![]() I knew I could put words together, but I just didn’t have the whole formula yet. Now the 24-year-old was flipping the creative script: He hatched his new alter ego, as the mythology famously goes, while sitting on a toilet.ĮMINEM (Detroit Free Press interview, 1999): We tried to do some s- back in the day, but I was too young. Hometown producers Mark and Jeff Bass were firmly aboard, while then-manager Marc Kempf, who ran a Detroit rap magazine, was working to stir interest in the Midwest and beyond.Įminem’s obscure indie release "Infinite" in 1995 came and went. ![]() There was also Paul Rosenberg, a trusted ally from his early days and now a rookie attorney in New York. In 1997, east-side resident Eminem - financially strapped and raising a toddler daughter - was sustained by just a handful of believers, including a crew of rapper friends from the city's small, ever-hustling, ever-struggling hip-hop circle.
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