I knew of him since '99, but I didn't become a hardcore fan until 2002, when I was 11-12. I remember watching him and Chris Rock on 106 & Park and I kept thinking to myself how cute and funny he was. The way he kept flirting with Free was just

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Then I kept watching all of his interviews because he was all over MTV and BET during that time, and I just fell in lust. He was my first celebrity crush

. I went from fangirl to legitimate fan after I bought the Eminem Show, then the MMLP and the SSLP a few weeks after. That was a really shitty time in my life and his music really helped me get through it.