According to Nielsen SoundScan, Eminem’s ”Recovery” becomes the first album to sell 1 million downloads in the United States.
The rapper’s manager, Paul Rosenberg, added “We are thrilled to congratulate Eminem on the history-making digital sales success of ‘Recovery.’ Over the years we’ve made a concerted effort to engage Em’s online fan base so this achievement is especially rewarding. Eminem made an amazing album with Recovery and the fans responded in record numbers.”
via: Billboard
Converse teams up with Eminem and Royce da 5’9 to create a limited edition design sneaker to support the release of ‘Bad Meets Evil, ‘Hell: The Sequel’. Check out the video and picture below. Continue Reading…
Director Antoine Fuqua has officially dropped one hip-hop artist movie for another. Fuqua has been one of the main supporters of bringing the Tupac biopic to life but has officially left the film for Eminem’s boxing flick Southpaw. Movie tells the story of a left-handed welterweight (Eminem) whose quick rise to stardom turns into a life of trials and tribulations that he must overcome to reclaim his crown. More details on the movie here.
As previously reported Chrysler has partnered up with Beats by Dre bringing the Beats audio technology into 2012 Chrysler 300S vehicles. This press footage explains the partnership and also shows that Dr. Dre will be featured in a commercial to promote both brands.
Eminem continues to expand upon his recent endorsement and partnership deal with Chrysler that kicked off with the now epic Super Bowl ad from earlier this year. Eminem and his Marshall Mathers Foundation have recently announced a clothing line with Chrysler simply called “Imported From Detroit.” As the message states, the clothing line is all about bringing awareness to Detroit as proceeds to the clothing line go to Detroit local charities including The Marshall Mathers Foundation.
“We are very happy to partner with the Chrysler brand in supporting the local communities,” Paul Rosenberg, Eminem’s manager, stated. “The Chrysler brand and The Marshall Mathers Foundation share a parallel commitment to give back to the City of Detroit.”
The “Imported From Detroit” clothing line is now available at the official Chrysler website which includes t-shirts, hoodies and more.
Kick ass video. I think this is what we all were expecting from Detox. Continue to bring it Dre.
Of course with the Superbowl, all ads had to pass rigorous censorship levels. Apparently even Eminem had to succumb to this as his aired Brisk ad is a lot more “family friendly” than originally intended. Now check out the real UNCUT and uncensored version. Much more like the Eminem we all have listened to. Via: RR