We've been getting a lot of requests to do a video about
Eminem who's probably one of my favorite rappers of all time to be honest
And I'm not just saying that so what's going on guys?
This is Leroy Kenton here and welcome to another episode of FTD facts and let me know who are some of your favorite hip-hop
Artists out there. So let's jump into ten secrets about the life of the self-proclaimed rap. God Eminem
Now the first secret of marshal Bruce mathur's the third yeah, that's his name
He was born October 17 1972 from Detroit, Michigan
But here's a thing although he talks about being from Detroit, Michigan a lot in his music
Did you know he was actually born in Saint Joseph, Missouri?
It may be extremely hard to tell because of his tough exterior as well as his aggressive lyrics but did you know that Eminem was?
bullied a lot growing up Eminem was regularly beaten up as a kid because he was so small and
Skinny, he was just the easiest target for bullies beat up comin home from school feet up in bathroom beat up
in the hallways
Shoved in the lockers as a matter of fact when he was just 9 years old
He was beaten up. So badly that he was put in a coma for over a week Hayley
Mathers isn't his only child, by the way
Eminem has custody of two other young women and their names are Whitney and Elena his daughter Elena was
Adopted and she's his wife's niece who he took in at a young age and raised her now his youngest daughter
Whitney is actually the daughter of a man who Eminem's wife actually
Cheated on with even though his wife went out there cheated
I mean
I'm still decided to adopt her and provide for her like his biological child
When you're on the level in the music industry like Eminem
It's no surprise that a lot of people want to work with you or work under your label
So if you want to become a part of Eminem's label, you gotta actually rap battle Eminem
I know that's something the most terrifying thing that you could ever do but hey, you don't actually have to beat him
You just got to show that you got enough balls to hold your own a battle against him
Another interesting secret about Eminem was that he had admitted to reading the dictionary
Over and over and over and over and over again just so that he could expand his knowledge
and lyrics and how to use words
Well, we could clearly hear it in his tracks because Eminem is known for his witty punchlines
champagne it is it's also been reported on several occasions that Eminem actually gets very
Uncomfortable when you stare at him. This is a condition called scope to phobia also known as scopa phobia
it's the fear of being stared at and now it's
Possible that this fear has really died down completely or he's either just very good at managing it because come on
He's Eminem. People are gonna look at you if they see you in public as well as he performs and sold-out stadiums
That's a lot of eyeballs looking at you
Eminem has also been very public about his battle with
Drugs when Eminem was trying to quit the drugs. I could' Sir Elton John spent 18 months helping him get rid of that habit
completely
But with that there were some strings attached
Because Eminem had revealed that he had to learn how to rap while being sober. He says in his own words
I had to learn how to write rap again. I had to do it sober and 100% clean. That didn't feel good at first
I actually had to learn how to say my lyrics again how to phrase them make them flow
I was relearning basic motor skills. I couldn't control my handshakes
I get into the recording booth and tried to rap and none of it was clever
None of it was witty and I wasn't saying it right
The world may know Eminem for his hip-hop career
however
He starred in a movie 8 mile and with that he won an Academy Award for the Best Original Song
Of course that came as a surprise Eminem didn't even attend the ceremony to receive the award
But it's often overlooked that Eminem is an Academy Award winner
That is an achievement that even the best actors out there wait years upon years and some of them don't even receive it
And a final secret I want to share in this episode is in his track the ringer from his album
Kamikaze, he refers to Donald Trump in that track as Agent Orange and he says because agent Owens just sent the Secret Service
It looks like your man M was part of a Secret Service
investigation because as the Secret Service said they take all threats to the president very
Seriously, although they didn't themselves confirm whether or not Eminem's claims of them visiting him were true
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