"That's so weird" - xQc shocked at viral claims of Eminem passing away

Prominent internet personality Felix "xQc" returned to his Twitch channel on December 10, 2023. During the Just Chatting segment, fans asked the streamer to look up American rapper Eminem on Google. Almost immediately, Felix noticed that the search engine claimed the 51-year-old "died" on December 10, 2023, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The French-Canadian personality was shocked after seeing this and quickly investigated the source of the information. The link redirected to a collection of Reddit posts, one of which stated the following on the r/Eminem subreddit:

"Eminem died tomorrow? Why the f**k does Wikipedia say Eminem died on 10th Dec 2023? WTF is that? Why hasn't anyone noticed this?"

xQc burst out laughing after seeing this and remarked:

"Huh?! Eminem died tomorrow? What (The streamer bursts out laughing)?! That's so weird. Anyway."

Here's a screenshot of what Google displayed upon searching Eminem on December 10, 2023:

A screenshot of Google's information claiming Eminem died on December 10, 2023 (Image via Google)

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"It's just a publicity stunt for his new album" - Fans respond as xQc checks out viral claims of Eminem passing away on December 10, 2023

Felix's clip has generated quite a lot of traction on YouTube, with numerous fans chiming in on the situation. One viewer joked that Eminem's situation was similar to that of Swedish Twitch streamer Sebastian "Forsen."

For those unaware, Forsen went on a hiatus for several days in November 2023. As a result, the content creator's community began trolling the internet, claiming that he had "passed away." YouTube user @connordennis138 wrote:

YouTube user @connordennis1381 comments (Image via xQc Clips/YouTube)

One netizen wanted to know if Eminem had "actually" died:

YouTube user @prosoldierman's comment (Image via xQc Clips/YouTube)

Meanwhile, according to YouTube user @yenyerkun, the claims of the rapper passing away was a "publicity stunt." They added:

"Just in case: Eminem is still alive, it's just a publicity stunt for his new album."

YouTube user @yenyerkun's comment (Image via xQc Clips/YouTube)

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Netizens speculate about what happened when Google said Eminem died on December 10, 2023

The Elon Musk-owned social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), was bustling with netizens discussing Google's claims of Eminem passing away on December 10, 2023. User @DramaAlert speculated that the information could have been a "glitch on Google's end":

Later that day, @DramaAlert provided a plausible "explanation," stating that Eminem's official Wikipedia page had been altered by "trolls." They wrote:

"One explanation could be due to Google fetching information from Wikipedia, and the Eminem Wikipedia page was vandalized by trolls."

Here are some tweets about the situation:

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Eminem had not made a public statement about the situation at the time of writing. What he has to say remains to be seen.