Eminem Recovering After Health Scare Over The Holidays

Tuesday - January 8, 2008
By: Allen Starbury

Eminem had a big health scare over the holidays.

According to TMZ.com, the rapper was taken to a Detroit-area hospital during the holiday season -- it is not immediately known when exactly -- for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia.

Despite the seriousness of the matter, Em was released and recovering at home, said his publicist.

"Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, p.k.a. Eminem, was under doctor's care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia. He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home," the rapper's publicist told TMZ.

The gossip site also reported that Em has ballooned to over 200 lbs.

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