Eminem found dead in hotel room

Eminem fans got a shock when Googlemistakenly declared that the rapper was dead.

Google's knowledge graph—the box of relevant information that appears above search results—claimed the the 51-year-old hip-hop star passed away in Madison, Wisconsin, on December 10.

However, he is alive and well, with a Wikipedia prankster to blame for the death hoax.

But why did Google showcase the error?

A spokesperson for the search engine told Newsweek that Google's knowledge graphs come from a variety of sources across the internet, including Wikipedia.

When a practical joker amended Eminem's Wikipedia entry to say he'd died, Google automatically picked it up, giving Slim Shady devotees a fright.

"DO NOT SCARE ME LIKE THIS," wrote one fan on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.

"That guy should be jailed he gave me an attack," said another.

According to the Google representative, the search engine has systems in place to detect if their information sources have b