25 Best moments of Eminem in 2020
After a period of relative silence, Eminem resurfaced in the public eye nearly two years ago with a startling anti-Trump freestyle given at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in October 2017. For many who had allowed Slim Shady slip into obscurity, it was a sharp reminder that the rapper is not only a living icon but also one of hip-most hop’s important – and divisive – voices. His righteous rage is truly unrivalled. Since resurfacing, the rapper has released two new albums — Revival in 2017 and Kamikaze in 2018 — and courted criticism for his harsh sound approach. There’s no better time than now to go back in time and listen to some of Eminem’s greatest hits. We’ve totaled them all up to identify the most crucial tunes from the Detroit rapper’s ever-growing archive of brilliance, from his radio-juggernauts that still receive rotation to his early, legacy-building tracks to the deep cuts that just missed the point.
The year 2020 has been quite surprising for everyone and even the Rap God has come another year closer to completing the half-century. Eminem turns 48 today So, let’s just have a look at some of his best and interesting moments that happened in 2020. Buckle up, many surprises are coming your way.
25) ‘Lose Yourself’ earns 1 Billion Spotify plays.
The Grammy-winning single ‘Lose Yourself’ becomes the first track of Eminem to reach 1 Billion plays on Spotify. It also helped Eminem earn Academy Award for the Best original song. After Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, this track becomes the second track of the pre-streaming era to reach this milestone.
The Oscar-winning “8 Mile” theme, which was also Em’s first No. 1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 list (spending 12 weeks at the top in 2002 and 2003), has been streamed 1.076 billion times. On Sunday, February 9, 2020, in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Eminem performs “Lose Yourself” at the Oscars.
Em took to social media to commemorate the event. “You can do anything you set your mind to, man… #LoseYourself is over 1 billion on @spotify,” he tweeted in a statement that featured a video documenting “Lose Yourself’s” accomplishments as well as music video material.
.@Eminem‘s “Lose Yourself” has now surpassed 1 BILLION streams on Spotify!
— It’s his first song to achieve this milestone and the 2nd song from the 00s. pic.twitter.com/8enZfE9TF5
— Eminem Charts (@eminemchart) October 12, 2020
Fun fact: Even Em’s other classic ‘Till I Collapse’ is about to touch the milestone of 1 Billion on Spotify.
24) Eminem’s longtime feud with Lord Jamar and Nick Cannon comes to an end.
Finally, some peacemaking is happening this year as Eminem’s longtime feud with Lord Jamar and Nick Cannon finally comes to an end. Let’s say all thanks to Royce Da 5’9 who decided to step in and end this longtime quarrel between them, with some help from Fat Joe.
Earlier Lord Jamar stated that he received no help or backup from the black community against Eminem. He wanted the black people to get together and support him while he did make some racist comments about how Eminem disrespected him. But recently, in a video with Royce Da 5’9″, Lord Jamar said, “And For The Record, You Know now that all this Vlad S**T is done, Tell Your Boy Marshall, We Good“.
That’s not it, even Em’s feud with Nick Cannon is an old story now. Royce Da 5’9 posted a meme and captioned about how the beef between Nick and Detroit’s rapper is finally over and everything’s well and good.
23) Kanye West Reveals Dr. Dre’s Remix of ‘Use this Gospel’ featuring Eminem.
Kanye West has been quite active on Twitter and has twitted about a lot of events that have happened in his life. Likewise, he reveals that there is Dr. Dre’s remix of his 2019 song ‘Use This Gospel’ that would feature Eminem.
Kanye West tweeted:
“@Eminem THANK YOU FOR RAPPING ON THE DR DRE REMIX OF USE THIS GOSPEL I HAVW ALWAYS LOVED AND RESPECTED YOU AND IM HONORED TO HAVE YOU BLESS THIS SONG … ITS ALSO NORTH WEST’S FAVORITE KANYE WEST SONG OF ALL TIME.”
@Eminem THANK YOU FOR RAPPING ON THE DR DRE REMIX OF USE THIS GOSPEL I HAVW ALWAYS LOVED AND RESPECTED YOU AND IM HONORED TO HAVE YOU BLESS THIS SONG … ITS ALSO NORTH WEST’S FAVORITE KANYE WEST SONG OF ALL TIME
— ye (@kanyewest) September 18, 2020
Fun Fact: Actually a fun question, when do you think we would be able to hear this version of the song?
22) Eminem takes over the Rock The Bells Radio to Pay Respect to LL Cool J.
On the 30th Anniversary of LL Cool J’s fourth studio album ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’, the Detroit Rapper decided to take over his Rock The Bells Radio. He also appreciated LL Cool J calling him an innovator and raw on that song. Em did not stop there, he also rapped the LL’s classic song ‘Eat Em Up, L Chill’.
Fun fact: Eminem was also the first guest to feature on Rock The Bells Radio show.
21) Slim Shady praised for his verse on Big Sean’s ‘Friday Night Cypher’.
The track ‘Friday Night Cypher’ features Eminem, Royce Da 5’9, Tee Grizzly, Kash Doll, Cash Kidd, Payroll, 42 Dugg, Boldy James, Drego, and Sada Baby. Eminem is praised by Big Sean as he said “You can’t touch his Vocals, he is on that level”. It is also said that he delivered the best verse on the track.
Fun fact: Big Sean’s album ‘Detroit 2’ debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200, should we thank Slim Shady too?
20) Eminem appears as the first guest on Young Ma’s new show ‘Me Always Radio’.
Young Ma started her new show ‘Me Always Radio’ on Apple music and the first guest to appear on that show was none other than Slim Shady himself. Young Ma finally got to interview this guy and get some insight. The duo even collaborated on ‘Unaccommodating’ earlier this year and also praised and spoke about how they respect each other. “I studied the whole Shady movement. That’s what motivated me and inspired me to be who I am today,” Says Young MA.
https://youtu.be/e_OtyNRUIqE
19) Eminem’s superfan Nikki Paterson Sets Guinness World Record for most Eminem tattoos.
With 47 tattoos and 23 of them of the Detroit’s rapper, Nikki Paterson has definitely proved that she is a super fan by setting the Guinness World Record for most tattoos of Eminem. She has a crazy collection of the rapper’s tattoos and talks about how she has been a fan since the age of 14.
Fun fact: This definitely attracts people and other fans who stop to take a picture with Nikki after witnessing her tattoos.
18) Eminem collaborates with Make-A-Wish Foundation and meets a fan.
Slim Shady meets a fan named Alex Beulke’s, who’s suffering from a serious disease ‘Ewing’s sarcoma’ through a Make-A-Wish foundation. It is not the first time that Em has made the dream come true but even a couple of years he met a fan named Isabella. Shady has proved again that he is not only a rap god but a good human being too.
Fun fact: Make-A-Wish foundation is about making dreams come true for terminal patients and Eminem has collaborated with them a couple of times to make it happen.
17) Eminem collaborates with Kid Cudi on ‘The adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady’.
It all started with a tweet when Kid Cudi tagged Eminem and asked for help. After that, the two decided to collaborate on the song called “The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady“, where they rapped about a lot of things happening around the world as well as related to their personal life.
In one of the songs, Shady takes a dig at people who refuse to wear a mask. He highlights an important aspect as to how during the pandemic people still tend to show carelessness. Eminem raps, “Half of us walking around like a zombie apocalypse / Other half are just pissed off and / Don’t wanna wear a mask and they’re just scoffing / And that’s how you end up catching the sh*t off ’em / I just used the same basket as you shopping / Now I’m in a f***in’ casket from you coughin’”. He also takes a shot at police brutality and Drew Brees by rapping.
Speaking of police brutality, Eminem also remembers George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery who were a victim of the same. This also led to the protest of Black lives Matter all over the world and highlighted police brutality.
Fun fact: Eminem gets to know about the tweet by Kid Cudi through Lil Wayne on Young Money Radio, Where Lil Wayne asked Eminem about the tweet.
16) Eminem disses Joe Budden, Revolt, MGK & more in leaked “Bang” Verse.
Last year, Slim Shady assisted Conway The Machine on the track ‘Bang’, which was probably Em’s best works of 2019. In the song, he calls out a Rule, Canibus, Iggy Azalea, 2Pac, and more. Now, a year later a full version of ‘Bang’ is released online where he is seen dissing Joe Budden, Diddy’s REVOLT TV, and Machine Gun Kelly.
The reactions from these people have been quite varied and surprising. While Diddy tweets back with some harsh words, Joe Budden seemed to handle it more maturely stating that it is an old song and people have moved on since then.
Fun fact: In the leaked version, Em also gives a shout-out to the late American Rapper Mac Miller.
15) Eminem responds to the famous youtube reaction channel “NoLifeShaq”.
The Youtuber Shaquille Davis is also known as “No Life Shaq”, famous for his reactions to Hip Hop track, and artists recently asked 30 rappers about “Who is the greatest rapper of all-time?”. While some responded others did not. The YouTuber also revealed the list of rappers who did not respond and that included Slim Shady’s name as well.
After the revelation, Eminem did respond to the tweet stating a number of rappers. He tweeted “For me, in no particular order… Toss up between wayne, pac, royce, jay, redman, treach, g. rap, biggie & king crook….” and continued further.
For me, in no particular order… Toss up between wayne, pac, royce, jay, redman, treach, g. rap, biggie & king crook….
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) June 14, 2020
Fun fact: “No Life Shaq” made another video on how surprised he was by Em’s response on Twitter.
14) 2020 marks the completion of 20 years of Eminem’s classic album “The Marshall Mathers LP”
Finally, Eminem’s third album “The Marshall Mathers LP” completes 20 years and he decided to celebrate in a unique way by announcing that he would be doing a live chat and a listening part. Em also made sure that he answered as many questions as possible asked by fans. Another exciting revelation was the dropping of the limited edition MMLP20 Stan Varsity Hoodie. He even released the remastered HD videos from “The Marshall Mathers LP” album. Genius did icing on the cake by making a video on why the MMLP is still a classic.
13) Eminem and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donated a joint $ 1 million to fight COVID 19.
Eminem appeared on ‘Young Money Radio’ for an interview with Lil Wayne and made a huge revelation that he would be donating $250K to Detroit through his Marshall Mathers Foundation to help them during this pandemic.
In the interview, he said, “I have got a few areas that I want to take care of in Detroit”.
After this revelation, Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO called Young Money Radio and announced that he would be adding an amount of $720K to the Marshall Mather Foundation to total the amount to $1 million. Eminem later tweeted and thanked the Twitter CEO for the amount and support.
Thanks to @jack for hittin us up on @liltunechi’s #YoungMoneyRadio @Beats1 and supporting the #MarshallMathersFoundation and #Detroit in a big way! pic.twitter.com/4s9FMXzaBs
— Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) May 9, 2020
12) Eminem makes an appearance on Young Money Radio for an interview with Lil Wayne.
Marshall Mathers finally made an appearance on Young Money Radio and was all geared up for the interview with Lil Wayne. The two friends spoke about various things like The Last Dance, quarantine days, rappers they like, Wayne’s song Mona Lisa and about the new generation of hip hop and how it is evolving. Em even announced that he would be donating a certain amount to Detroit to help fight them COVID followed up by a call from Twitter CEO deciding to add to the amount. They also open up about how they google their old lyrics to avoid any sort of repetition.
11) Eminem faces Home Intrusion at his Detroit Mansion.
The year has been like a roller coaster ride for Eminem and yet another incident was when a man named Matthew David Hughes broke into Em’s house with the motive to confront the rapper. Hughes was later taken into custody and charged with first-degree home invasion and malicious destruction of a building.
During a preliminary examination in Macomb County District Court, officer Adam Hackstock Said, “When Mr. Mathers asked him why he was there, he was told by Mr. Hughes that he was there to kill him,” but Matthew David Hughes denied such reports. It is said that if the case goes to trial Eminem might have to face the invader and give a statement. This incident was quite shocking and left everyone worried about the safety of the rapper.
Fun fact: 50 Cent checked up on Eminem after the Home Intruder incident. Also, this incident was absolutely not fun and way more worrisome.
10) Sponsored meals for Detroit Medical Center Workers by Eminem.
On completion of 12 years of sobriety, Slim Shady decided to celebrate it in a different way. He sent sponsored “Mom’s Spaghetti” meals to the Healthcare workers in Detroit Medical Center. These workers have been working day and night to up a fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.
Moreover, this news was not officially released by Eminem but shared by the health workers who felt grateful and thanked the rapper for his gesture and concern.
Thank you Union Joints for the generous donation of meals to support our staff. They served one of their specialties, also a favorite of Eminem, titled “Mom’s Spaghetti.” We offer our heartfelt thanks and are grateful for the support. #DetroitStrong #ACommunityBuiltOnCare pic.twitter.com/17041kJAb4
— Detroit Medical Ctr (@DMC_Heals) April 21, 2020
Fun fact: Even Royce Da 5’9 sponsored lunch and dinner for medical workers at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn.
9) “LA Originals” documentary released by Netflix features Eminem.
After dropping the trailer and the release of the 1 hour 32 minutes long documentary “LA Originals” by Netflix the audiences got to witness the Chicano culture. It also featured the Detroit Rapper as well as Snoop Dog. They spoke about Hip hop, the art from rides to tattoos. Even Em’s tattoos were documented and detailed stories about it were told.
This documentary highlighted the culture and also featured the old videos and photographs of the rappers.
Fun fact: Even 50 cent, Dr. Dre, and Kobe Bryant featured in this documentary.
8) Jessie Reyez collaborated with Eminem for her song “COFFIN”.
Eminem featured in Jessie Reyez’s new album “Before Love Came to Kill Us”. The duo collaborated for the song “Coffin”. Moreover, even before the official release of the song it surfaced online and received positive feedback from the fans.
Fun fact: This not the first time but the duo has collaborated on the song “Good Guy” too.
7) Eminem talks about his life and other things in his interview with Mike Tyson.
Eminem appeared in Mike Tyson’s ‘Hotboxin’ podcast where he is seen talking about his daughter, his journey as a rapper, and how Dr. Dre discovered him.
Slim Shady opens up about how Jimmy Iovine gave his CDs to Dr. Dre and hence that was the start of the Rap God and that is how he got discovered. He also spoke about his career and the difficulties he had to face.
Moving on, Em also spoke about his daughter Hailie. This was one surprising element as he is rarely seen talking about his daughter. He told Tyson about how he is a proud father and her graduation from college. He also stated that he feels proud of being able to raise his kids.
Another fun story shared by Em was about how boxing was hard and he got beaten up by a 14-year-old kid after which he decided to give up.
Fun fact: In the interview Tyson commented “You’re The Only White Guy That Knows What It’s like to Be a Ni**a” about Eminem
6) Eminem teams up with Mike Tyson and Dr. Dre for the “Godzilla” video.
For the video for his hit “Godzilla” with Juice WRLD, Eminem teamed up with Lyrical Lemonade’s young director Cole Bennet for a high-budget video. In the visual, Eminem surprised everyone with cameos from his mentor Dr. Dre and the legendary Mike Tyson. In the hilarious video, Em was also punched by the boxing legend Tyson.
5) Eminem gives a long interview to Slaughterhouse’s KXNG Crooked.
Eminem who rarely gives interviews appeared in a long 1-hour interview with his friend and Slaughterhouse’s rapper KXNG Crooked. Both the rappers talk about Hip-Hop music, Guest in Hip-Hop, Juice Wrld, LL Cool J, his art form & more. Eminem Praises Young M.A., Juice WRLD’s rapping skills, Old Classic “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” music, and also remembered the late Basketball legend, Kobe Bryant.
On Juice WRLD, Eminem says, “That kid was so talented, like his freestyle he did on Tim Westwood — what the f—?”. he continued saying, “To be so young, he mastered that so f—ing quickly. His potential was so off the charts.”
4) Eminem Surprises Fans with his “Lose Yourself” performance at Oscars 2020.
Eminem never fails to impress and surprise the audience, be it from dropping a surprise album like “Music to Be Murdered By” to performing “Lose Yourself” from “8 Mile” at the Oscars 2020. Well, this was the song for which Em received the Academy Award in the year 2003. Some celebs completely enjoyed the performance while others seemed to be blown away by this surprise appearance.
Moreover, he even got a standing ovation. Not just this, but Slim Shady also reunited with Elton John backstage.
Fun fact: Salma Hayek Revealed That She Spilled Water All Over Eminem at the Oscars 2020. Oh, Yes! That happened.
3) Eminem attends 50 Cent’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony.
50 Cent received the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame Star and guess who accompanied him for this ceremony? Well, none other than his longtime mentors and friends Dr. Dre and Eminem. This was a proud moment for them too. Even the audiences were surprised as they had no idea about the two being the witness of this ceremony.
Eminem also gave a speech at the ceremony where he called 50 Cent ‘relentless’ and said: “I would say that it’s much more fun to be his friend than to be his enemy.”
Fun fact: 50 Cent even posted a picture of them with the caption “The 3 headed monsters we still out here”
The 3 headed monsters we still out here.#lecheminduroi #bransoncognac #starzgettheapp #abcforlife pic.twitter.com/hPHaP6bJFY
— 50cent (@50cent) January 30, 2020
2) Eminem’s new album ‘Music to be Murdered By’ debuts at #1 on Billboard 200.
‘Music to Be Murdered By’ becomes the 10th consecutive album by the Detroit rapper to debut at the top of the Billboard chart. It also breaks Kanye West’s record of 9 consecutive albums to top the Billboard 200. The album topped the chart with 274,876 albums equivalent to the units sold in the United States.
Fun fact: Chart Data states that Eminem is officially the first artist with ten consecutive #1 debuting albums in US history.
.@Eminem is officially the first artist with ten consecutive #1 debuting albums in US history.
— chart data (@chartdata) January 24, 2020
1) Release of Eminem’s surprise album “Music To Be Murdered By”.
Well, the start of the year was again quite surprising in itself as Eminem released his 11th studio album “Music to be Murdered By” in January. Just like his previous album “Kamikaze” in 2018, Em did not fail to shock the audiences with the surprise release.
The album contained 20 tracks with guest appearances from Black Thought, Royce 5’9″, Ed Sheeran, Juice WRLD, Anderson .Paak, Skylar Grey, KXNG Crooked, Young M.A., Don Oliver, and more.
Fun fact: 7 of the 20 tracks are produced by Dr. Dre and other tracks feature production from Royce, Eminem, Mr. Porter, Luis Resto, Skylar Grey, Dawaun Parker, and more.
Eminem also released an unannounced deluxe edition of the album, Music to Be Murdered By – Side B, on December 18, 2020. It contains the original album’s 20 tracks as well as 16 additional ones. It includes guest performances by Skylar Grey, DJ Premier, Ty Dolla $ign, Dr. Dre, Sly Pyper, MAJ, and White Gold, among others.
So, let’s just wish the Rap god a very Happy Birthday and hope he keeps surprising us with his gestures and with more amazing songs.
Article by Chayanika.
