`Stan' sample helps Dido

Chicago Sun-Times | August 2, 2000| | Copyright

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Career boosts can come from unexpected sources. Try this one: An English singer named Dido suddenly gets a package in the mail from chart-topping rapper Eminem. It's a copy of Eminem's song "Stan," complete with an added sample of Dido's voice lifted from her tune, "Thank You." Eminem asks permission to use the sample and she says yes.

"I don't even know the real story of how he got a hold of the record," Dido says. "The story I got is that (Eminem and his management) heard it on TV and sampled it. ...

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