Posted on 11/04/2004 9:20:10 PM PST by freepatriot32
RAPPER Eminem’s new album Encore has been leaked on to the internet.
The Real Slim Shady star’s hotly-anticipated fourth album was stolen nearly two weeks before its release date.
The theft has sparked panic at his record label Interscope who have brought forward the worldwide release date.
An illegal website called RNS put the entire album on the net two days ago.
Thousands of fans instantly downloaded it and could pass it on to countless others.
It could lose the 32-year-old rapper MILLIONS of pounds in royalties from CD sales.
Interscope bosses were locked in meetings all day yesterday.
They decided to bring forward Encore’s release date by three days to next Friday November 12.
Unveiling the album on a Friday rather than a Monday is virtually unprecedented — and a sign of how panicked bosses are.
An insider at the label said: “This is catastrophic news. Security has been so tight on this album nobody can figure out how the album has got out there.
“We now think thousands of people around the world are downloading it.
From the DU board, last nite! That is what they said over at DUmmie land.
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