TMZ is reporting that, over the holidays, Eminem was rushed to the hospital. Details are still sketchy (and considering that I was in Detroit this weekend and no one even mentioned this in conversation or on the radio, I would say that no one in the Black community cares anymore…but anyway). The report stated that Em was rushed to a Detroit-area hospital and was treated for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia, but I’m not sure if I believe that. Still, according to TMZ, his publicist released a statement saying that he was under a doctor’s care for pneumonia over the holidays and has since been recovering at home. Hmmm…

Anyway, I was more interested in hearing how his weight has “ballooned to over 200lbs,” as they put it. That is not the first time I heard that (an inside source told me that he had put on 40lbs), and that’s what I’d like to find out more about. I don’t know about anyone else, but if Eminem is the next candidate for Celebrity Fit Club, I will sure as heck wanna see that.

–Kim O.