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On May 24, 2012, Eminem announced he was working on his next studio album.,
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set to be released in 2013.
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Even
without a title or release date, the album was included in multiple "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists;
including MTV, Complex Magazine where it was listed in sixth position; and XXL Magazine, where it was listed in fifth.
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On June 30, 2012, Eminem talked about the album with DJ Whoo Kid, on his own radio station, Shade 45. He stated that the
material is taking shape, and that Dr. Dre will be involved in some way.
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On August 30,
2012, Slaughterhouse member Royce da 5'9" gave his thoughts on the album, stating "I'm not so sure how the world is going to
respond from some of the things that I've heard from him." Close friend and fellow rapper 50 Cent is also confirmed to feature
on the album.
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Eminem also was featured on Pink's album The Truth About Love on the track "Here Comes The Weekend".
On February 11, 2013, Shady Records President and Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg announced that Eminem's eighth
studio album would be released after Memorial Day, 2013. "We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He's
been working on it for some time," said Rosenberg. "It's safe to say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we're
not exactly sure when. We've got some dates locked in for him to perform live in Europe in August, so we're trying to see what
else lines up." The album remained untitled.
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On March 22, 2013Dr. Dre said that Eminem was close to finishing the album
and that he worked together with Eminem on it.
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Producer No I.D. has been confirmed to produce on the album.
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On August 14, 2013, a song titled "Survival" featuring Liz Rodrigues, with production by DJ Khalil was premired in the
multiplayer trailer for the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts. A following press release revealed the first single from his eighth
studio album would be released soon.
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During the 2013 VMAs, it was revealed that Eminem's next album would be
titled The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (a sequel to his previously released album The Marshall Mathers LP) and would be released
on November 5, 2013.
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The lead single "Berzerk" was released on August 25, 2013. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The following
singles were "Survival", which was showcased during the Call of Duty: Ghosts reveal trailer,
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"Rap God", and "The Monster"
featuring Rihanna.
On November 3, 2013, Eminem was made the first YouTube Music Awards Artist of the Year.
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The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was released as planned on November 5, 2013, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records,
and Interscope Records. The standard edition contains 16 tracks, while the deluxe edition also includes a second disc with
another 5 tracks. It became Eminem's seventh album to debut at No 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also has the second-
largest debut sales week of the year.
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After the album was released Eminem became first lead artist since The Beatles to
have four singles score in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100chart.
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On November 10, 2013, Eminem won the Global Icon award at the 2013 MTV EMA Music Awards.
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In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Eminems seventh consecutive
No. 1 album in the UK. By achieving such a feat, Eminem became the first American act to score seven consecutive UK
Number 1 albums and is now on par with The Beatles in second place for the most chart-topping U.K. albums in a
row.
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The album also secured Eminem's position in Canada as the best-selling artist and with the best-selling album in
2013.
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In January 2014, Mark Bass of the Bass Brothers confirmed that D12, had been recently recording at the F.B.T. studio and he
had been mixing their recorded material. He also confirmed that Eminem was featured on at least three songs that have been
completed.
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Other ventures
Shady Records and D12
Main articles: Shady Records and D12
As Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales, Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his manager Paul
Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999. He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective D12 and rapper Obie
Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. In
2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, the former DJ for
Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to depart from the
label; he is no longer associated with Eminem. The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005, Eminem signed
another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to his label along with West Coast rapper Cashis.
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On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape
but Eminem found that the material was better than expected and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the
new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.
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Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem
and rappers Proof and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in the group D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or
"Dirty Dozen", performing in the manner of the multi-man groupWu-Tang Clan.
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In 2001, Eminem brought his rap group, D12,
to the popular music scene, and the group's debut album Devil's Night came out that year.
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The first single released off of the
album was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills", an ode to recreational drug use. For radio and television, the censored
version was heavily rewritten to remove many of the song's references to drugs and sex and was renamed "Purple Hills". While
that single was a hit, the album's second single, "Fight Music", was not as successful.
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After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio, later regrouping to release their second album, D12 World, in
2004, which featured the popular hit single release "My Band".
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In April 2006, D12 member (and Eminem's childhood
friend) Deshaun "Proof" Holton was killed in a club brawl on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, with US military veteran Keith
Bender, Jr., who also died in the fray. The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument over a game of pool. Proof
was then allegedly shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was taken by private vehicle to St. John Health's
Conner Creek Campus, an outpatient emergency treatment site, but pronounced dead on arrival. Eminem and former
Detroit Shady Records artist Obie Trice spoke at the funeral.
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D12 member Bizarre said that Eminem is not featured on his
new album Blue Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy doing his thing".
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D12 released a mixtape in 2011 titled Return
of the Dozen Volume 2 only featuring Eminem on one song, "Fame" unlike the group's previous mixtape Return of the
Dozen where Eminem is not on any tracks.
Acting career
Although he had a small part in the 2001 film, The Wash, Eminem made his official Hollywood acting debut with the semi-
autobiographical film 8 Mile, released in November 2002. He has said the movie is not an account of his life, but a
representation of growing up in Detroit. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which
won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip
hop single.
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However, the song was not performed at the ceremony, due to Eminem's absence at the ceremony. His
collaborator, Luis Resto, who co-wrote the song, accepted the award.
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Eminem has participated in various voice acting roles. Some of these include the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, where he
voices an aging corrupt police officer who speaks in Ebonics and guest spots on the Comedy Central television show Crank
Yankers, and a web cartoon called The Slim Shady Show, which has since been pulled off-line and is instead sold on
DVD.
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He will be involved in either the soundtrack or scoring.
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He was also in the running for the part of David Rice in
2008's film Jumper after Tom Sturridge was dropped just two weeks before filming. Concerns over not having a more prominent
actor prompted the director, Doug Liman, to consider other actors for the role. He eventually selected Hayden Christensen over
Eminem.
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He also had a cameo appearance in the 2009 movie Funny People, in which he is involved in an argument
with Ray Romano.
It was reported on November 8, 2009, that Eminem will star in the upcoming 3D horror anthology, Shady Talez, to be produced
by John Davis.
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A four-issue comic book series based on the film was expected to be published sometime in 2010.
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Eminem appeared alongside Christina Aguilera on the Entourage Season 7 finale titled 'Lose Yourself' as himself.
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Eminem is set to play a boxer in the upcoming film Southpaw. Peter Schiff will produce the film,
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and Antoine Fuqua is
reportedly the leading candidate to direct.
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In January 2011, a report surfaced that Eminem will star in the
upcoming thriller, Random Acts of Violence. His co-star Paul Walker died in a car accident on November 30, 2013.
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Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi film Elysium but reportedly turned it down, leading director Neill
Blomkamp to instead cast Matt Damon.
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