April 26, 2001. Copyright 2001. Graphic News. All rights reserved.

Slim Shady to bare all in Òdynamite Ó pic

LONDON, April 26, Graphic News: Controversial rapper Eminem will shed his trademark dungarees when he appears nude in a women's magazine. The 28-year-old star is to appear in a pull-out centrefold section of the June edition of Cosmopolitan. 

Eminem, known for his controversial lyrics, will cover his dignity with just a stick of dynamite but a spokesman for the magazine insisted that the image was very tasteful.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, will join 16 other scantily-clad stars in the special naked edition of the magazine, including EastEnders actor Michael Greco, boy band Damage and Darren from Big Brother.  The magazine goes on sale on May 17.

Eminem also awaits sentencing on June 5 for brandishing a handgun during an argument outside a Michigan stereo store last year. He faces up to five years in prison. 

He recently escaped a jail term for possessing a concealed gun during an earlier nightclub confrontation. Instead he was sentenced to two yearsÕ probation, banned from possessing a gun or any other weapon and ordered to pay a $7,590 fine.

He was arrested after brandishing the unloaded handgun after seeing a man kissing his wife Kim.

Eminem, whose Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.7 million copies in the first week it went on sale -- making it the fastest-selling solo album ever on the U.S. music scene -- won three Grammy Awards last February.
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Sources: Reuters, Associated Press