] "What we heard back from him (Rosenberg) was that Eminem ] was fine with me having the parody on my album but said ] he was afraid that a Weird Al video might detract from ] his legacy, that it would somehow make people take him ] less seriously as an important hip-hop artist," Yankovic ] said. ] ] Yankovic said even though he didn't get to make the ] video, he's grateful Eminem let him use the song in the ] first place. "I'm grateful to Eminem; he at least let me ] put it on the album," Yankovic said. I have to say I'm ] extremely disappointed at the same time; frankly, this ] was going to be the best video that I've ever done." Eminem says 'no' to Weird Al |