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he’s one of the best-selling artists of
all time but even his biggest fans may
not know all of these surprising details
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 things you didn’t know about Eminem
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at interesting and perhaps
surprising details from the famous
rappers life one shot one opportunity
number 10 he’s left her with Oscar win
for Best Original Song one moment it may
be a surprise for some to learn that
Eminem has even won an Oscar considering
how long it took Leonardo DiCaprio to
win his victory came as the 75th Academy
Awards when he took home the Oscar for
Best Original Song for lose yourself
which appeared in the film eight mile
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going up against songs from films like
Chicago and gangs of new york however
caused eminem to stay home as he
believed he had no shot at winning
[Music]
number nine he shut down Weird Al
Yankovic considering how many people
Eminem has parodied over the years it
may come as a surprise to learn that he
had an issue with someone parroting one
of his own songs back in 2003 Weird Al
Yankovic tenly song couch potato a
parody of lose yourself and intended for
it to be the lead single on his new
album rocky Nicole Nicole Gollum was
fine with Weird Al parroting the song he
did not want to be released as a single
and prevented a music video from being
made as he did not want to detract from
the legacy of lose yourself
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number eight he failed grade 9 three
times before dropping out
I’m nobody wants to see more so no more
they want stadium some lettuce sometimes
success in school doesn’t always
translate to success later in life and
vice versa M&M may be the perfect
example of the latter while he did
participate in rap battles on the school
playground
he had trouble making it to class which
naturally led to poor grades and
repeated the ninth grade three times
before eventually dropping out entirely
at the age of 17 although he did enjoy
English through his love of comic books
he didn’t care for literature and
generally disliked math and social
studies I’m beginning to feel like a rap
rap
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number seven is biggest inspiration in
music are the Beastie Boys The Beastie
Boys are one of the most successful
hip-hop groups of all time releasing
seven platinum or better albums between
1984 and 2004 their style changes the
rap game forever one of their biggest
admirers was Eminem who paid tribute to
the group on his 2013 single berserk in
fact the song samples fight for your
right and he even dresses like the
members of the group in the video
considering the group’s we don’t care
what other people think attitude it’s no
wonder mm as one of their biggest fan
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I’m still in the fixed residence give me
now up kitchen products incoming number
six he was sued by his own mother for
defamation
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anyone who has ever listened to a number
of Eminem songs will know that he has a
complicated relationship with his mother
Debbie Nelson Mathers gave birth to
Marshall Mathers when she was just 17
years old when M was a teenager she
kicked him out of the house on numerous
occasions Eminem retaliated through his
lyrics particularly on the Slim Shady LP
try the WIMP its ingredients in your
momma pop and prescription pills
indicates his mom didn’t take too kindly
to this however and sued her own son for
10 million dollars she ended up
receiving 1,600 in damages you’re
kicking me out it’s a scenic reason it’s
Christmassy fixity mama me grandma can
come making a heavy drop of number 5 to
record his daughter’s birth he lied
about taking her to Chuck E Cheese of
course his mother isn’t the only person
the rapper has gone after over the years
on the track 97 Bonnie and Clyde em
spins a tale where he kills his ex-wife
and dumps her body in the ocean while
his infant daughter helps in order to
record Haley’s lines in the song he told
his ex-wife that he was actually taking
her to Chuck E Cheese but instead went
to the recording studio Messier
when that it was off in the bordering me
you can play by ourselves can tweet and
if you want to feel old
consider this Haley is now 21 years old
we need in this
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number four he’s a huge comic book fan
here before general zod this planet’s
krypton no asgard asgard
huge authority job old clothing zombie
post eminem may have enjoyed english
during a short time at high school but
he wasn’t into classical literature so
much as he was into comic book in fact
eminem is a massive comic book fan many
of his songs referenced comic book
characters such as in rap god and he
owns a collection that others have
described as otherworldly he even owns
amazing fantasy number 15 which features
the first appearance of spider-man to
top it off even appeared in a Marvel
comic book alongside the Punisher and
Matt should not be working on the balkan
game but insisted talking head a zombie
floating number three he’s in the
Guinness Book of World Records for most
words in a hit single I’m beginning to
feel like a rap god all my people from a
footprint of blackness Jackson on
Eminem’s 2013 single rap God proved that
he was still on top of not only his game
but the rap game in general this track
features an astounding 1551 words in
total which set a record for most words
in the hit single how did he fit so many
words into one single track well one
verse features an outrageous 97 words in
just 15 seconds an average of 6.5 words
per second devastating more than ever
demonstrating how to give a motherfuckin
audience a feeling like it’s levitating
never fading and I know the haters are
forever waiting for the day to take a
say I fell off the beat on the burning
prove I know the way they’re getting
motivated I make elevating music you
make elevator music while others may try
to claim the title of the king there is
no doubt that when it comes to dropping
crime
mmm is all-powerful I don’t know how to
make go like that I don’t know what
lurks did you let me know when it occurs
to you while I’m ripping anyone in
person to versus u-turn from
inadvertently hurting you how many
persons I got a murder to prove that if
you were half as nice your songs you can
sacrifice positive to us number two
Elton John helps you take drugs what a
point
hundred million who were going through a
struggle feels that it relates that
right Eminem has had trouble with drugs
at several points in his life it got so
bad in the mid-2000s he nearly died
overdosing on methadone but you know I
was I was a functioning addict so I was
kind of the worst addict to the worst
kind so nobody really knew what was
going on I think just people around me
saw like something ain’t right a
longtime friend helped him recover none
other than Sir Elton John em isn’t the
first person Elton John has helped
during a crisis the singer famously
assisted Robert Downey jr. with a
substance abuse and the beckham’s with
their marriage having been friends for
years John would call em every week to
check up on his progress and recovery
was em referring to him as a sponsor
[Music]
not so fast not so fair number one he
was bent into a coma at the age of nine
as a result of bullying stone eminem
didn’t exactly have a stable home light
when he was a child he and his mother
moved frequently rarely staying in one
place for more than a year constantly
being the new kid made him an easy
target for bullies one when he was nine
years old he was beaten so badly that he
spent over a week in a coma he opened
bathroom feet up in the hallways
shoveling the lockers you know just for
you know for the most part man you know
just being the new kid when another
beating gave him a concussion and nearly
cost him his vision in his left eye his
mother filed a lawsuit against the
Detroit school system for $10,000 it is
for this reason that Emmett’s frequently
spoken out against bullying over the
years
Fight Like a Man oh my do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
he’s one of the best-selling artists of
all time but even his biggest fans may
not know all of these surprising details
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 things you didn’t know about Eminem
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at interesting and perhaps
surprising details from the famous
rappers life one shot one opportunity
number 10 he’s left her with Oscar win
for Best Original Song one moment it may
be a surprise for some to learn that
Eminem has even won an Oscar considering
how long it took Leonardo DiCaprio to
win his victory came as the 75th Academy
Awards when he took home the Oscar for
Best Original Song for lose yourself
which appeared in the film eight mile
[Music]
going up against songs from films like
Chicago and gangs of new york however
caused eminem to stay home as he
believed he had no shot at winning
[Music]
number nine he shut down Weird Al
Yankovic considering how many people
Eminem has parodied over the years it
may come as a surprise to learn that he
had an issue with someone parroting one
of his own songs back in 2003 Weird Al
Yankovic tenly song couch potato a
parody of lose yourself and intended for
it to be the lead single on his new
album rocky Nicole Nicole Gollum was
fine with Weird Al parroting the song he
did not want to be released as a single
and prevented a music video from being
made as he did not want to detract from
the legacy of lose yourself
[Music]
number eight he failed grade 9 three
times before dropping out
I’m nobody wants to see more so no more
they want stadium some lettuce sometimes
success in school doesn’t always
translate to success later in life and
vice versa M&M may be the perfect
example of the latter while he did
participate in rap battles on the school
playground
he had trouble making it to class which
naturally led to poor grades and
repeated the ninth grade three times
before eventually dropping out entirely
at the age of 17 although he did enjoy
English through his love of comic books
he didn’t care for literature and
generally disliked math and social
studies I’m beginning to feel like a rap
rap
[Music]
number seven is biggest inspiration in
music are the Beastie Boys The Beastie
Boys are one of the most successful
hip-hop groups of all time releasing
seven platinum or better albums between
1984 and 2004 their style changes the
rap game forever one of their biggest
admirers was Eminem who paid tribute to
the group on his 2013 single berserk in
fact the song samples fight for your
right and he even dresses like the
members of the group in the video
considering the group’s we don’t care
what other people think attitude it’s no
wonder mm as one of their biggest fan
[Music]
I’m still in the fixed residence give me
now up kitchen products incoming number
six he was sued by his own mother for
defamation
[Music]
anyone who has ever listened to a number
of Eminem songs will know that he has a
complicated relationship with his mother
Debbie Nelson Mathers gave birth to
Marshall Mathers when she was just 17
years old when M was a teenager she
kicked him out of the house on numerous
occasions Eminem retaliated through his
lyrics particularly on the Slim Shady LP
try the WIMP its ingredients in your
momma pop and prescription pills
indicates his mom didn’t take too kindly
to this however and sued her own son for
10 million dollars she ended up
receiving 1,600 in damages you’re
kicking me out it’s a scenic reason it’s
Christmassy fixity mama me grandma can
come making a heavy drop of number 5 to
record his daughter’s birth he lied
about taking her to Chuck E Cheese of
course his mother isn’t the only person
the rapper has gone after over the years
on the track 97 Bonnie and Clyde em
spins a tale where he kills his ex-wife
and dumps her body in the ocean while
his infant daughter helps in order to
record Haley’s lines in the song he told
his ex-wife that he was actually taking
her to Chuck E Cheese but instead went
to the recording studio Messier
when that it was off in the bordering me
you can play by ourselves can tweet and
if you want to feel old
consider this Haley is now 21 years old
we need in this
[Music]
number four he’s a huge comic book fan
here before general zod this planet’s
krypton no asgard asgard
huge authority job old clothing zombie
post eminem may have enjoyed english
during a short time at high school but
he wasn’t into classical literature so
much as he was into comic book in fact
eminem is a massive comic book fan many
of his songs referenced comic book
characters such as in rap god and he
owns a collection that others have
described as otherworldly he even owns
amazing fantasy number 15 which features
the first appearance of spider-man to
top it off even appeared in a Marvel
comic book alongside the Punisher and
Matt should not be working on the balkan
game but insisted talking head a zombie
floating number three he’s in the
Guinness Book of World Records for most
words in a hit single I’m beginning to
feel like a rap god all my people from a
footprint of blackness Jackson on
Eminem’s 2013 single rap God proved that
he was still on top of not only his game
but the rap game in general this track
features an astounding 1551 words in
total which set a record for most words
in the hit single how did he fit so many
words into one single track well one
verse features an outrageous 97 words in
just 15 seconds an average of 6.5 words
per second devastating more than ever
demonstrating how to give a motherfuckin
audience a feeling like it’s levitating
never fading and I know the haters are
forever waiting for the day to take a
say I fell off the beat on the burning
prove I know the way they’re getting
motivated I make elevating music you
make elevator music while others may try
to claim the title of the king there is
no doubt that when it comes to dropping
crime
mmm is all-powerful I don’t know how to
make go like that I don’t know what
lurks did you let me know when it occurs
to you while I’m ripping anyone in
person to versus u-turn from
inadvertently hurting you how many
persons I got a murder to prove that if
you were half as nice your songs you can
sacrifice positive to us number two
Elton John helps you take drugs what a
point
hundred million who were going through a
struggle feels that it relates that
right Eminem has had trouble with drugs
at several points in his life it got so
bad in the mid-2000s he nearly died
overdosing on methadone but you know I
was I was a functioning addict so I was
kind of the worst addict to the worst
kind so nobody really knew what was
going on I think just people around me
saw like something ain’t right a
longtime friend helped him recover none
other than Sir Elton John em isn’t the
first person Elton John has helped
during a crisis the singer famously
assisted Robert Downey jr. with a
substance abuse and the beckham’s with
their marriage having been friends for
years John would call em every week to
check up on his progress and recovery
was em referring to him as a sponsor
[Music]
not so fast not so fair number one he
was bent into a coma at the age of nine
as a result of bullying stone eminem
didn’t exactly have a stable home light
when he was a child he and his mother
moved frequently rarely staying in one
place for more than a year constantly
being the new kid made him an easy
target for bullies one when he was nine
years old he was beaten so badly that he
spent over a week in a coma he opened
bathroom feet up in the hallways
shoveling the lockers you know just for
you know for the most part man you know
just being the new kid when another
beating gave him a concussion and nearly
cost him his vision in his left eye his
mother filed a lawsuit against the
Detroit school system for $10,000 it is
for this reason that Emmett’s frequently
spoken out against bullying over the
years
Fight Like a Man oh my do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
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