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- Every Eminem Record that has been released on Single has reached the UK Singles Chart Top 10, totalling 17 straight top 10 singles in a row.
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- Eminem is a friend of fellow Detroit rap/rock star Kid Rock, and guested on Rock's Devil Without a Cause on the track "Fuck Off". Rock has made appearances scratching on some of Eminem's tracks, but is only credited on "Just Don't Give a Fuck" from The Slim Shady LP.
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- Many Detroit residents we're confused about why the name of the 2002 movie 8 Mile had the title, since the only time when Eminem lived in Detroit was for five years and around the 7 Mile & Schoenherr intersection area where he also met his bestfriend Proof. He states this in a few songs and freestyles about the "7 Mile Car Wash".
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- Eminem parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video for "My Name Is," but the artists have met since and are on good terms. Eminem referenced Manson as being unfairly blamed for the Columbine High School massacre in "The Way I Am," a song which Manson remixed and recorded a version of the chorus for. Manson also appeared in the music video for the song, with the word "WAR" scrawled in red across his chest. They have also performed the song together in concert.
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- The second "E" in his stage name has been reversed on his records since his second album The Marshall Mathers LP. The backwards “E” has become a logo for him, appearing prominently in his videos and stage set.
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- Eminem is one of the few rappers to achieve a Diamond RIAA Certification.
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- Comic book writer Mark Millar and artist JG Jones based the physical appearance of The Killer in Millar's graphic novel Wanted on Eminem, and at one time wanted Eminem to play the character in a big-budget action film.
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- His song "Stan" off of The Marshall Mathers LP was named as the third greatest hip-hop song of all time in a list compiled by Q Magazine, and came in 10th in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com.
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- Several songs were released in response to "Stan." Enemy rapper Canibus released the track "U Didn't Care," rapping as the Stan character and implying that Eminem doesn't care about his fans. The Pet Shop Boys released "The Night I Fell in Love," in which a male fan goes backstage at an Eminem concert and has a one-night stand with him. Christian rapper KJ-52 released "Dear Slim" and "Dear Slim pt. 2," open letters to Eminem in a similar style to "Stan."
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- Tori Amos covered "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" on her 2001 album, Strange Little Girls.
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- When Dr. Dre first heard his tape, he thought Eminem was black.
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- His video for "My Name Is" was the first rap video ever to reach the number one position on MTV's popular television countdown TRL.
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- Several of his songs have been parodied. The most famous incident was "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of "Lose Yourself," entitled "Couch Potato" and featuring new lyrics about television programming. He has also been parodied twice by the Christian parody band ApologetiX, with "Lose Yourself" ("Look Yourself") and "The Real Slim Shady" ("The Real Sin Savior"). Also, Insane Clown Posse changed some of the lyrics to "My Name Is" and renamed it "Slim Anus".
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- Eminem is left-handed. This can be seen in a scene in 8 Mile where he is sitting on a bus with a pencil in his left hand, as well as in several of the promotional posters for the film, which depict him writing lyrics with his left hand. However, in the booklet for The Marshall Mathers LP, there is a picture of him writing on a pad of paper with his right hand.
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- His real hair color is in fact a dark brown, he bleaches his hair with peroxide (as stated in "White America"); he did not bleach his hair in 8 Mile, and so his natural hair color can be seen in the movie.
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- Eminem made a guest appearance in 50 Cent's video game "50 Cent: Bulletproof" as a corrupt cop.
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- In March 2003, Spin Magazine named him The Most Important Artist Making Music Right Now.
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- Eminem's rap group D12, short for "Dirty Dozen," currently has only five members. Many people were often confused by the number. It is "12" because, before the death of Proof, each of the six members of the group had two pseudonyms or "personas"- Eminem/Slim Shady, Kon Artis/Mr. Porter, Swift/Swifty McVay, Kuniva/Rondell Beene, Bizzare/Peter S. Bizzare, and finally Proof/Derty Harry.
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- Some of Eminem's freestyle lyrics in 8 Mile are ones he found in his old house from when he was in his teens; he altered them before the movie. A lot of those lyrics got turned down by director Curtis Hanson, however. Former Juice Crew member Craig G wrote the lyrics for Eminem's on-screen competition.
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- Eminem was number 6 on VH1's 50 greatest hip hop artists of all time.
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- Eminem has been awarded nine Grammy awards. He also received nominations for Album of the Year for both The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show.
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- The Marshall Mathers LP was the first rap album to be nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards and "Lose Yourself" was the first rap song to be nominated for Song of the Year.
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- Eminem won a Best Song Oscar for his song "Lose Yourself" from the movie 8 Mile. It was the first rap song ever to do so. Just 3 years later, another rap song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" earned Three 6 Mafia an Academy Award leading many to speculate that Eminem opened the doors for rap to be accepted as important form of music in movies.
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- In November 2002, Eminem simultaneously had the #1 album (8 Mile Soundtrack), movie (8 Mile), and song ("Lose Yourself") in the U.S., becoming one of the only entertainers ever to do so.
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- Eminem listed his favorite rappers as Redman, Jay-Z, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., André 3000 from OutKast, Jadakiss, Kurupt, and Nas in the song "'Till I Collapse" from his 2002 release, The Eminem Show.
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- In acceptance of his Grammy for Best Rap Album (for The Eminem Show) in 2003, he credited his rap influences, saying, "I made me a little list of MCs that I wanted to name off that inspired me to, to bring me where I am today - cause honestly, I wouldn't be here without them. So the list goes like this, and it's not in this order, but the list is this: Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Kool G. Rap, Masta Ace, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Dr. Dre, all of N.W.A., KRS-One, Treach from Naughty by Nature, Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, Jay-Z. Thank you, 'cause I learned from all of you. Thank you."
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- Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg (who is featured prominently in several skits on Eminem's solo releases), was once a rapper himself, known as "Paul Bunyan".
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- Marshall and his wife first met at one of his friends' houses, when Eminem was fifteen and Kim was thirteen. She came over while he was lip synching to LL Cool J songs and jumping on the furniture.
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- He is a fan of the TV show "Crank Yankers"; puppets from the show were included in the video for "Ass Like That". He was also "puppet-ized" and featured in several episodes. One of the puppets, Special Ed, host "Eminem's Special Hits".
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- He made a reference to South Park in the song "Marshall Mathers" by referring to himself as a "twenty-six-year-old skinny Cartman!" a character who he also did an impression of in the song "The Kids."
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- In the popular anime One Piece, one of the villains, Eneru, has a design loosely based off of Eminem as the author, Eiichiro Oda, is a huge fan of Eminem.
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- On the freestyle competition within the special features of the 8 Mile DVD, many of Eminem's lyrics are similar to rhymes he spitted at the Rap Olympics
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- Eminem has a tattoo on his lower left arm that says "PROOF". It is a homage to DeShaun Dupree Holton, Eminem's best friend and D12 founder who was shot to death on April 11, 2006.
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- Em's at the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest selling hip-hop artist.
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- One of the Requirements to be signed to Shady Records is you have to battle Eminem
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- During the shooting of 8 Mile, Em would write lyrics for the soundtrack during breaks. When shooting resumes crew members will have to pull the notepad from him in order to catch his attention and make him stop writing.
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- Em was bullied as a kid because he was small and was often mistaken as retarded. He would hum melodies to himself not knowing it was loud enough to be heard by everybody. (He still does today. He also said that he is always writing and that he cant stop writing because ideas keep flowin' in.)
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- Em is of Scottish and Welsh decent.
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- Em has been falsely reported dead by a car crash 4 times and a drug overdose once.
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- Eminem is the oldest member of D12 (b. 1972). Kon Artis is the youngest (b. 1978).
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- Em is a Baptist (just like his mom and the rest of her family). He's not religious though. Kim's the one who is Catholic. She's also not religious.
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- Em wears glasses because he's near-sighted.
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- Em's favorite porn star is Janet Jacme.
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- Kim and Em's term of endearment is "Stinky".
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- Despite what was written before, Em did not attempt suicide. He took pills to fight his depression and accidentally OD'd. He was happy to wake up the next day.
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- The platinum bracelet and ring he usually wears both have "DAD" inscribed on them. Both are from Hailie.
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- Despite his chosen profession, Em is still a very quiet individual (much like his character Rabbit) which either surprises or annoys the shit out of people.
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- Em used to have a problem with people staring at him.
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- Em thinks Robin Williams is brilliant and vice versa.
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- Em's all-time favorite movie is The Matrix.
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- Em thought Luis Resto was Michael Bolton when he first met him
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- Em had a crush on Madonna when he was 11
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- The first concert he ever went to is Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane and Queen Latifah in Detroit.
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- Em's fave dance song is Busta Rhymes's "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See".
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- Em and Dr. Dre's first choice for Stan is Macaulay Culkin. Macaulay was doing a play. Dre picked Devon Sawa because he thought he looked like Em (Em made a video where he's the one portraying Stan, and Devon made a similar video. Dre almost could not tell them apart.).
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- Lose Yourself may have topped the poll on songs that spurs ball players to victory but it also topped the poll on songs most likely to lead to car crashes.
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- Elton John has dedicated his song Rocket Man to Em.
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- Em's high-profile movie debut should've been 'Training Day' with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. He was to play Denzel's drug dealer friend. 8 Mile came along so we all know how that ended. The other movie that he also considered was 'Lazarus' with DMX which is a part of 'The Crow' series in which he was also supposed to play the villain.
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- Shannon Elizabeth was Em's first choice to be the girl in 'Superman'.
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- Neil Tennant (Petshop Boys) has a crush on Em and wishes that the events in their song "The night I fell in love" would happen to him.
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- Em and Hailie has a cat named Tigger.
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- For his 8 Mile role, Em dropped from 168 lbs (12 stone or 76.21kg) to 145 lbs (10.35 stone or 65.8kg).
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- Em wears size XXL clothes.
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- Marshall Jr. and Debbie were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. They played @ Ramada Inns along the Dakota-Montana border.
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- Em prefers Fords. His friends say that he doesn't like to drive though.
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- Em has been rumored to be ghostwriting for LL (for his response to Canibus's diss), Dre (all songs in Chronic 2001. and also the songs in the upcoming Detox), and 50 Cent (50 has admitted that Em made some changes to some of his lyrics to make the song flow better).
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- Kim once worked at the Oasis Executive Spa, a massage parlor that was allegedly engaged in prostitution. Em was the last to know that Kim worked there. Em found Kim's job too much to bear and was one of the reasons for one of their biggest blow-ups.
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- Em has adopted Dawn's (Kim's twin) daughter, Alaina.
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- When Dre first met Em, Em was wearing a bright yellow tracksuit which he got from a sponsor because he didn't have the money to buy decent clothes. Dre thought he looked like a banana.
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- Gary Kozlowski was the guy who was with Em when he went spying on Kim at the Hot Rocks Bar. He was charged because he tried to hide Em's gun when Em dropped it. Em and Gary became friends when they were in their teens. Gary appears on TES's "The Kiss" skit.
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- Dre made Em change (in 'Love Me') the line "I'm the equivalent of what will happen if Suge rapped" to "I'm the equivalent of what will happen if Bush rapped."
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- Em's other celebrity neighbor in his new Oakland hood is Aretha Franklin.
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- Em received $3 Million for his 8 Mile role.
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- The other members of D12 thought that Proof will be the one to blow up first amongst their group and that they never thought in a million years that Em will be the one since Em's quiet and shy.
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- Em has a double. His name is Joe Pace aka 'Partial Mathers' and he's 19 years old. He has toured with Em at the Anger Management Tour and was a part of the 'vanishing' act. He's also performed with Em at the 2002 Mtv Movie awards wearing the 'Rap Boy' costume. He also works as a decoy and does camera-blocking sessions for Em's videos.
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- Luis Resto calls Em's style of production as 'Classical Hip-Hop' because of Em's penchant for using live instruments and minimal sampling.
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- Most people do a lead track and another ad-lib track to fill in words but Em's totally unique because he layers each song. He does his main vocals then right under it he makes an angry track (same as the main vocals but angry), a yelling track and sometimes a soft, whispering track.
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- Universal and Interscope have originally agreed for Em to use 'Cleanin out my Closet' as the theme for 8 Mile that's why it was used in the 1st trailer. But Em thought that, 'it was too personal to use for the movie.' The studios were upset and thought that COMC was the greatest song they've heard and thought that Em can't make a better one. Then Em made 'Lose Yourself'.
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- Em did all the three verses of Lose Yourself in one take.
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- "Hailie's Song" was supposed to contain an interpolation from George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" but George's widow retracted George's permission. Em had to redo the whole song.
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- It was Dr. Dre who convinced Em to include Hailie's Song on TES. Dre played the song to two of his female friends and when they cried he was convinced that it should be included on Em's new album. Em had originally planned on just keeping the track in a safe for Hailie to listen to when she grows up. He was embarassed to have it released at first.
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- Em's relatives used to call him 'Mickey' when he was a baby because he had big ears.
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- Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine were backstage at the Oscars when Em won. They were there for their boy even if Em wasn't there.
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- Eminem's favorite drink is Mountain Dew.
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- It had been Eminem's dream since he was 16 to sample Aerosmith's Dream On, his dream came true on the track Sing for the moment.
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- The song playing in the background of the skit The Kiss (The Eminem Show) is actually called Everyone's Looking At Me. The track was originally meant to be featured on The Wash soundtrack, but didnt make the cut.
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- Hailie came up with the hook to My Dad's Gone Crazy. While Eminem was mixing Soldier, Hailie was there playing and said "Somebody please help me".
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- Some of Eminem's favorite movies are How High?, Orange County, and The Matrix.
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- Eminem's 99 purple Mustang 2 was sold online for $27,900.
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- To record '97 Bonnie and Clyde Em told Kim he was taking Hailie to Chuck E. Cheese.
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- The shady one attends public community meetings and even lets kids in the neighborhood play basketball at his house.
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- Eminem's tattoo artist is Mr. Cartoon, he's located in California.
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- Em used to spend hours at night studying the dictionary so that he could expand his vocabulary for his ryhmes.
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- Eminem originally wanted to become a comic-book artist.
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- Kim has a twin sister named Dawn
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- Eminem gave his manager Paul Rosenberg one of the Grammys that he won in 2000
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- The cast Eminem is wearing in Fight Music is due to an injury Em's sustained whilst trying to fix his house.
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- The guy dressed as a cactus that in Purple Hills video is also in the beginning of the Without Me video clip.
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