In
a
year
filled
with
untimely
artist
deaths,
one
major
hip-hop
star
is
very
much
alive
and
well,
despite
a
massive
rumor
that
went
around
online
over
the
weekend.
Contrary
to
the
unfounded
misinformation,
Eminem
is
not
dead.
The
bizarre
rumor
began
late
Saturday
night
and
early
into
Sunday
morning
with
the
hashtag
#RipEminem
trending
on
social
media.
Apparently,
a
hacker
had
changed
the
artist’s
Wikipedia
page
to
state
that
Eminem
had
died
in
the
early
morning
hours
of
December
10,
2023,
in
Madison,
Wisconsin.
Several
small
blogs
picked
up
on
the
change
and
other
pages
and
social
media
accounts
began
repeating
the
story,
which
spread
like
wildfire
over
night.
His
representatives
quickly
issued
a
statement
assuring
his
fans
that
he
was
indeed
alive
and
well.
(His
Wikipedia
page
has
been
corrected.)
This
is
actually
not
Em’s
first
brush
with
fake
death.
An
earlier
rumor
caused
a
small
frenzy
in
August
of
this
year
and
in
2020,
a
Twitter
user
wrote:
“I
killed
Eminem,”
sending
the
internet
into
a
tailspin
until
it
was
confirmed
that
once
again,
the
multiplatinum
artist
was
alive
and
well.
A
more
bizarre
theory
began
circulating
the
internet
in
the
early
days
of
social
media.
Back
in
2006,
a
conspiracy
theory
began
circulating
that
claimed
Em
had
actually
died
in
a
car
crash
and
had
been
replaced
by
a
robot.
Bearing
in
mind
that
this
rumor
took
place
before
the
release
of
the
first
iPhone,
it
was
quickly
debunked
due
to
the
impossible
technology
that
would
have
been
required
for
such
a
feat.
(However,
he
did
embrace
some
technology
at
his
virtual
Fortnite
concert
last
weekend,
proving
that
technology
can
be
amazing,
but
will
never
replace
the
Real
Slim
Shady.)
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Once
users
realized
that
Mr.
Mathers
was
not
dead,
many
began
making
jokes
about
his
non-death.
Check
out
this
Newsweek
article
for
some
of
the
best
social
media
comments
about
Em
being
alive
and
well.
