Durk had known Von for years, signed him after he came home from beating a murder case in 2017, and together they helped turn Durk’s OTF (Only The Family) label into a formidable rap movement.

On Sept. 5, the boy and a classmate sent emails back and forth containing lyrics from the YNW Melly song “Murder on My Mind,” which references guns and violence, according to court documents.

A fifth-grader has been expelled from one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious private schools for sending a friend a squirt gun emoji and rap lyrics, prompting a lawsuit from the boy’s parents.

Obama then launched into the opening verse from one of the star’s best-known songs, “Lose Yourself,” from the 2002 film “8 Mile” — adapting the lyrics so they were in the first-person.

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Eminem introduced Barack Obama at a Detroit rally in support of Kamala Harris Tuesday night — an act that so moved the former president, he broke out into spontaneous rap and delivered part of ...

A fifth-grader has been expelled from one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious private schools for sending a friend a squirt gun emoji and rap lyrics, prompting a lawsuit from the boy’s parents.

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Parents of a fifth-grade student at an elite Los Angeles private school are suing the institution after their son was expelled for sending emails containing rap lyrics and water gun emojis to his ...

The parents of a fifth-grader are suing an elite private Mulholland Drive elementary school after their son was expelled over emails he exchanged with a classmate containing rap lyrics and the ...

Following Em's brief speech, Obama took the stage. He began with an Eminem shoutout by weaving the lyrics to Shady's smash hit "Lose Yourself" into his address. "I have done a lot of rallies ...

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