20 Things You Didn't Know About Eminem

As Eminem's Relapse hitting stores, we find out he gave us booty shaking rhymes at parties but did you know he’s also writing a self-help book? Here are 19 other things you’d really need to know about this Mockingbird…

Anand Chandy

The Real Slim Shady
Marshall Bruce Mathers III probably sounded too much like a K.K.K leader rather than rhyme spewing rapper. Born and raised for the larger portion of his life in the predominantly white neighborhoods of St. Joseph, Missouri and Warren, Michigan, it’s amazing that he ever became a rapper.
Super Fly Freestyle
Apart from his obviously white boy-wannabe-a-black-gang banger image he gained a lot of his attention at the freestyle rap shows he performed at for his amazing flow. He won a lot of the freestyle rap battles at the Osborn High School earning the respect of all those who thought he would have been better of as a Johnny Cash impersonator.
Shady Vanilli
Yeah, you would call this rap sensation that if you’d met him back in the day. He used to lip sync to LL Cool J songs at all the house parties he decided to drop bombs at. Incidentally, it was one of these jump-on-the-furniture sessions that he made his biggest mistake. He met Kim.
Three’s A Charm
All he wanted to do was “Sing For The Moment.” He wasn’t really interested in school and just wanted to be the best rapper in the hood. After failing the 9th grade a total of 3 times he decided to finally give up and hit the road.
Kiss The Cook
Before he became a major rap star he was a full-time high school dropout, underage parent, unemployed alias the whole works. He worked as a short order cook at the Gilbert Lodge in Michigan, where he first learnt out slice and dice stuff.
Infinite Justice
After years of struggle and heart ache he did what was considered impossible and released the first proper rap album from a white American, after Vanilla Ice and Snow, under the title Infinite. The album was all about the struggles he faced supporting a career going no where and bringing up his young daughter, Hailie jade Scott.
Rip Off
The very critics who thought that Eminem sounded like Nas and AZ and had tremendous flow began accusing him of ripping of underground rapper, Cage’s style. They even claimed that he whacked subject matter from the virtually unheard of MC.
Black Or White?
Post the album release Eminem won 2nd place at the Rap Olympics. Jimmy Lovine, CEO of Interscope Records at the time handed Eminem’s demo tape to Dr. Dre at Aftermath Records. Dre actually thought Eminem was black when he signed him on to begin recording the mega-hit Slim Shady LP. He even made a guest appearance on Kid Rock’s “F*** Off” single.
No Borders
Though he wasn’t exactly KKK or a Black Panther, he dissed both the African American and White American communities. He especially went after women with his heavily abusive lyrics and chauvinist comments. It was his open honesty of his disillusionment of humanity that made him a controversial success.

Clown Basher
Like a lot of people Eminem hates clowns. Two clowns, in specific, though, who rapped to fame as the Insane Clown Posse. It all began when Mathers handed out flyers indicating ICP would be at the release of the Slim Shady LP, without asking ICP permission to use their name. They would go on to throw infinite barbs at each other in the years to come after this.

Pill Popper
Yeah, after all the disturbing lyrics he manages to conjure up it’s really not that difficult to understand why he has trouble to sleep at night. Imagine Courtney Love trying to exact revenge for what you sang about her. The horror! He tanks up on Zolpidem sleeping pills every night. We doubt he sees the Easter bunny in his dreams though.
Bonnie And Clyde
The only person that Eminem loves with all his heart is probably his daughter. He replaced his wedding ring with a ring Hailie gave him, which reads “DAD.” He features her on some of his songs like “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” and “97 Bonnie And Clyde.” Mathers has gone as far as to ink his back with a portrait of her.
Pop Lock And Drop It
If you thought his lyrics were violent step into a day of grocery shopping with the man. He pulled an unloaded gun and placed it on the floor during a verbal slug fest at a car audio store in Michigan. The very next day he was arrested for beating the daylights of a bouncer for allegedly getting fresh with Kim.
To Kim Or Not To Kim
We’d vote Britney for Sainthood after watching the diadem of nonsense that is Eminem’s relationship with Kim. They’ve been on and off each other for years now and we’ll probably never know when they’ll stay together for good just for Hailie.
Thesaur-ass
Eminem’s planning to publish his own children’s book. This one’s straight from the heart and it helps single fathers raise their children and explain the concept of divorce. No prizes as to guessing why he’s named the book, “Daddy. Why’s Mommy A Dirty Whore?” Last year he released The Way I Am, a tell-all autobiography about his controversial rise to fame, revealing the literary genius lurking under the trailer trash persona
Thespian from Hell
Apart from cameos he showed his brass as a fantastic actor in 8 Mile. The rapper even throws up quite effortlessly in the movie. Mather’s is also a voice actor as he once proved at an awards ceremony where he launched a muppet attack on Lindsay Lohan before performing “Mockingbird.”
Cartoon Superman
Cartoon’s are his favorite past time. His favorite cartoon is South Park. We can hardly argue with the lyrical genius when he calls himself a much older version of the fat and abusive, Eric Cartman, one of the characters on the show.
The Dirty Dozen
That’s the full form of the acronym D-12- the name his crew goes by. Their so tight, that they even supported Eminem for president at the Shady National Convention. Eminem was quite the candidate preaching change, dissing himself and wearing a blue suit with bunny slippers. Pity he and D-12 never made it to the White House.
Leak Show
Like a lot of big hits in the past Mathers new album has drawn heavy controversy in before its release. The single, “#1” which leaked on the net and is now been blocked on many sights escaped the tightly protected Shady records on a DJ’s mix tape. Eminem is now busy suing a number of web sites before announcing the final release date of Relapse.
East Coast Heart
No matter how much he does on the West Coast he loves Detroit and the rest of the East Coast with all his heart. He doesn’t define himself as East Coast but he’s so much a part of the Bronx that he was the only guest artist to appear on Jay Z’s Blueprint.