50 Things You Didn't Know About Eminem | Complex
-He thought of the "Slim Shady" character on the toilet, then got up and "called everyone [he] knew."
-He was still making payments on his trailer home when The Slim Shady LP dropped.
-In order to record Hailie's part for the song "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," he lied to Kim and said they were going to Chuck E. Cheese.
-The only book he's read in full is LL Cool J's I Make My Own Rules.
-He once claimed to have pulled a gun on fans who showed up to his home unannounced.
-He failed ninth grade three times before dropping out.
-At the beginning of his career, he and Royce Da 5'9" hid new Avirex leather jackets under his hotel bed and from his manager, Paul Rosenberg, for fear of seeming fiscally irresponsible.
-He doesn't know how to use a computer.
-In 2002, with three multiplatinum albums to his name, he was still driving a leased Mercedes-Benz.
-The Marshall Mathers LP was originally titled Amsterdam because he wrote a good chunk of the album there, and Dutch journalists inspired some of the content on the album.
-The director of Training Day was initially interested in casting Eminem for the role that eventually went to Ethan Hawke.
-He got evicted the night before the 1997 Rap Olympics and had to break into his own place and sleep on the floor before leaving for L.A.
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-His mother sued his school in 1982 over the bullying Eminem recieved from D'Angelo Bailey, the bully Em rapped about on "Brain Damage."
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-He wrote the hook for "Just Lose It" in 30 seconds. It was the last song recorded for Encore because the album needed a single.
-During his recovery from addiction, he was quoted as saying, "Elton [John] calls me once a week."
-He doesn't enjoy listening to the "dumb shyt" on Encore because it reminds him of when he was "starting to get really high in the studio."
-When Elton John and his partner got their civil union, Eminem sent them two diamond cock rings.
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-He got fired from Gilbert's Lodge five days before Hailie's birthday, which falls on Christmas, and with only $40, wrote "Rock Bottom" the same night.
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-One time a crackhead broke into his and Kim's house, made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and didn't steal anything.
-He thought of the "Slim Shady" character on the toilet, then got up and "called everyone [he] knew."
-He was still making payments on his trailer home when The Slim Shady LP dropped.
-In order to record Hailie's part for the song "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," he lied to Kim and said they were going to Chuck E. Cheese.
-The only book he's read in full is LL Cool J's I Make My Own Rules.
-He once claimed to have pulled a gun on fans who showed up to his home unannounced.
-He failed ninth grade three times before dropping out.
-At the beginning of his career, he and Royce Da 5'9" hid new Avirex leather jackets under his hotel bed and from his manager, Paul Rosenberg, for fear of seeming fiscally irresponsible.
-He doesn't know how to use a computer.
-In 2002, with three multiplatinum albums to his name, he was still driving a leased Mercedes-Benz.
-The Marshall Mathers LP was originally titled Amsterdam because he wrote a good chunk of the album there, and Dutch journalists inspired some of the content on the album.
-The director of Training Day was initially interested in casting Eminem for the role that eventually went to Ethan Hawke.
-He got evicted the night before the 1997 Rap Olympics and had to break into his own place and sleep on the floor before leaving for L.A.
via
-His mother sued his school in 1982 over the bullying Eminem recieved from D'Angelo Bailey, the bully Em rapped about on "Brain Damage."
via
-He wrote the hook for "Just Lose It" in 30 seconds. It was the last song recorded for Encore because the album needed a single.
-During his recovery from addiction, he was quoted as saying, "Elton [John] calls me once a week."
-He doesn't enjoy listening to the "dumb shyt" on Encore because it reminds him of when he was "starting to get really high in the studio."
-When Elton John and his partner got their civil union, Eminem sent them two diamond cock rings.
via
-He got fired from Gilbert's Lodge five days before Hailie's birthday, which falls on Christmas, and with only $40, wrote "Rock Bottom" the same night.
via
-One time a crackhead broke into his and Kim's house, made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and didn't steal anything.
