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Eminem's balcony scene-stealer
Rapper replays Jackson's baby-dangling stunt with doll at Glasgow hotel, writes DAMIEN HENDERSON
POP history repeated itself as farce yesterday when Eminem, the enfant terrible of rap, dangled a plastic baby over the edge of his hotel balcony in Glasgow, to the delight of the small crowd of fans who had waited all day to see him.
His gesture parodied the actions of Michael Jackson, who last year provoked international outrage by holding a real baby - purportedly his own - over a hotel balcony in Germany in front of horrified crowds below.
The rapper's latest stunt adds to a catalogue of incidents that have secured his status as one of the most controversial figures in pop music today, leading George W Bush to label him "the most dangerous threat to American children since polio".
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, was visiting Scotland for only the second time to headline a sold-out performance at Hampden Park last night. More than 40,000 tickets for the show, which also features Cypress Hill, Xhibit, Obie Trice, and his occasional backing band, D12, sold out within 40 minutes when they went on sale.
Earlier in the day, Eminem played a game of cat and mouse with the crowd of about 30 fans and journalists who had waited since early morning for a glimpse of him at the Arthouse Hotel in Bath Street, but ended up crowding round a series of body-doubles standing in for him.
After arriving shortly after 6am in one of two tour buses, three people resembling Eminem were whisked into the front and back entrances of the hotel, where more than 50 rooms have reportedly been hired out by the tour entourage at a cost of over £6000.
Shortly after 3pm, a towel-covered figure emerged from the hotel, shielded by one of several huge bouncers who shooed press photographers away to escort him into a waiting people-carrier with tinted black windows.
Tensions flared when the car returned later and a scuffle ensued between one of the bouncers and a tabloid photographer. During the melee, the photographer grabbed the towel from the head of the man, revealing him to be an Eminem double.
"Will the real Slim Shady please stand up," someone from the crowd of teenage admirers quipped, quoting the rapper's own lyrics.
Dumisani Ncmanzi, 27, a Zimbabwean doctor working in England who was visiting Glasgow for the day, also showed signs of frustration. "This is like that song, Stan. We've been waiting in the cold for two hours now without a sign," he said, referring to the singer's ditty about an obsessive fan who commits suicide after failing to get an autograph from his idol.
"He's obviously too good for his fans," his wife Junior chimed, disheartened.
Green Lantern, the New York DJ who plays alongside Eminem, defended the subterfuge. "He gets this everywhere he goes," he said, gesturing to the smattering of photographers and youngsters still left on the street by late afternoon.
"This is nothing. This guy is like John Lennon and look what happened to him. I'm not saying that this is the same but you've got to learn from that s**t and take appropriate precautions."
The next appearance came at 5.20pm, when a group of bouncers took up positions opposite the hotel. A window opened and a lithe white man wearing a protective dust mask stepped on to the balcony.
"That's not him," screamed one outraged fan as he disappeared back inside. She was soon silenced, however, when he stepped back on to the balcony carrying a Mothercare doll and took off his face mask.
The crowd cheered, the doll was thrown upwards in a summersault, a fist was raised in salute and the 30-year-old Detroit rapper was back inside.
"Sars and Michael Jackson at the same time," Paulina Dandgey, a 19-year-old Glaswegian student, crooned approvingly.
Eileen Watson, 48, had travelled from Dunoon with her 19-year-old daughter to see the rapper. Both had tickets for last night's Hampden show.
She was unfazed by criticism of Eminem's depictions of violence against women or his casual espousal of gun culture. "He's just saying what he feels and what he's been through. I think he's brilliant," she said.
Grace, her daughter, was even more enthusiastic, heaping praise on him for appearing under a towel outside the hotel earlier. "He could have gone out the side door but he didn't," she said.
The last time Eminem played in Scotland, at Gig on the Green in 2001, 45 fans were taken to hospital requiring treatment and the show was abandoned at his request.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/25-6-19103-0-7-58.html
LOL...
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Ouch!!
Stealin' 50's thunder from last night's awards....
It's starting to look kinda grim now, Last night his name drew no-response from the crowd and his comments at the Mtv music awards were... :-\
Come on EM' stick to the music......
And leave the comedy to the pro's u suck at it.
You ain't funny, They are laughing at U, not with U.
An Em Fan...
Hatesrats 2oooTre
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Although I'm a huge fan of what Eminem does, I can't say I found that one bit funny.
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lol
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Im really not sure what to say about this ???
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lol i found it funny.
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Ouch!!
Stealin' 50's thunder from last night's awards....
It's starting to look kinda grim now, Last night his name drew no-response from the crowd and his comments at the Mtv music awards were... :-\
Come on EM' stick to the music......
And leave the comedy to the pro's u suck at it.
You ain't funny, They are laughing at U, not with U.
An Em Fan...
Hatesrats 2oooTre
C'mon man............
1. This happened on Tuesday Day before the BET awards so how is he stealing 50's thunder
2. He wasn't even at the BET awards so he the crowd aint gonna go crazy for his name if he aint even there.
3. It was a joke nothing more nothing less, he probably saw the fans outside his hotel room and just had a joke..........
Give the guy a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LMAO!
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i found it funny...
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ROFL.
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Lol its the biiirdman! When I saw the thread, I thought Em did somethin to Baby
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lmao @ this thread & lmao @ hatesrats
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lmao eminem is a funny mother fucker
hatesrats has no idea what he was talking about!
man , man , man that was jim carey funny
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LOL.. some people need to lighten up..
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Seriously, lighten up mufuckaz......
LMAOOOOO........dat shit's hella funny, dope ass idea........
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LMAO.....
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Ouch!!
Stealin' 50's thunder from last night's awards....
It's starting to look kinda grim now, Last night his name drew no-response from the crowd and his comments at the Mtv music awards were... :-\
Come on EM' stick to the music......
And leave the comedy to the pro's u suck at it.
You ain't funny, They are laughing at U, not with U.
Em is a complete idiot...i really do not take him serious at all anymore...he is the biggest joke now...mr i cant take anyone out in a battle...
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lol i found it funny.
;D
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Ouch!!
Stealin' 50's thunder from last night's awards....
It's starting to look kinda grim now, Last night his name drew no-response from the crowd and his comments at the Mtv music awards were... :-\
Come on EM' stick to the music......
And leave the comedy to the pro's u suck at it.
You ain't funny, They are laughing at U, not with U.
Em is a complete idiot...i really do not take him serious at all anymore...he is the biggest joke now...mr i cant take anyone out in a battle...
man eminem was just having fun.......i didn't know you weren't suppose to do that when you became famous.quit being a culera
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man eminem was just having fun.......i didn't know you weren't suppose to do that when you became famous.quit being a culera
i thought it was lame...just cuz its eminem doesnt mean ima roll all over the floor laughin about it...that whole jacko hangin the baby over the balcony aint even funny no more...with that bein said...no mames...y tambien...no llores...
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Em is a complete idiot...i really do not take him serious at all anymore...he is the biggest joke now...mr i cant take anyone out in a battle...
Always out to stir up some ish.. ::) ;D
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man eminem was just having fun.......i didn't know you weren't suppose to do that when you became famous.quit being a culera
i thought it was lame...just cuz its eminem doesnt mean ima roll all over the floor laughin about it...that whole jacko hangin the baby over the balcony aint even funny no more...with that bein said...no mames...y tambien...no llores...
whatever dude , i know for a fact your just hating on him cuz it was eminem who did this....if one of your favorite rappers did it you'd be laughin too and like i said quit acting like a culera
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if it was e-40...id still think it was dumb...how am i actin like a culera? pendejo...just cuz im not all over his sack like u...had he did this when the whole incident was funny...id laugh...but its old...its lame....get over it maricon...
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relax man i ain't trying to convert your ass to liking eminem. i'm just saying , quit being an ass hole. that shit WAS funny . and sorry he couldn't do it right after jacko did it. all i'm saying is i know you don't like em from your posts , quit being a predictable ass hole by tearing him down when he did nothin wrong. man if this was kurupt doing this or some rapper i didn't like doing this i would've done 1 of 2 things.....i either woulda gave him props if i honestly thought it was funny and if i didn't i would've ignored the post
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relax man i ain't trying to convert your ass to liking eminem. i'm just saying , quit being an ass hole. that shit WAS funny . and sorry he couldn't do it right after jacko did it. all i'm saying is i know you don't like em from your posts , quit being a predictable ass hole by tearing him down when he did nothin wrong. man if this was kurupt doing this or some rapper i didn't like doing this i would've done 1 of 2 things.....i either woulda gave him props if i honestly thought it was funny and if i didn't i would've ignored the post
excuse me for expressin my opinion...i didnt know u werent allowed to express ur opinion on eminem...
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yeah people.. Stop the stupid arguin and bitchin. Everyone is gonna react differently beacuse of their opinions and sense of humuor..
I found it funny, end of story.. SGV didnt, end of story.
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lol i found it funny.
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LOL.. some people need to lighten up..
Yup ;D
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A couple of Q's to (So called Emninem Fans)
Quick question'z...
Do you laugh at Eminem cause you don't take him serious anymore? (True question)
Is Em's music comedy to U, possible on the same rank as Weird Al.?
Can you listen to his music straight up for an entire lp, thourogh without his voice getting anoying?
Do his topic's (being bullied and beat down) topics really associate with you? (it don't with me...)
Do you like Em cause of his color or his ability?
I'm asking these q's as a TRUE EMINEM fan..
P.S I think Em is one of the most creative rapper's ever...and has a very tight flow..
but even as an Emienm Fan I can admit when he has done stupid shit...
P.S. FUCK STAN's
Hatesrats 2oooTre
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A couple of Q's to (So called Emninem Fans)
Quick question'z...
Do you laugh at Eminem cause you don't take him serious anymore? (True question)
Is Em' Comedy music to U, maybe on the same rank as Weird Al.?
Can you listen to his music straight up for an entire lp, thourogh without his voice getting anoying?
Do his topic's (being bullied and beat down) topics really associate with you? (it don't with me...)
Do you like Em cause of his color or his ability?
I'm asking these q's as a TRUE EMINEM fan..
P.S I think Em is one of the most creative rapper's ever...and has a very tight flow..
but even as an Emienm Fan I can admit when he has done stupid shit...
Hatesrats 2oooTre
now thats firme foo...
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P.S I think Em is one of the most creative rapper's ever...and has a very tight flow..
damn rite ;D
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A couple of Q's to (So called Emninem Fans)
Quick question'z...
Do you laugh at Eminem cause you don't take him serious anymore? (True question)
Is Em' Comedy music to U, maybe on the same rank as Weird Al.?
Can you listen to his music straight up for an entire lp, thourogh without his voice getting anoying?
Do his topic's (being bullied and beat down) topics really associate with you? (it don't with me...)
Do you like Em cause of his color or his ability?
I'm asking these q's as a TRUE EMINEM fan..
P.S I think Em is one of the most creative rapper's ever...and has a very tight flow..
but even as an Emienm Fan I can admit when he has done stupid shit...
Hatesrats 2oooTre
Quit bullshitting.. it was only a joke.
Suge Knight or Daz Dillinger could have performed the same stunt, and it would still be just as funny.
Seems to me that some people hate on Eminem for ANYTHING he does.. not because it's unfunny or wack, but just because it's Eminem.