The 92nd Annual Academy Awards got underway at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 9). Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson were among the many Hollywood heavyweights present for the ceremony.
But one person certainly wasn’t expected to make an appearance — Eminem. Seventeen years after winning an Oscar for the 8 Mile track “Lose Yourself,” Slim Shady finally found his way to the stage to perform the 2002 hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPs7r9IfIxQ
Shortly after the performance aired, Shady tweeted about the momentous occasion.
“Look, if you had another shot, another opportunity,” he wrote. “Thanks for having me @TheAcademy. Sorry it took me 18 years to get here.”
“Lose Yourself” won an Oscar in the Best Original Song category at the 2003 Academy Awards and was the first Hip Hop song ever to earn the honor.
The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it remained for 12 consecutive weeks. It also marked Em’s first chart-topping single.
Revisit the video below.
The garbage I’ve read about this… ‘Completely unrecognizable’ because why? He has a beard? LMAO
it’s Eminem… just him showing up in public causes mass frustration lmfao. Just look at green haired, emo looking Billie Eyelash’s expression at first. The dude has been pissing people off for 20+ years, and it’s amazing.
Billie Eilish is a dude? and has been doing it for 20 years too, that’s crazy. She look so young and like a girl. Who’da known?
So funny………….
Dopest MC to ever hit the mic. BETTER than tupac, BETTER than biggie, better than anyone. Fk arguing, just close out your browser!
“We wouldn’t see eye to eye with a staring problem”
Please. Mobb Deep has a better catalogue. Sean Price is more lyrically entertaining. “Dopest MC ever”. FOH. Here y’all go with that old Elvis trick. What’s next? Larry Bird is better than Kobe? Justin Timberlake is the GOAT of all R& B? You got skiing and hockey since you lost golf and tennis. Be happy with that and run your dysfunctional ears back to work at Dunkin Donuts.
Yes sir… facts..100% facts
Elvis trick… yawn. keep playing the race card
At 42, ive been listening to Em since he came out. Ive been down with the Dogg pound, DJ quik, dre, mobb deep, The Lox, etc, all the dope shit from around 1987 to now. Fuck everything you just said to west coast blunt. You calling Sean price more entertaining? Bitch! Where is the lyrical game? You about as stupid as fuck to put those names over Eminem. Go back to your Almighty RSO CD and STFU. Gay asses like you is why hip hop died.
He’s an amazing MC/rapper. Arguably the best to ever do it. But sobriety has shown him to be a bad songwriter/artist and that combination makes for albums that either are bad upon release, or don’t age well.
I agree with your assessment… #lackluster
Living legend!!! U know u hate him just cause he is white
Nah, cuz most of his songs are wack despite having damn good lyric skills. Nobody is bumpin Em in the whip. Trust. Matter of fact, speaking of TRUST, I’d rather listen to 38 Spesh on repeat for 30 days in a row than listen to Em for a half hour.
Not even EM fans bump em in the whip. Hes not that type of rapper. Idk why u slow fks dont umderstand diff music is played in diff scenerios.
Yall sound remedial w that ‘wE dOnT buMp eM iN dA WhIp’
The minute you don’t drink Ems Kool side the stans get upset.. your statement is 100% truth.. thanks for a hard hitting truth…
Hes so desperate these days its pathertic. Just quirt you washed up geezer, This is 2020, Its all about drake now. Drake runs this rap game. If drake drops an album it will go platinum in a week. Drake runs this rap game. Get a drake feature or get the fuck out of the rap game.
– Guy who likes his own comment.
Em album #1 in the WORLD. Billboard chart records and so on. Go listen to Marvin’s Room in the dark you weirdo.
only thing Drake runs is his dick, in and out of your mouth.
? you fucking dick eating hater. Em is the truth. Im a black dude from the bronx. And i fucks with Em. Seems to me all you other blacks is mad a white man is better they all your favorIte drug addict mumble rappers. Drake better then Em??? nigga dont even write his own shit gtfoh. I bet you would smear drake’s nut all over your face for a like, you nobody ass bitch.
Lol this dirtbag scum should crawl back in the trailer park sewer that he oozes out of.. the bastard son of Kid halfassed Rock and Beavis of the Buttheads.. A 50 year old wigga hopper who beefs w/ Brittany Spears, Mariah Carey and Elton John.. The great white nope.. Hahahaha
Why do people think he lives in a trailer park…he has a multimillion dollar home in Michigan and properties around the world lol
bcs he looks like trailer park white trash meth head…..feminem is whack and even Im white
misinformed as usual. why even post.
A foreign film wins multiple major awards and there are still clowns like Portman protesting about diversity. These people want diversity for diversity’s sake and not on merit. They also don’t account for ratios of male to female directors, or lead white/black actors, or the fact that less than 15% of the population is black. Diversity for diversity’s sake is dangerous.
Get the fuck away from this culture bitch.
Cause I value a meritocracy? I know how foreign that must be to a ‘woke’ pos like yourself. Such a thoughtful comment… Call someone a bitch to their face, tough guy.
Rapping to his peers: MK ULTRA slaves and handlers. Bid deal.
Feminem is a MKULTRA slave. His handlers have him on a short leash. Did he make everyone on the Oscars set up crew leave the venue during the sound check?
Damn right about the MKULTRA deal. Teach these sheep.
Dude clearly replying to his own message twice. Sad as fuck
Keep speaking the truth man.. stans are going to come at you.. but the truth hurts.. that man showed up and brought a foul stench to the Oscar’s.. it was hilarious
Bruh not saying MK Ultra isn’t real as well as the ills of the industry that’s facts but dude. EM is just performing a dang song, it’s actually great marketing as the new generation is going to look up 8mile and that going to bring more revenue, not that he needs it. Dude probably was in a different mindset back then. Older and wiser now he probably was like “ man i think I’ll do this” really isn’t that serious. Every moment is not a dang conspiracy.
I’m not an MK ultra conspiracy theorist.. I just think that old crafty wack dinosaurs should stay in their lanes.. When this guy backed up by the Butthole Surf Mafia showed up.. The Oscars became a shit show.. 20 years ago wack shit like this showed up.. it’s lame..and he’s a modern day LARRY Holmes .. he’s nasty, fat flabby and sick.. Way too many hard drugs have robbed him of what little talent he may have once had.. The guy is a joke.. Don’t blame me and others for laughing..
Man shut up, you sound like a buffoon.
Stupid headline. Why does this site bash Em at every chance. They slight him. Its weird you’re a hiphop site that bashes it legends that love and promote this culture
Wack
Who was bashing him? Em said himself that he arrived 18 years late.
Far be it from me to ever defend writer of this post/headline, but there’s nothing wrong with the headline. Stop being a hypersensitive Stan-child.
Haha all the luvvies bopping their heads. Hate them all. How many anti Trump speeches was their? I know Brad Pitt did one after winning for his shitty boring film.
…shut the fuck up.
Seems every speech was anti-something. From climate change, Trump to milk… Burn Hollywood, Burn.
I like 2 talk about eminems greatness infront of black ppl i know that dont like em bc hes white (small few of my friends) .. i find it funny and usuLly end up getting a good laugh in the end
And it hilarious that mostly white people are the only ones sayings he is a legend.
The truth hurts..
Hahahahahaha..
Ain’t none wrong with M&M, melt in your mouth and not in your hand
8mile was a dope movie, the songs in the movie were dope. Em’s songs in the movie were terrible and this song was weak because of the wack ass beat. His music is soooo corny for a cat with all that skill.
Lose Yourself and 8 Mile are both classics.
You dont know hip hop… What is music then?
It is a part of you.
You are not EM.
Appreciate the music…
Your opinions are irreverent and elementary.
What you got?
Fuck your Mother !
One of the best moments of the Oscars. I remember them showing 8 Mile clips and being like, “Why aren’t they playing Lose Yourself?” Then he shows up on stage.
Yo where’s Lord Jamar? Why didn’t he attend the oscar? Oh wait he at Vlad’s couch sucking vlad’s dick. Lol
. . .he just a bitter old #oon who never made it smh.
too many wrong people getting on airwaves than airlines
I could’ve sworn Em performed lose yourself at the Oscars back in the day. Maybe it was the Grammys..
I am 34 and this song was popular when I was 16. interesting choice of lyrics…….