] "What we heard back from him (Rosenberg) was that Eminem
] was fine with me having the parody on my album but said
] he was afraid that a Weird Al video might detract from
] his legacy, that it would somehow make people take him
] less seriously as an important hip-hop artist," Yankovic
] said.

Oh come on! Al's done parody videos of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Coolio, Dire Straits - and Eminem is afraid it's going to "detract from his legacy"? Even Kurt Cobain said "I knew we made it as a band when I saw the Weird Al parody on MTV." I'm firmly convinced that Eminem, whose name sounds like a candy, for chrissakes, takes himself much too seriously.

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