# Eminem has been killed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030 "2000-12-17T17:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Client](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Client](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Client)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/1 "2000-12-17T17:11:49Z")
Is this for real? [http://mtv.com&page=o097&date=121600&article=eminem2@216.97.25.197/pp97y/index.htm](http://mtv.com&page=o097&date=121600&article=eminem2@216.97.25.197/pp97y/index.htm) (you may need to copy and paste that link) ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/2 "2000-12-17T17:15:51Z")
no. the @… in the address redirects you to another site. ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/3 "2000-12-17T17:17:45Z")
I would think that there would be much more publicity if Eminem had died. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/4 "2000-12-17T17:19:24Z")
The only news story on [mtv.com](http://mtv.com)’s site pertaining to Eminem has to do with his [reconciliation with his wife](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424556/20001214/eminem.jhtml?headlines=true). ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/5 "2000-12-17T17:19:26Z")
And why would he drive a Saturn? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/6 "2000-12-17T17:26:10Z")
Not to mention if Eminem had died, it would be the biggest news story in this county, considering that he lives just a few miles from my house. It would be all over the Detroit News/Detroit Free Press web site. The only story in the paper about him is that he and his wife have decided to reconcile. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/7 "2000-12-17T17:30:38Z")
For shits and giggles, I did a tracert on the IP address in the URL: 216.97.25.197, and got this: ```auto C:\>tracert 216.97.25.197 Tracing route to 216.97.25.197 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 60 ms 50 ms 50 ms 10.10.1.1 2 50 ms 51 ms 50 ms main1-249-121.iad.above.net [209.249.121.4] 3 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms core1-main1-1.iad.above.net [209.249.0.17] 4 120 ms 120 ms 120 ms sjc2-iad-oc48-1.sjc2.above.net [216.200.127.26] 5 110 ms 110 ms 120 ms core1.pao-core3.sjc2-oc12.pao.above.net [216.200.254.186] 6 130 ms 120 ms 120 ms core2-core1.pao.above.net [208.185.175.142] 7 121 ms 130 ms 130 ms so-2-1-0.br2.pao2.gblx.net [208.50.172.105] 8 121 ms 130 ms 130 ms so1-0-0-622M.cr1.pao2.gblx.net [208.50.169.141] 9 121 ms 130 ms 130 ms 208.50.169.209 10 150 ms 241 ms 250 ms so0-0-0-2488M.wr2.SNV2.gblx.net [208.50.169.89] 11 160 ms 160 ms 160 ms pos7-0-2488M.wr2.kcy1.gblx.net [206.132.114.74] 12 170 ms 170 ms 171 ms pos2-0-2488M.wr2.DAL1.gblx.net [208.178.233.5] 13 170 ms 171 ms 170 ms pos1-0-622M.cr1.DAL1.gblx.net [206.132.251.82] 14 210 ms 171 ms 180 ms pos0-0-0-155M.ar1.DAL1.gblx.net [206.132.119.114] 15 131 ms 130 ms 490 ms CI-DFW-GC.s4-0-1.ar1.DAL1.gblx.net [208.49.125.162] 16 140 ms 140 ms 131 ms 216.97.25.197 Trace complete. C:\> ``` ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/8 "2000-12-17T17:32:02Z")
No…he’s far too hot to die. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/9 "2000-12-17T17:33:40Z")
and I’m sure MTVs land sharks would LOVE to go over the notion of copyright infringment with the morons who put this up . IP 216.97.25.197 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/10 "2000-12-17T17:38:08Z")
I think the site linked to in the OP may be a hoax. I went there, and couldn’t navigate back to the MTV site from any link on it. If I went through [mtv.com](http://mtv.com) and to the news page there, I could navigate using all links. And no site on [mtv.com](http://mtv.com) is re-directed using an @ sign. Besides, for a story that old, no other media outlet had a story on it. That is surprising, considering a celebrity of his magnitude. If the story is legitimate, then please provide a cite other than the one above. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/11 "2000-12-17T17:39:26Z")
Sorry, there are two stories in the paper about him. The other one is that the Macomb County prosecutor has offered him a plea bargain in his felony case. If he pleads guilty to one of the felony charges, they will drop the other one. He is still looking at the possibility of some jail time though. The prosecutor said he was going to ask for at least the minimum sentence (6-9 months in jail) though. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/12 "2000-12-17T17:49:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*No…he’s far too hot to die. > > 😛 \*\* Naw, he’s _not talented enough_ to die, and thus join the order of Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplain, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrixx, et al. 😉 (Forgive misspellings…in the middle of moving here and taking a “brain break”) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/13 "2000-12-17T22:02:39Z")
It appears MTV has been in touch with 216.97.25.197. The crash photo is @ [http://teamdawghouse.net/mathers.jpg](http://teamdawghouse.net/mathers.jpg) An Eminem PR stunt? Or a mere prank by unknown web vandals? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/14 "2000-12-18T01:12:32Z")
According to [this page](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_1075000/1075463.stm) on the BBC: > [@](#): > > Children’s BBC favourite Bob the Builder has knocked controversial US rap star Eminem of the number one spot in the UK singles chart. > The animated hero’s jovial Can We Fix It? turned the tables on Eminem, who kept him off the top spot last week. Yes, M&M has been outsung by a latex puppet. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/15 "2000-12-18T01:32:22Z")
Eminem is a homphobic, misogynistic little pissant. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/16 "2000-12-18T02:02:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > \*\*An Eminem PR stunt? Or a mere prank by unknown web vandals? \*\* Or maybe just wishful thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/17 "2000-12-18T21:18:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Eminem is a homphobic, misogynistic little pissant. > \*\* That, or he’s smart enough to know that he’ll sell more records of he says shit that pisses people off. Who’s making more money here? The people being pissed off, or the person saying stuff to purposely piss people off because he’ll sell more? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/18 "2000-12-18T22:05:10Z")
Whew. I was afraid I’d have to revise my 2001 Celebrity Death Pool. Hang in there until after the first, won’t you, M&M? ---
**Author:** ![Estrella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Estrella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estrella)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/19 "2000-12-18T22:12:04Z")
Eminem is very talented, actually. You don’t have to like what he says, but he is by far one of the most talented rappers out right now. He’s got mad flow and his rhymes are complex. He does not, for example, rhyme “that” with “that”, like the latest Destiny’s Child song. I like him despite all the claims that people have hurled his way. I just caught someone on VH-1 talking about him last night. Indignant woman: “He’s advocating raping and murdering his mother!” Er, so did Jim Morrison. Relax, lady. People who get into a tizzy over his lyrical content are just falling for his game. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030/20 "2000-12-18T22:22:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Eminem is a homphobic, misogynistic little pissant. > \*\* And those are his GOOD points! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-has-been-killed/46030.md?page=2)