Eminem Admits He Almost Quit Rap After First Show Flop
Monday, 06 August 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Hip-hop megastar Eminem has confessed that he almost quit rapping after flopping at his first show - describing the experience as ‘traumatic’.
The rapper, real name Marshall Mathers, has admitted that he was on the verge of leaving the game altogether after getting booed - in a scene which you can check out remade in his film ‘8 Mile’ - at his first rap battle.
“The first time I rapped in front of actual people that mattered, in a club, I got booed,” Eminem told The List. “And it was very traumatic for me. I just remember it being so fucking traumatic, and I think I went home and I was like, man, I quit. And you know a week later, a day later, an hour later I got the urge, and I was like, I gotta get up, I gotta do it again.”
The star went on to speak about his career as a whole, saying: “I certainly feel like if it wasn't for rap, obviously, I wouldn't be here, but it gave me my voice, it gave me my outlook, it gave me strength, you know what I came back from, overdose and a whole load of shit - without rap I wouldn't be able to do a fucking thing. This is the one thing I feel that I feel like I have and a can do well, if I didn't have this I don't think I could do anything else, except for maybe play basketball.”
Luckily for us, Eminem didn’t give up on his career, and is now working on what will be his eighth studio album. Check back to Stereoboard in the future for more updates on the record.
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