20 Quick Eminem Facts That’ll Make You Lose Yourself

When Eminem heard Ice Ice Baby for the first time, he "felt like he didn't want to rap anymore."

Eminem recorded his Slim Shady LP under the influence of ecstasy. Dr. Dre described the experience by saying "We get in there, get bugged out, stay in the studio for f*ckin' two days. Then you're dead for three days. Then you wake up, pop the tape in, like, 'Let me see what I've done.'"

Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.

Eminem once held a top 30 world record score in Donkey Kong.

In a 14-page ruling, a Michigan judge used rap verses to dismiss a defamation case against Eminem.

There is a film parody of "The Blair Witch Project" titled "Da Hip Hop Witch," which features appearances by Eminem, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep, Pras, Rah Digga, Vitamin C and Vanilla Ice.

There is a widespread conspiracy theory that Eminem died in 2006 and was replaced by a lookalike.

In 2001, British author Giles Foden (Last King of Scotland) compared Eminem to Robert Browning, one of the foremost Victorian poets, and remarked that "a brief examination of ‘Stan’ reveals it to have all the depth and texture of the greatest examples of English verse."

Eminem was an anonymous donor to a Detroit charity, giving $105,000 in one year. When it was brought to light that he was the anonymous donor, he matched donations up to $100,000 the next year.

Kim Mathers told Eminem to not perform the infamous song "Kim" at a concert she was attending. He proceeded to come out on stage with a blonde blow up doll and choke it to "death", she went home and slit her wrists.