RAPPER Eminem's new album Encore has been leaked on to the internet.
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....has sparked panic at his record label Interscope who have brought forward the worldwide release date.
Thousands of fans instantly downloaded it and could pass it on to countless others.
It could lose the 32-year-old rapper MILLIONS of pounds in royalties from CD sales.
> ( 32 years old ? I think Eminem is too OLD for MTV now LOL )
Unveiling the album on a Friday rather than a Monday is virtually unprecedented and a sign of how panicked bosses are.
Interscope bosses were locked in meetings all day yesterday.
An insider at the label said: "This is catastrophic news. Security has been so tight on this album nobody can figure out how the album has got out there.
"We now think thousands of people around the world are downloading it.
"This is a very, very serious issue for us."