An ex-employee previously beneath the employment of rap star Eminem has simply been charged with the ‘legal infringement of a copyright and interstate transportation of stolen items.’ The cost comes within the wake of stolen music that got here into spotlight this January, allegedly illegally acquired and offered by 46 yr outdated Joseph Unusual.
Federal prosecutors have revealed the supply of the suspicion as an worker in Eminem’s studio in Ferndale, who suspected wrongdoing by Unusual. Based on a latest report by WXYZ Detroit, the unnamed worker got here to the conclusion after discovering stolen music on the Web and that “additionally they discovered a picture of a listing of music he created however not launched, and realized that the picture was taken straight from a tough drive,” alluding to malpractice throughout the studio.
What’s worse is that the drives had been password protected and never in use for just a few years, so Unusual was clearly a trusted worker. The report additionally explores the modus operandi of the crime, which reveals that Unusual offered the music to an individual with the alias “Doja Rat” for $50,000. Proof acknowledged for the cost is a dialog between the tipper and Doja Rat, in addition to the document logs concerning file switch that date to Oct. 16, 2019 and Jan. 16, 2020 — when the recordsdata had been accessed and when Unusual was nonetheless within the studio’s make use of.
Consequent investigation additionally led to the invention of handwritten lyric sheets, VHS tapes with Em’s music and even his private notes from a secure. To not point out onerous drives with over 12,000 audio recordsdata that included songs by Em and his collaborators, which was additionally found in the course of the January 28, 2025 operation by FBI brokers.
