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Eminem's former employee charged with stealing and selling rapper's unreleased music

One of Eminem's former employees has been charged with stealing and selling the rapper's unreleased songs and faces up to 15 years behind bars.

Joseph Strange, who worked for the rapper born Marshall Mathers from approximately 2007 to 2021, has been charged with criminal infringement of a copyright and interstate transportation of stolen goods in connection with the alleged sale of some of his ex-boss' unreleased music, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan announced Wednesday. According to a criminal complaint, employees of Eminem's music studio in Ferndale, Mich., alerted the FBI around Jan. 16 that they had discovered more than 25 of the rapper's unreleased songs were circulating online. Eminem's longtime spokesperson, Dennis Dennehey, said in a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, "The significant damage caused by a trusted employee to Eminem's artistic legacy and creative integrity cannot be overstated, let alone the enormous financial losses incurred by the many creators and collaborators that deserve protection for their decades of work.

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