[dropcap]E[/dropcap]minem is now allegedly being sued for $8 million. He and his record label are now the subject of legal action from an MC from the group Hotstylz – Raymond Jones – who’s alleged the star sampled one of his tracks without permission.
According to TMZ, the case claims that ‘Rap God’ – the rapper’s track from album ‘Marshall Mathers LP 2’ – features a 25-second clip from Raymond’s song ‘Lookin Boy’, and he wants compensating financially for the unauthorised use.
A spokesperson for Eminem has not yet made any comments on the allegations.
September saw ‘Rap God’ make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most words in a hit single, with the six minute 4 second track totting up a huge total of 1,560 words.
Eminem admitted recently he loves performing live with other musicians because a new element is then added to his sound.
He said: “It’s definitely better, it definitely brings a whole new element to it. There are more things to do with your hands. It’s a whole different energy, it’s louder, it’s more in your face, it’s more explosive. For me, music is about feeling and energy and all that.
“We always try to mess around with the order of things. There are certain songs that just, for some reason or another, they don’t work as good live. You have to go with the ones that work best to perform live. Sometimes we’ll [also] add ones in we haven’t done in a while.”
