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Photo dated 8. February 2001 of American rap singer Eminem. Controversial white rapper Eminem has escaped a jail term for possessing a concealed gun after a nightclub confrontation. Instead the musician - real name Marshall Mathers - was sentenced to two years' probation and banned from possessing a gun or any other weapon and ordered to pay $5,000 (£3,462) in compensation for his crime and a $2,500 (£1,731) fine. The sentence came after a more serious charge of assault with a deadly weapon was dropped by the prosecution in a plea-bargain before the hearing, Tuesday April 10, 2001, at a court in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Picture made available Wednesday 11 April 2001. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO PA/HAYDN WEST) === UK OUT, , NO MAGS, NO INTERNET, , EDITORIAL USE ONLY AND NO MERCHANDISING ===