XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN DEC 07, 2003 19:24:05 ET XXXXX
SECRET SERVICE PLANS INTERVIEW OF EMINEM AFTER 'PRESIDENT DEAD' RAP
**Exclusive**
The Secret Service is planning to conduct an interview with rapper EMINEM, government sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT, after a new song by the artist appeared on the Internet -- a song that wished the "president dead!"
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"We take all matters involving comments made about the death of a sitting president very seriously," a well-placed government source directly involved in the matter said this weekend. "This matter will be investigated fully, and I expect Mr.
Mathers will be interviewed directly."
The Secret Service has reviewed a studio quality version of the track WE AS AMERICANS.
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"Personally, I found it quite alarming and reckless," the federal official said.
In the song, the rapper declares he would not perform only for cash: "I don't rap for dead presidents," Eminem says. "I'd rather see the president dead. It's never been said, but I set precedents and the standards, and they can't stand it!"
No determination has been made regarding the song and if it constitutes a direct threat against President Bush, the official explained.
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A spokesman for INTERSCOPE RECORDS, Eminem's label, claims the cut [which also features the rapper bragging, "Bin Laden is on my ass"] is an "an unfinished song that was either lost or stolen, and there was no determination when, where, how or if it was going to be used."
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