Nov 3, 2004 • 1 min read

Eminem didn't lip sync, OK?

A representative for Eminem denies he mimed on Saturday Night Live, saying a double vocal track was used for effect, as Tupac Shakur also did.

A spokesman for Eminem has denied the rapper mimed on Saturday Night Live this weekend. With miming on the legendary US TV show in the news post-Ashlee Simpson's embarrassment on the programme a couple of weeks back, one studio source told reporters: "He was singing Mosh and you could tell he was lip-synching. The track was just a bit ahead of his lips and he put the mike down at one point but the track kept going."

But a representative for Eminem told reporters yesterday that that was because he was trying to "duplicate the sound on his album", explaining: "He had a vocal track on for double vocal effect on the first song, to make it more powerful. Lots of hip-hop artists do that. Tupac Shakur did it."

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