The online world shook briefly when a story claiming Eminem was killed in a car crash circulated through different social networking sites on Sunday and throughout the morning.
According to xxl.com, Shady Records’ President Paul Rosenberg confirmed to the Free Press that there is no validity to the made-up story and that it began as a “Twitter rumor.”
The original posting is reportedly taken down from the Web, but this morning Twitter users were still asking the question “Is Eminem dead?” and fans were being pointed to a story on Yahoo News that claimed the “Relapse” rapper was using his cell phone before he died “in a terrible car crash.”
The fake news story even included a quote from a “Dr. Adams.”
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