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A former Eminem employee sold unpublished songs from the rapper and faces a legal process.
An archive image of the American rapper Eminem. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
International media have announced that A sound engineer who worked with the rapper Eminem is in a legal process for charges due to Filter and sell unpublished songs of the artist through cryptocurrencies.
The complaint was filed by the Prosecutor of the Eastern District of Michigan. The defendant identifies with the name Joseph Strange46.
According to investigations they have leaked 25 issues of Eminem that had not yet been published. Strange would have received payments equivalent to US $ 50,000 in Bitcoin.
It is estimated that these songs belong to the years from 1999 to 2018. The former employee had access to these songs.
How was the illegal sale of songs discovered?
The portal of Infobae It emphasizes that the January 16, 2025Eminem studio employees discovered what musical material they were working on was online. One of the images of the list belonged to the hard drives of the study.
The Federal Research Office (FBI, acronym in English) restrained buyers. One of them said that US $ 8,500 payment in Bitcoin for four songs and paid about US $ 50 thousand for 25 songs.
Upon arriving at Strange’s house, evidence was found such as hard drives, manustritos attributed to Eminem, among other objects and fundamental records that proved the transactions.
A message from Eminem spokesman
“Eminem and his team greatly appreciate the efforts of the FBI office in Detroit for its exhaustive investigation, which led to the presentation of charges against Joe Strange,” he told People An artist’s publicist.
“The significant damage caused by an employee of trust to the artistic legacy and the creative integrity of Eminem is invaluable, much less the enormous financial losses suffered by the numerous creators and collaborators who deserve protection for their decades of work. We will continue to take all the necessary measures to protect the art of Eminem and we will not stop at anything to achieve it,” he adds.
If it is convicted, Strang will face 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 250 thousand.