Why did Eminem lie about his age?

[SliK]

Didn't Em also say he had been shot at in that interview?
I don't remember ever hearing about it since.

[Blu]

^ That could have been true, considering he lives in Detroit.

[SliK]

That's what I said.

[SliK]

I think if it were true Em would have rapped about it.

[ShadyxEminem]

I always wondered..

In 2000 on the MMLP he says "running round starting shit, like some 26 year old skinny Cartman"

Then 2 years later 2002 on TES he says "I'm 28. They gone take you 'fore they take me" Which makes since 26+2=28.

But 12 years after MMLP (2000) and 10 years after TES (2002) he's 40? Shouldn't he be 38/39?

[SliK]

Well he turned 28 in 2000, which means he was 27 for most of 2000. It's not unlikely that he wrote the song in mid '99 when he would have been 26.

[SliK]

He stacks ammo, yes, but he doesn't write lines specifically for future use. What I mean is, when he's 22 he wouldn't have written "26 year old skinny Cartman" and planned to use it 4 years down the line.
Obviously he was 26 when he wrote that, and I was explaining how it was possible that he wrote that line while he was 26, even though it would appear he was 28.

[SliK]

I get what you're saying and I agree

Kim might be one, since the original is from '97 I think. However judging by his voice I'd say it was recorded after the SSLP since his voice acting is incredible on that track.

Most of the rest of the album was written and recorded in Amsterdam.

TRSS and The Way I Am were written after Amsterdam.

[Suzanne.s]

Kim might be one, since the original is from '97 I think. However judging by his voice I'd say it was recorded after the SSLP since his voice acting is incredible on that track.

well from his voice, Kim could be from 97-98, because in My Fault (SSLP) his voice sounded a lot like his voice in Kim, when he says at the end "please wake up, please, PLEASE WAKE UP, what are you doing..."

[Guess_Who]

His team probably told him to lie about his age to make him appeal more to younger crowds,

Yeah, most likely.

I remember watching that interview time ago, and I didn't notice about the lie...he has always seemed younger than he is. His boyish looks...

[SliK]

Kim might be one, since the original is from '97 I think. However judging by his voice I'd say it was recorded after the SSLP since his voice acting is incredible on that track.

well from his voice, Kim could be from 97-98, because in My Fault (SSLP) his voice sounded a lot like his voice in Kim, when he says at the end "please wake up, please, PLEASE WAKE UP, what are you doing..."

I didn't mean the sound of his voice, I meant the quality of his voice acting.
You could be right though, who knows?

[Whitefox]

I read the whole thread. I got all the conсlusions of yours, guys. So i have a qauestion.... Did Eminem die in 2006 or what?

[Supershade]

He was destroyed by addiction, the last few years he's just been rebuilding himself, confidence, raps etc IMO

[Supershade]

He was destroyed by addiction, the last few years he's just been rebuilding himself, confidence, raps etc IMO

No, you don't get it. I'll try to find the thread.

What thread?

[Supershade]

100% proof.. well i cant argue with that