Eminem pictures

Eminem performs at Anger Management Tour 3 Monday evening at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park.  (Michael Tercha / TFW Chicago Tribune)

Eminem poses at a Detroit Hip-Hop Summit at Cobo Arena in Detroit, on April 26, 2003. Earlier in July , reports from his hometown of Detroit quoted sources as saying the 32-year-old rapper would play his last concert at Slane Castle in Dublin, Ireland, on Sept. 17, at the end of “Anger Management” tour. In a posting on its Web site, MTV quotes Eminem as saying, “I’m not retiring,” and also denying that “Encore” is his last album. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, is quoted as saying: “When I say I’m taking a break, I’m taking a break from my music to go in the studio and produce my other artists and put their albums out.”  (Rob Widdis / Associated Press)

Rapper Eminem performs at the MTV Europe Music Awards, in Rome, Nov. 18, 2004. The last of 30 commemorative bricks from the recently demolished Detroit Artillery Armory on Eight Mile Road in Oak Park, autographed by Eminem, who grew up on both sides of the roadway and made it famous in a hit song and film, was sold for $685. The bricks were sold as a fund-raiser for the 32-year-old rapper’s charity, the Marshall Mathers Foundation, and the Eight Mile Boulevard Association.  (Andrew Medichyini / Associated Press)

Rapper Eminem performs during the 10th anniversary celebration of radio station WQHT’s summer jam at Giants Stadium, in this June 3, 2003 file photo, in East Rutherford, N.J. Lawyers for Eminem asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the hip-hop superstar slandered a former schoolmate in one of his songs. Macomb County Circuit Judge Deborah Servitto said Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, that she would read arguments submitted by both sides before deciding how to proceed with the suit filed in 2001 by DeAngelo Bailey.  (Kevin Mazur / Associated Press)

This file image released by Interscope/Aftermath/Shady Records, shows rapper Eminem. Eminem, guitar legend Jimmy Page and Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones are among the presenters for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland. The ceremony will be held April 4 at Public Auditorium.  (Karin Catt / Associated Press)

Rapper Eminem gestures as he arrives at the Roseland Ballroom for “The Shady National Convention” concert, Thursday Oct. 28, 2004 in New York. The concert will launch Eminem’s “Shade 45,” the newly named SIRIUS satellite radio channel produced by his ‘Shady Record’ label.  (Ramin Talaie / Associated Press)