Eminem Facts
* Eminem is the fastest selling hip-hop artist as recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records.
* To be signed to Shady records you have to battle Eminem
* Eminem dropped out of school in 9th grade to concentrate on his rap career.
* 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.)
* Eminem’s roots can be traced back to Scotland and Wales.
* There have been false reports of his death – 4 times in a car crash and a drug overdose once.
* Of all the members in D12 Eminem is the oldest.
* Eminem is a huge fan of Spiderman.
* Eminem is a Baptist but he has no religious faith, the mother of his child is a Catholic.
* Em wears glasses because he’s near-sighted.
* Eminem is interested in all types of gadgets.
* Eminem has a favourite porn star named Janet Jacme.
* Kim and Em’s term of endearment is “Stinky”.
* Even though it was reported that Eminem had attempted suicide it was untrue. He has mistakenly overdosed on anti-depressants to fight his depression.
* Eminem’s first album was called ‘Infinite’ and it sold 1,000 copies.
* Despite his chosen profession, Em is still a very quiet individual (much like his character Rabbit) which either surprises or annoys the **** out of people.
* He never liked the fact that people stared at him and took offence a lot.
* Eminem’s favourite actor is Robin Williams.
* The Matrix is Eminem’s favourite movie of all time.
* His talent for words and lyrics was spotted at age 4 when he put words together that rhymed.
* At age 11 he had a crush on Madonna.
* A concert by Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane and Queen Latifah was the first concert that he attended.
* He cuts his own hair rather than going to a barber.
* Busta Rhymes’s “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” is his favourite dance song.
* Eminem and Dr. Dre’s first choice for Stan was the actor Macaulay Culkin but he was busy at the time.
* Lose Yourself is one of the songs most likely to lead to car crashes according to polls.
* Elton John’s Rocket Man is dedicated to Eminem.
* Eminem’s favourite make of car is Ford.
* Shannon Elizabeth was his primary choice to be the girl in ‘Superman’.
* 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.
* Em and Hailie has a cat named Tigger.
* For his 8 Mile role, Eminem dropped from 12 stone to 10.35 stone.
* Em wears size XXL clothes.
* Marshall Jr. and Debbie were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. They played @ Ramada Inns along the Dakota-Montana border.
* Em prefers Fords. His friends say that he doesn’t like to drive though.
* Surprisingly Eminem doesn’t smoke.
* When he was younger he used to spend every night studying the dictionary to improve his lexicon.
* Eminem hoped that he would become a comic-book artist when he was older.
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