Eminem Former Sound Engineer Pleads Guilty After Stealing And Selling Unreleased Songs

Eminem employee has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement after stealing and selling unreleased music 48-year-old Joseph Strange, of Michigan, now faces the possibility of spending up to five years behind bars. Justice Department reps said Thursday (Oct. 22) that Strange, previously employed by Em from 2007 until 2021, worked at a studio in the Ferndale area. While working at the studio, Strange had access to password-protected hard drives from which he copied “10 or more audio files” without permission. In 2024, according to prosecutors, Strange, again without permission, sold these files for a combined sum of roughly $50,000. Given their potential for an eventual official release, the government placed the estimated value of the illegally shared tracks at $750,000, possibly more. Strange’s guilty plea was revealed to be imminent last month. When formally announcing it on Thursday, Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, emphasized this outcome as an example of “a simple principle” often seen in such cases.

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