He may now be one of the world’s highest selling emcees, but there was once a time before Eminem found fame and acclaim. Now, The List reports that Marshall Mathers actually almost gave up on his career before it even started.
Em recalled that he almost gave up on music after getting booed off stage at his first live performance. Despite the trauma of bombing on stage, he worked past it and grabbed the mic once again. He went on to say that rapping has been his driving force in life and helped him come back from his lowest moments.
“The first time I rapped in front of actual people that mattered, in a club, I got booed. And it was very traumatic for me,” he said. “I just remember it being so fucking traumatic, and I think I went home and I was like, man, I quit. And you know a week later, a day later, an hour later I got the urge, and I was like, I gotta get up, I gotta do it again.”
He went on to say, “I certainly feel like if it wasn’t for Rap, obviously, I wouldn’t be here, but it gave me my voice, it gave me my outlook, it gave me strength, you know what I came back from, overdose and a whole load of shit – without rap I wouldn’t be able to do a fucking thing.”
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I thought he meant recently.. cause he sorta alluded to that a few times on Recovery. eh well, cool story bro
YOU’RE GAY BRO
past your bedtime nigga, shut up
LOL! at this editor are you fucking kidding me. I’m pretty sure we knew this for years, this article is a joke.
Biggie Got Boo’d Early In His Career Too.
What Does That Tell Me?
Audiences Don’t Have A Clue.
if your the Audiences its so easy to criticize
i heard that most comedians get booed too
you have too be really funny too be a comedians…study the art of comedy.
He even says this on White America. This is not news.
This is the interview from The Art of Rap. SMH you guys should have see that movie and should know this shit
Reveals? they made a whole movie about this like 10 yrs ago.
the movie was Hollywood fakeness… he never lived in a trailer park ether.
How would you know? Do you live in his neighborhood? Niggas are retarded for thinking they know a muthafucker.
so sad he didn’t.
this mothafucka is so overrated it’s ridiculous
corny ass mothafucka poppin pills and crying on his records bout his fiancee and his mom and son’s relationship
Overrated how? You come up with the punch lines he does on every single track.
Look at the impact he’s had on the game.. He paved the way for other white rappers too, you’re most probably a Mac Miller fan, so you can’t say much.
beastie boys didnt have anything to do with that at all apparently
I agree with everything he said this honky and his family don’t deserve to live.
you guys probably dickride some super underground rapper, or the new flavor of the month… or probably both
Most artists don’t have the luxury of being a recluse. Em isn’t the same caliber of MC he once was, but at least he knows his limitations. He could have made so many bad movies by now, but he didn’t.
Everyone gets booed, it ain’t a reason for quitting the rap game
This is news from. 8-10 YEARS ago
Next up you’ll be telling us gangstarr broke up
OH SHIT!!! GANG STARR BROKE UP?!!! (sarcasm)
I heard 2Pac died too….I bet it’s just a rumor. Can anyone from HHDX confirm this?
news break your mom is a whore
LOL you’re right this shit is old he already said that
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Oh shit did you guys heard the new Big Pun album Capital Punishment!!!? lol(hahaha)
^^ I heard that shit and is wack as fuck War & Peace Vol. 1 is way better
When is D12’s Shady debut droppin’? I want to hear what Obie Trice’s debut sounds like too? Statlanta is gonna sell millions. I heard that Eminem is gonna make a moive called “8 Mile” based on his life. Sounds dope. I just hope Em put out a kiler single (which sold millions and one of the greatest hip hop singles ever).
HE SHOULD HAVE QUIT FUCK THAT RACIST PEICE OF SHIT..THIS CLOWN MAD OVERATED
“MAD OVERRATED”
So is Lil Wayne.
Are you sure that your not racist??
I also heard that the editor of this almost quite journalism… is this true? because the story only broke a while ago.
I wish his life was still fucked up cause he would make great music now that he’s happy his raps sound below average
It’s selfish groupies like you that make me lose faith in humanity.
^^Groupie?!?!?! Bitch I’m probably your father and you don’t even know!!! Once you grow a pennis and fuck a bitch you come talk to me 😉
you’re a grown-ass groupie then nigga. wish his life was fucked up, fuck is that about. he got a real scare almost died from that shit, he don’t need that. some of his tracks he still kills it, more than a damn good percentage of emcees.
^^ Sorry if you got butthurt honey but all I said was the truth. He should get drugged again, it’s when he sounds better.
I guess I am butthurt when I hear such retardation. he didn’t sound better for shit, you’re just being an overnostalgic bum who thinks someone needs drugs to spit ill. that’s fuckin retarded. he spit it raw on Hell: the Sequel and he still kills most emcees today.
^^^ Put this honky on the side of KRS and he’ll get pregnant.
^^^hang this nigga by the neck and the gene pool will be slightly more optimistic
So when Nas makes a whole record about his daughter and Kelis, ya’ll praise it and think its amazing. When Eminem talks about his daughter and his wife, ya’ll talk shit. All of you who think this way are BITCHMADE. No disrespect to Nas btw.
WAS NAS RAPING ABOUT KILLING HIS WIFE N HIS MOM THO??
ON HIS LAST ALBUM HE RAPPED ABOUT SUCKING HIS UNCLE’S DICK Y’ALL CALLED IT ART N BEING CREATIVE GTFOH
Nas never rapped about raping someone and Nas ain’t white. Eminem deserves to die.
The niggas that replied to the OP are a bunch of hating ass fuckboys.
^^^And you’re a honky ass Eminem dickrider. Go back to the caves of Europe fucking cracker.
^^another must-be victim that should optimize the gene pool
“Can anyone from HHDX confirm this?”
They can’t spell 2pac much less confirm it.
Can’t be mad at the truth though LMAO
This must be Hip Hop DX’s slowest day ever. I mean, c’mon, he already said this shit, next y’all will post an articlte saying Kanye West farted on the street.
Okay HipHopDx your next story will be that Ray J and Kim kardashian now has a sex tape.. Old fucking news man
You know how u feel when people say eminem is white trash.. ?? add that to how eminem feels mulitiply it by 100, that is how every black person feels when they encounter racist shit from white people. Personally i think Em is the best but i understand why some black people respond the way they do.
duhhh …8 mile basically..
One of the highest selling mc’s? He is the highest selling rapper of all time. He still sells more then any rapper today. Fuck all the politics Eminem is top 5 DOA. Im black and I can admit this. But you notice no one in the hip hop media ever admits this. I never heard big Tigga or Sway or any radio personality or dj ever confirm this. Whats so bad about a white dude being the best selling artist of a mostly black genre..? Oops I guess I just answered my own question.
Poor kid, you’ll never understand. Listen to the words of KRS-One and then you come talk to me, OK?
‘Poor kid, you’ll never understand. Listen to the words of KRS-One and then you come talk to me, OK?’
OK this is what KRS-One said about Eminem: ‘He is dope, his new 3 A.M song about the killing is nasty and very creative’
Not an Eminem dickryder, but that’s KRS-One on Eminem and I really don’t know what point you wanna make…
the problem is that you goons digest high record sales as quality and fall for every marketing gimmick created by Interscope to make you believe EM is so great. If he didn’t have the Interscope monster in his corner, he would have been an underground MC forever. He turned his back on the Outsidaz, the Rawkus crowd, and all the people he ran with in the beginning and let the industry myth builders sell you the Elvis and Vanilla Ice “best ever” dream to you and you ate it up. Creating a lame story about demo’s and dumb luck, they sold you this story of Dr. Dre discovering EM and growing from there. If Dre was real, he would still be pushing his Aftermath fam, but once the hype of Eminem blew up, the STANs came out in support to claim that the white guy is the best. I am not saying he isnt talented, but once you separate “the great white hype” from marketing and sales, EM doesn’t hold a candle to the honesty of the true school MC’s. White people flock to anything “white” dominated by minorities and EM’s success is evidence of that. Stop drinking the kool aid and figure out if you like EM cause you like him, or you like him because you’re told to like him because he is great. Mind games can dip in your pockets your whole life. Sometimes you vote for a candidate because he is the only candidate, like Republicans and Mitt Romney. They don’t like him, but they don’t want to lose so they will settle.
Wow. I’ve seen hate-filled rant novels before, but this one takes the cake.
@bee dee eye, good comment man. Now that is some worthy shit to read about…
You’re joking.
@bee dee.. its funny that you have to come up with assumptions to try to validate your point..and how are you so sure dre didn’t discover and signed eminem? you don’t muthufucker. and telling me to consider whether i like him or because im told to like him..lmao..thats just stupid.ever heard of freedom of choice?..your whole essay is idiotic.. trying to come up smart and playing the whole ”white hype” card..
“EM doesn’t hold a candle to the honesty of the true school MC’s.”.. thats the line which tells me where you get butt hurt, its plain to see youre just sad because your favourite rapper doesn’t get as much acknowledgement..
gets me real upset thinkin bout how im 21, and i first listened to eminem at age 9, and now hes basically out of gas, it makes me real depressed to think that his talent was the result of major drug use, because drugs do give u creativity..which he clearly lost as of now..this sloppyhouse album has got me really heated, this shit has 3 horrible forefront singles…
nigga you were 9. that’s why you think he ran out of gas
sayin he lost a bit of it is okay. but he’s going on over a decade and still kills the majority of emcees today.
but hey you know what? some lil sumbitch soon is gonna reply to my post and list me a bunch of obscure jerkin-the-curtain underground niggas that are OBVIOUSLY iller than him. why? cause that’s how the industry works. when the fact is dude been killin it for a long time, fell a bit in the middle but still went grindin at it hard.
niggas like lil wayne ran out of gas. when really it been runnin on a honda civic since he started.
^^^ I would reply to your comment, but it’s just too damn retarted.
It’s not that he ran out of gas so much as it is that the radio is so different today that the most popular songs from Recovery were his worst (in my opinion). Cold Wind Blows, So Bad, Almost Famous, and Untitled were a lot like Slim Shady type songs. Obviously not quite to the degree because he isn’t a 25 year old goon any more. He grew up but the lyrics and concepts are still strong in those songs. Plus he had a lot of other songs that were solid on that album, the radio stations just blew up the wrong ones.
Decatur ATL Boi… Sorry to say, but you kinda did reply to his comment.. so
“hey let me make a condescending reply with no argument to make it appear I’m right when I haven’t said shit!” – Decatur
nigga wash your ass
SO BECAUSE SOMEONE SELLS MORE ALBUMS HE’S BETTER?? THIS HONKY DOES NOT HAVE A CLASSIC ALBUM..LETS BE REAL WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ONE OF Y’ALL SAID LET ME LISTEN TO THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP THAT SHIT CLASSIC FOH..NAS HAS 4 OR 5 CLASSIC ALBUMS THATS A TRUE MC..THIS CLOWNS JUST HAS MILLIONS OF DUMB WHITE FANS THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HIP HOP
“THIS CLOWNS JUST HAS MILLIONS OF DUMB WHITE FANS THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HIP HOP”
I know plenty of Asians, Mexicans & blacks that think Eminem is a beast. It’s not just white people that love Em. Your blatant ignorance makes me laugh.
“NAS HAS 4 OR 5 CLASSIC ALBUMS THATS A TRUE MC”
And who really goes back to listen to ALL of Nas’ albums? They just go back to Illmatic & they leave it at that.
I always go back and listen to Marshall Mathers LP
shut up Em=all day… slaughgust 28 cop it or be square
To the first anonymous: you cannot ever get to look me in my face and truthfully tell me you know one non white Eminem fan.
I know plenty of non white Eminem fans and I’m one of them.
C HELLA RAPPERS SAID HE’S NICE
BEEN GETTIN PROPS SINCE DA 1ST CD
BUT IT’S U FCUKBOIS
U STANS DAT NOBODY LIKES U WANNA MAKE IT LIKE NO ONE ELSE EXISTED EXCEPT HIM
U ACT LIKE BEASTIE BOYS, RICK RUBIN, 3RD BASS HOUSE OF PAIN EVER EXISTED & N!GGAS ROLLED WIT THEM
JUS LIKE EM ROLLED WIT N!GGAS SINCE DAY 1
I CAN IMAGINE ALL THE FAN MAIL & SHOW TALK
“Y U HANG OUT WITH N!GGERS UR BETTER!”
HE MADE 2 SONGS 4 U
THE REAL SLIM SHADY & STAN
& U FCUKBOIS CAN’T C HE’S TALKIN BOUT U TELLIN U LEGGO HIS NUTS
HE DON’T WANNA B DA GREATEST WHITE RAPPER
HE JUS WANNA B A RAPPER
U MADE HIM A DRUGGIE 2 EASE DA PAIN FROM UR FCUKBOI TENDENCIES
EMINEM WAS ON THE RZA REMIX WAKE UP FOR SWAYS RADIO SHOW
CUT IT OUT
N1GGAS EVEN HAD LUV 4 BUBBA SPARXXX RA THE RUGGED MAN BROTHER ALI
IT’S U CLOWNS THAT MADE N!GGAS TUNE OUT EMINEM & EVEN WHITEBOYS IN DA INDUSTRY AND OUT HAVE SAID THIS OVER THE LAST 10 YRS
IT’S U NOT HIM
If only I could speak Ebonics…
You the truth. Em does get dickrided too much. And its making his fans look bad. I’m not the average EM Fan tho. I listen to 2pac, Hov, Biggie,Nas, Game, Weezy kendrick lamar, Slaughterhouse, Kanye and then Eminem. But Eminem deserves credit for all he’s done. He changed the Game up. Like Pac, Nas and Lupe Fiasco, Eminem is a lyrical genius.
Em will and always will be one of the highest selling rappers of all time, it sucks for others because they get mad an say he ain’t the best but when there favorite rappers like nas, tech, or anybody that even takes a pic with him they instantly gotta start hatin on him or just jump back on the wagon, the way I see it for you fuckers that say he was better on the drugs I pity you people cause it shows how just fuckin low humanity really would stoop to just to see someone die on drugs then rather see them rise and still being able to have the ability to fucking kill it in the game, So I’m still an Eminem fan whether you like it or not call me a stan but I’m a real fan So keep killin it Em And Fuck Y’all
‘spec
You’re by far the biggest Eminem dickrider I ever seen in my life o.O
Where in his comment suggests he’s a dickrider? He’s a true fan and not some bandwagon sheep.
Damn some of u r harsh. Ems had a huge impact on rap and if u cant c that then there is no hope (btw, not sayin that peeps like beastie boys aint do nothin). and just cos he dont make music as well as he used 2 dont mean u can wish 4 him to be drugged up again. thats like ur boss sayin ‘u didnt show up to work’ and then shootin u in the head. overreaction man, and not needed.
And you’re too much butthurt, and that’s definitly not necessary. If you can’t take a fucking joke, go away, this site ain’t for you.
EM BE STR8 BEASTIN ON THESE NICCAS
Can you speak English please???
So how old is Haley now? 😉
37
Its hailey, and old enough mmmmm
HAILEY MY LITTLE IS 37 YEARS OLD BY NOW…
You guys are fucking retarded. Straight extra chromosome carrying internet dweebs. Who cares if this topic about Em was brought up before. It was an interesting read and if you’ve heard about it before, then why come on here to comment? You were OBVIOUSLY still interested. Get out your high chair and sit right you fags.
Go listen to Ne-Yo then bitch
LOL yo that girl Kim is a fool
KRS-One > Rakim > Nas > 2Pac > Ice Cube > Eminem
KRS-One = Rakim = Nas = 2Pac = Ice Cube = Eminem
They’re all equally great rappers.
Eminem has always been garbage too me. Way overrated.
Co-sign.
LMAO preach
Exactly hahaha
All of you have shitty music taste. You probably like 2Chainz.
all y’all some ignant skinny jeanz wearin ass niggaz
Jump off a bridge if you really believe that.
can’t wait to see what his next album will sound like. Prob. gonna sell like 700,000-800,000 1st week like Recovery.
In this climate? Nah, I think it won’t sell further than 300.000 on the first week.
the climate aint changed that much since 2010 when recovery dropped fool.. in fact in 09 with the height of the GFC and music industry bombin he sold 600 week one with no major single .. hate him or love him he moves units
All people do is hate and chirp on this site. Not to mention, why we even speaking about race now, who gives a fuck if he’s white. we are talking about Eminem as an artist not a white guy rapping. People are still so ignorant and it’s not only white people that are racist, every other race is as well.
But he is a white guy rapping. And black people didn’t invent Apartheid. 😉
The fuckboys in this website is crazy. This dude shits on your favorite rappers.
I used to think Em was so popular because he was white(which may be true to an extent) but seeing as literally every other white rapper has flopped, even Mac miller failed to go gold i just don’t know anymore maybe there’s something there
Simple; Eminem has talent as a rapper.
Mack Miller don’t need to go gold…he is independent….so even if he sales 30,000….that is mad money…he gets all that…He makes more money of 30,000 sales then a major artist on a major label makes going gold. Not to mention Mack Miller sells out damn near all his shows…..thats why he has his own tv show….Miller is good..trust me
When a friend of mine buys new shoes he asks the attendant which colour he has sold the least of and he buys them weather he likes the colour or not. A lot of you people hate Eminem for the sole reason is that his music is popular. Or because he is white and you are black. Just admit it.
your friend is stupid then… buying shit he doesn’t even like just for the sake of being different, that’s lame…
Schwarz strikes again….
The Beasties are a great example. Close to 30m sold, first album did around 9m, no one cared about their race and they were embraced in the Hip Hop community. Inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame, great career.
But if you scroll thru these comments, Eminem changed the game (although nothing changed in Hip Hop except maybe your personal interest in it), is the best to ever do it, is one of the highest selling, had a huge impact on rap, if you don’t like him it’s because he’s white. Beasties aren’t even mentioned.
Why don’t you compare the Caucasian rappers against each other? Why is always whoever is Black versus Eminem? Because it’s a great time for some of his rabid fans (NOT ALL OF THEM) to say “the white dude is better than all the n****rs”. He has to be on top so you can claim victory. It’s quite obvious.
if eminem is that wack how come he is on most rappers top 5 DOA eg Jay z,kool g rap,fabulous,redman,rakim scarface and more.fine he might not be number one as theys no such thing as number one as everybody has thier own list but u cant take em out the top list.
Who has Fabolous in their top 5 DOA?
^^^^ co-sign
eu amo Eminem ainda bem que ele no desistiu
EM LOST ALL CREDABILITY ONCE HE STARTED SUCKIN ELTON JOHN DICK
Yeah I heard Elton Jonh said “Em has got some MAD deepthroat skillz” lol
well fuck you, you fucking puppet
Shut ya mouth lil bitch
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When Proof died Eminem hit the bottle and started making shit music.
No. Eminem hit the bottle at all and both Relapse and MMLP2 were good albums.
niggas shut the fuck up emeiem makes good music I’m pretty sure if you were a rapper too and had the opportunity to make a song with elton john you wouldn’t be able to do shit with it now go kick rocks and go be somebody yourselves fuck all you people trying to hate on eminem kill yourselfs
and black people can rap just as equally as white people
but not as equally as eminem