elaborate stage for his headlining role on the Anger Management Tour and joked about lip-synching his performances. Read rapdirt.com for a transcript.

July 18, 2002 - During Kylie Minogue's appearance on MTV's Total Request Live on Wednesday, host Carson Daly asked her what she thought of Eminem. Kylie responded, "Diggin' the Eminem." Read the full transcript of their chat on popdirt.com.

July 17, 2002 - Entertainment Tonight spoke with Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles on reports that linked her to rapper Eminem. "No, I never dated Eminem," she said. "I said hi to him at a party. People make small things seem bigger than they are."

July 17, 2002 - The Mirror quotes Eminem talking about the source of his popularity. "I reached into the homes of middle America because white kids," he said. "Not to say they should or shouldn't have, looked up to me and connected with me because they looked like me."

July 16, 2002 - The Sun reports Eminem is moaning because female fans keep breaking into his garden in Detroit and skinnydipping in his pool. He admits, "It’s my own fault. I just shouldn’t have bought a house on a main road." Sounds like he's talking about the old house, as I think the new one is in a gated community.

July 16, 2002 - Gil Kaufman of MTV.com did a lot of counting and determined Eminem has set a new standard in self-referential lyrics on his 'Without Me' track. The 67 times he refers to himself is enough to beat out Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs in 'Diddy'. Still, Diddy shows he's much more egomaniacal in the boasting of sexual prowess department, as Diddy does 15 times compared to 0 with Slim. Read more.

July 15, 2002 - TeenMusic.com (WENN) reports Eminem will continue to work a busy schedule with his debut movie '8 Mile' due to hit screens later this year. "It's kinda like that thing where you struggle all your life to get it," he said. "But it's just as hard to maintain as it is to get there. I don't ever feel I can relax and stop working." Read more.

July 15, 2002 - WENN reports Eminem is still haunted by the time he was told off by his school teacher, which he raps about in 'Just Don't Give A Fu**'. Slim recalled, "There was this teacher. He once singled me out and told me I wasn't gonna be s***. Everybody in class laughed. I don't even remember why he said that, but it really hurt my feelings and I was thinking that it shouldn't. It stands out in my head. Here's this guy that I don't even give a damn about saying this, but it hurt."

July 15, 2002 - The soundtrack for Eminem's debut movie '8 Mile' has been revealed, and will feature Slim performing a pair of new tracks, as well as contributions from Xzibit, D-12, Nate Dogg, and others. Read more.

July 14, 2002 - News of the World reports Eminem has cruelly ended his four month relationship with Mariah Carey just days after her father Alfred, lost his battle against cancer. A friend of Mariah revealed, "Mariah is in pieces. Her father had been ill for some time, but his death was still a terrible shock. Then, less than a week later, Eminem phones her up and breaks it off. Mariah wasn't expecting wedding bells, but she loved his company and thought the relationship was going well." Read more.

July 13, 2002 - Moby talked with Chauncé Hayden of Steppin' Out Magazine where he addressed Eminem's diss of him in 'Without Me'. When asked if he ran into Slim what he would say, Moby responded, "I think I would ask him one simple question. I think he's a very talented MC and a very interesting public figure, but I do have a problem with his misogynistic lyrics. I think I would ask him how would he feel if ten or fifteen years from now, when his daughter starts dating people, if she dates some guy who beats her up who was an Enimem fan. How would Enimem feel when maybe someone who was influenced by his music ends up abusing his own daughter. I don't want to criticize him because I do think he's an interesting public figure and I do think he's talented. But I have problems with lyrics that glorify violence and misogyny." Read more.

July 12, 2002 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Thursday, "It was so hot Michael Jackson claimed the sun is racist." He later joked, "Micheal Jackson was in New York this week protesting with Al Sharpton. He's claiming the music industry is ripping off black artists. Today Eminem said they're ripping off artists who just think they're black."

July 11, 2002 - Well rap dominates the Billboard album charts this week again as Nelly remains on top with 'Nellyville', selling more than 447,000 copies, while Eminem's 'The Eminem Show' sold more than 263,000 copies. Not to be outdone, Irv Gotti, the CEO of Murder Inc. Records, debuts in the #3 spot with 'Irv Gotti Presents...The Inc.', which sold some 193,000 copies.

July 9, 2002 - Boy George contends that Eminem is "far too pretty" to be straight, telling Australian gay men's mag DNA that "any man who cares that much about his looks has to be queer. I'd fu** him just to hurt him."

July 7, 2002 - Zeropaid.com reports a stealth-mode company called Overpeer has been flooding the p2p networks with fake Eminem files in an attempt to stop the trading of copy protected mp3s. The company is under contract to Universal and other major record labels and promise to do a lot more of this in the future. Read more.

July 4, 2002 - The numbers are in and Eminem's five week run atop the charts has ended with 'Nellyville' topping the charts - clearing more than 714,000 copies in its first week. The second disc from Nelly sold more than double of 'The Eminem Show', though Slim has a massive six-week total in excess of 3.6 million copies. Read more.

July 2, 2002 - The 1999 Ford Mustang LX formerly owned by rapper Eminem is currently up for bids on Ebay. The car currently is bid at $17,610.87 and the auction ends July 8th. Check out photos of the car and more info on the Purple Pill here.

July 2, 2002 - Shaheem Reid of MTV News caught up with 50 Cent after he landed his reported $1 million deal with Eminem's Shady Records. "There were a lot of people hollering, and then it got really crazy once they found out [Eminem and Dre] were interested," he said. "[The money] wasn't really what drew me to the situation. Dr. Dre's production, the chemistry, there's different things I can do here. He's from N.W.A. He knows exactly what I'm doing. When he heard the music, he was like, 'I know exactly what to do with this to make it work.' Here it's, 'Lets make the best record.' Creatively, it's a better space for me." Read more.

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