Except from Coolio, who says his label gave permission without his consent.
As Weird Al says: "Hey, he hasn't returned any of the checks we sent him."
Sad thing about people like Coolio and eminem getting offended by Weird Al's parodies is that they're both too stupid to realize the should be flattered. Weird Al doing parodies of their songs puts them in a class with Nirvana, Queen, Madonna, The Kinks, The Police, and Michael Jackson (back when he was still mostly black, and respected.......um, kind of). Those 6 bands/artists alone are some of the biggest pop icons and influencial artists in the last 4 decades of music.
It'd be like getting offended at someone for nominating them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Morons.....
To add to the only interesting converstation I noticed in this thread:
Rappers seem to think of their music as "too serious" to pariody or what not. Why they think this is quite odd, when, many of them right about the same amoral topic parties or try to turn themselves into suffering marturs instead of giving their music a timeless message and feel. Reason why I ignore it.
btw, kind of finny thing, when Guns and Roses punked Metallica after that concert James Hetfield got injured in, they dropped off the face of the map. When Coolio whined about Weird Al, his "career" went down the toilet as well. Interesting coiencience.