Friend denies 'fat' Eminem reports

Rapper Trick Trick has denied reports that Eminem is struggling with weight problems.

Trick Trick, who recently collaborated with the singer on his own solo LP The Villain, said that rumours the hip-hop star had let himself go after falling ill with pneumonia over the Christmas period were not true.

He told MTV: "He's nowhere [near] 250 pounds or anything like that. He picked up a little weight. He ain't walkin' around obese or some sh*t though.

"He can still run two miles if you want him to and still out-box the majority of them. My man still gets down."