He began to abuse methadone in 2007, but it was recovering addict Elton John who eventually helped the rapper get clean: The Rocket Man became Em’s sponsor years after they performed “Stan” together at the 2001 Grammys. “My routine was Ambien at first, but then Valium or anything else to get me to sleep, and then basically Vicodin to get me through my day, or whatever,” he told Bozza in 2009.
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LL told Em that he was impressed by his line “How can I be white/ I don’t even exist” from his song “Role Model.” “I think it took him by surprise,” LL writes, later adding that “we can’t ignore the level that his career has gone to simply because he’s white.”Īlthough his No. 1 smash “Lose Yourself” - from his hit movie “8 Mile” - captured the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2003, Eminem didn’t even bother to show up for the ceremony, thinking that he had “a snowball’s chance in hell of winning” because “rap never got a fair shake at anything.” Instead, he was home with his daughter Hailie watching cartoons.Įminem developed an addiction to prescription drugs that first sent him to rehab in 2005. In the preface by LL Cool J - Eminem’s “first childhood hero and inspiration” - the “Mama Said Knock You Out” rapper recalls their initial meeting in 1999. DreĮminem stuns 'Stans' at grand opening of Mom's Spaghetti restaurant Super Bowl 2022's hip-hop halftime: Kendrick, Eminem, Mary J. Barnard professor allegedly drops N-bomb in classĢ0 iconic moments from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony