Teen journalist snags exclusive Eminem interview

[mecuryball]

East Hills Middle School
eighth-grader Annie
Reed had her questions
ready. The rap music,
which she had cranked
way up, was now muted
as she waited anxiously
for the 6 p.m. phone call
a week ago Thursday.
While she sat in a chair in
her Troy living room,
holding her breath, the
14-year-old practiced
some different ways to try and
make her voice sound deeper,
older. It was time. The phone rang.
In an instant, she was talking to
Eminem, the Detroit superstar
who's up for 10 Grammy Awards
on Sunday and sold more albums
than any other artist in 2010.
Ten minutes later, she had a scoop
that major newspapers and music
magazines would have fist-fought
over and the reclusive rapper's first
one-on-one interview since talking
with Rolling Stone in October.
Her first journalistic effort is to run
this month in her school's paper,
the Cavalier Corner.
After talking to Eminem, Annie said
she cried, laughed and ran around
her house, uncontrollably excited.
Annie said that Eminem sounded
"just like he does on his records,"
and was humorous, engaging and
genuine.
Annie said Eminem gave "really
good, in-depth answers. I thought it
was really cool how much he still
loves Detroit."
Teen's tenacity earns Eminem
interview
Annie had her questions ready.
While she sat in a chair in her Troy
living room, holding her breath, she
practiced some different ways to
make her voice sound deeper,
older. It was time. The phone rang.
In an instant, she was talking to
Eminem.
The story of how she landed the
Eminem interview begins with
Annie starting a seven-week
newspaper academic-extension
class at the beginning of 2011.
"He grew up in Detroit, he's one of
the greatest rappers of all time,
and I thought it'd be fun to write
about him," Annie said.
Kenny Gechter, Annie's newspaper
instructor, agreed to the
assignment, but with a catch: He
told her instead of writing a
biography about the "8 Mile" star,
she had to chase an interview.
"She asked if I had any
suggestions, and I told her to look
for e-mails and telephone
numbers," said Gechter, 38, who is
also an English and American
history teacher. A week later, she
had contact info for Eminem's
management. "Then, it just took on
a life of its own," he added.
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[Iris]

Can you please edit in the whole text here?

[Iris]

She's probably the luckiest 14 y.o. girl ever

[djdixie]

lol. wow a story about a girl getting an interview but fuck all about what was said in the interview.

ps the girl looks like a fuckin retard missing her red helmet in that picture pml

[Devil'sAdvocate]

Wow,lucky ass bitch.

[BeautifulEscape]

She's so damn lucky. I would pass out if I ever spoke with him.

[shadyboymez]

really a 14 yr old ? Eminem won't do an interview with anyone, and he does one with a 14 year old girl? SMH big time. That's one point for the people who keep saying Em is selling out.

[mdemaz]

Rofl! A 14 year old?

[clustr]

"I learned he's been clean for over 18 months, which is cool."

only 18 months? so he kept doing drugs by the time he released relapse? lfmao :O

[shadyboymez]

this is a joke.

[mangomunky]

maybe since she's practically hailie's age he couldn't bring himself to turn it down

[Rash J]

Greatest moment of her life for sure

[im2pac]

i was expecting her to ask him these questions.......

1) why is koolo leaking all your shit?

2) is encore illmatic yet?

3) why isn't that other chick on LTWYL, Rhianna sounds like shit on it.?

4) what type of drug made you record fack?

5) what was the mind state of difficult?

6) are you planning on taking a trip to Saudi Arabia?

7) have you ever thought about dating a 14 year old?

8) why did you sell your soul when you did the lipton ad?

9) will you ever make a song where you have an accent and you are screaming at the same, while a skit is being played in the background?

10) put it on wee wee, is this the new Lose Yourself?


thank you for your time em, you can go back to doing the duck walk on stage now.

[qawserftgyuh]

why are people and mtv are like "wow, shes 14 and she got great journalistic persistence etc etc"..i mean she asked questions about who are eminem idol as a kid and his drug problem..if she did enough research, she can find all the answers from the INTERNET..WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWERS..i agree with the post above me btw..one of the stans need to interview em and ask relevant questions

[mdemaz]

i was expecting her to ask him these questions.......

1) why is koolo leaking all your shit?

2) is encore illmatic yet?

3) why isn't that other chick on LTWYL, Rhianna sounds like shit on it.?

4) what type of drug made you record fack?

5) what was the mind state of difficult?

6) are you planning on taking a trip to Saudi Arabia?

7) have you ever thought about dating a 14 year old?

8) why did you sell your soul when you did the lipton ad?

9) will you ever make a song where you have an accent and you are screaming at the same, while a skit is being played in the background?

10) put it on wee wee, is this the new Lose Yourself?


thank you for your time em, you can go back to doing the duck walk on stage now.

I loled.