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At A Glance: 14 Eminem Facts For All The Stans

Love 'em or hate 'em, you still know Em.

At A Glance: 14 Eminem Facts For All The Stans

July 21, 2021

Many elements of Eminem's major profiles and interviews have fallen by the wayside in comparison to the most decisive events and peaks of his career, even though there seems to be a limitless quantity of content produced about him.

We embarked on a research binge and uncovered a wealth of old material on Marshall Mathers, including the first hip-hop music he heard, the only literature he's ever read, whenever he met Royce when he started getting beat up, and much more. So read on to learn a few things regarding Eminem you probably didn't even know.

You know of Eminem, whether you like him or not. He has been one of the best-selling musicians of all time, having topped the charts for decades. And if the popularity of TikTok is any indicator, the king of controversy isn't going away anytime soon. To feed your inner Stan, here are some Marshall Mathers facts.

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem's parents were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. WORLD Debbie Nelson was in a band with Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. for a brief time before their split. Nelson was more into Talking Heads and Stevie Nicks than Hip Hop. CRACKED.COM — Source: NME

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM As a kid, Em was once beat up so badly he supposedly! had a cerebral hemorrhage and was in and out of consciousness for five days Eminem name- name-dropped one of his childhood bullies, D'Angelo Bailey, in Brain Damage. Bailey corroborated the story for Rolling Stone but would later attempt to sue THE rapper for defamation. CRACKED.COM — Source: Genius

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem used to work at Little Caesars Little Caesars When he was 18, Em, Proof, and Kon Artis lived together and worked at the pizza place to afford studio time. Even when he was broke, he still made dough. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Way I Am

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Eminem

AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem fired his first manager because he wouldn't buy him a Whopper His manager went to Burger King and didn't offer to buy Em anything, even though he was broke. Eminem felt his manager wasn't invested in him and called it off. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Way I Am

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem's trademark blonde hair as a result of Ecstasy Eminem was on MDMA when he went to a drugstore and bought peroxide. He woke up the next day, forgetting he bleached his hair, but Dr. Dre approved of the new look: CRACKED.COM — Source: The Way I Am

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Crank Yankers

AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminemasked to BE on Crank Yankers He made 20 to 30 calls, but only three calls made it on air. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Way I Am

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Michael Jackson

AT A GLANCE EMINEM In 2007, Michael Jackson bought Eminem's entire catalog In 2004 Michael Jackson tried to get his Just Lose It video taken down, which features Eminem dressed as MJ. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM A 2008 fire on the Universal Studios lot destroyed his master recordings However, it appears that most, if not all, of his masters were backed up just months before the fire. CRACKED.COM — Source: Billboard

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8 Mile

AT A GLANCE EMINEM 8 Mile was Anthony Mackie's first film Eminem googled Anthony Mackie to learn about the actor's background and used details from his actual life in the battle against his character Papa Doc. Mackie's reaction was real. CRACKED.COM — Source: Rich Eisen Show

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM In a deleted scene from 8 Mile, Eminem rap battles one of the extras live Eminem was supposed to have his mic off to save his voice during the soundless footage but, to the delight of the extras, he turned it on to battle Marv Won, an extra who has since stayed in touch with the emcee. CRACKED.COM — Source: MTV

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem wouldn't let Weird AI parody Lose Yourself in music video form Eminem let Weird AI put parody the song in couch Potato but refused to let him release it as a single or release a music video for it, in order to protect his image. CRACKED.COM — Source: E!

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Southpaw was written for Eminem The screenwriter, best known for creating Sons of Anarchy, wrote the boxing movie as an unofficial, symbolic sequel to 8 Mile. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM Elton John is Eminem's AA sponsor Elton John included this morsel in his autobiography Me Elton John. So much for the anonymous of Alcoholics Anonymous. CRACKED.COM — Source: New York Times

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AT A GLANCE EMINEM In 2020, the Marshall Mathers Foundation sent Mom's Spaghetti to frontline caregivers Eminem sent 400 spaghetti meals for the staff of two Detroit hospitals in April 2020. CRACKED.COM — Source: Detroit News

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