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Eminem hospitalized for drug dependency
EW.COM ^ | Reuters

Posted on 08/19/2005 12:19:56 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap star Eminem has been hospitalized for dependency on sleep medication, his label said on Thursday, two days after the recording artist canceled a European tour due to "exhaustion" and "other medical issues."

The back-to-back announcements come weeks after the Detroit Free Press reported that the Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, might retire at the end of his "Anger Management" tour, which also featured his protege, 50 Cent.

Eminem, who turns 33 in October, flatly denied such plans, but has said he wants to focus more on producing artists for his Shady Records label. The North American leg of the tour wrapped recently.

"Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, is in the hospital under doctors' care," Interscope Records said in a statement. "He's being treated for dependency on sleep medication."

A publicist at the Universal Music Group label declined to give further details, including information about where and or for how long the rap star had been hospitalized.

On Tuesday, Eminem said through his label that he was canceling the European leg of his tour, scheduled to run from September 1 in Hamburg to September 17 near Dublin, citing "exhaustion, complicated by other medical issues." Those dates were not expected to be rescheduled, the statement added.

(Excerpt) Read more at ew.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: addiction; eminem; music; rapper; rehab; shockeditellyou
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1 posted on 08/19/2005 12:20:07 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Nooooooooooooooo.........


2 posted on 08/19/2005 12:21:43 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Are there any plans to prosecute him for "doctor" shopping?


3 posted on 08/19/2005 12:21:58 PM PDT by frogjerk
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What's this thread got to do with Faith Hill?

4 posted on 08/19/2005 12:22:46 PM PDT by evets (God bless president Bush!)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
His private nurse is enroute...


5 posted on 08/19/2005 12:23:48 PM PDT by ErnBatavia
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Maybe he could use an Eminenema.


6 posted on 08/19/2005 12:24:45 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Live Free or Die))))
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

What's the story on Jack Osborne?


7 posted on 08/19/2005 12:25:39 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

What's the story on Jack Osborne?


8 posted on 08/19/2005 12:25:46 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Free ThinkerNY

9 posted on 08/19/2005 12:27:00 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (9-11 Commission - The largest CYA Operation in history!)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Oh dear, now this punk won't be able to write any more nasty, self-righteous songs about his mother and ex-wife and their problems, will he?

Great example you are setting for Hailie, Marshall. Perhaps she will grow up to write scathing songs about your many shortcomings as a dad and human being.


10 posted on 08/19/2005 12:27:53 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: facedown

Tragic, just tragic

How will hip-hop survive without its king?
I hope it doesn't


11 posted on 08/19/2005 12:28:27 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii (McCarthy goes after Communists with a shotgun; I go after them with a rifle -Nixon)
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To: TexasCajun
What's the story on Jack Osborne?

He's winning the battle against anorexia.
12 posted on 08/19/2005 12:29:16 PM PDT by evets (God bless president Bush!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Eminenema

Mr. Moderator! Mr. Moderator! He just posted a word I can't pronounce! In fact, my tongue has a cramp in it from trying.

13 posted on 08/19/2005 12:29:54 PM PDT by Hardastarboard
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
Eminem, who turns 33 in October, flatly denied such plans, but has said he wants to focus more on producing artists for his Shady Records label.

It is hoped that one day he will actually succeed.

14 posted on 08/19/2005 12:30:18 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Pardon me while I have a strange interlude. " - Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Maybe he could use an Eminenema.

I don't care who ya are. That's funny right thar...

15 posted on 08/19/2005 12:30:30 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
Rap star Eminem has been hospitalized for dependency on sleep medication,

Such things happen to the best of people. Not in this case, though.

16 posted on 08/19/2005 12:31:24 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: evets
Can you find an updated picture of Jack.

The picture I saw of him, look like he dropped about 100 lbs, something about intense drug rehab and a restraining order keeping Courtney Love 500 ft. away.

17 posted on 08/19/2005 12:35:59 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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".......hospitalized for dependency on sleep medication."

I assume some DA will investigate to see if he was doctor shopping.

Leni

18 posted on 08/19/2005 12:39:15 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
Eminem, who turns 33 in October, flatly denied such plans, but has said he wants to focus more on producing artists for his Shady Records label.

And he figured the best place to look for singers was in rehab.

19 posted on 08/19/2005 12:40:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
Read more at ew.com ...

'Ew!' pretty much sums up my reaction to Eminem.

20 posted on 08/19/2005 12:40:39 PM PDT by Blue Champagne (Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?)
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