• Eminem believed he had a good thing before a drug overdose in 2007.
• Eminem hasn’t been afraid to talk about his drug addiction.
• He commemorated ten years of sobriety in 2018.

Eminem believed he had “a good thing going” before a drug overdose in 2007.

The rapper requested his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers to cover her ears when he talked about his struggles with addiction. The rapper was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night.

The “Lose Yourself” rapper opened his acceptance speech by saying, “I recognize what an honor it is right now to be here up here tonight, and what a joy it is to do the music that I love.”

“Music very much saved my life… I’ll try to make this as painless as I can. I’m absolutely stuttering and stumbling. For a couple of reasons, I’m probably not supposed to be here tonight.

At the Los Angeles ceremony in 2022, the “8 Mile” actor, 50, who was born Marshall Mathers, was formally inducted by his longtime partner Dr. Dre.

He said, “I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked,” before turning to his daughter, age 26, whom he has with his ex-girlfriend Kim Scott.

“Plug your ears, Hailie. As a result of how tasty narcotics were. We seemed to be doing well, but I had to go and ruin it all. Goddamn.”

Then the camera switched to his daughter, who shook her head and pursed her lips.

“Wait, I misplaced my motherf—ing spot. Paul, did I imply that I thought drugs were delicious? Finally, I had to put up a real battle to try to make it in this genre, and I’m so humbled and glad that I’m even able to be up here making hip-hop music, dude, because I love it so much. Added he.

Eminem hasn’t been afraid to talk about his drug addiction, which started when he was filming the semi-autobiographical 2002 movie “8 Mile,” to Vicodin, Valium, Ambien, and methadone.

“We worked for 16 hours on set, and you had a specific slot to sleep. I received an Ambien one day, and it completely passed me out. I was like, “I need this all the time,” he remembered in 2011, according to Rolling Stone.

He “f-ked up every night” while on tour by 2005.

He then admitted to getting drugs from anywhere to the New York Times. I was just accepting whatever anyone gave me.

He weighed 230 pounds when he overdosed in 2007.

He told Men’s Journal, “When I got out of rehab, I needed to reduce weight, but I also needed to figure out how to function clean.”

Unless I was completely out of it, I had problems falling asleep. I then started to run. It was ideal because it not only helped me fall asleep but also provided me a natural endorphin high. It’s simple to understand why people choose fitness over addiction.

In 2018, he commemorated ten years of sobriety.

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