Eminem

There&#8217;s been a lot of people celebrating <a href="/profile/Eminem" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Eminem</a> recently. The &#8220;Lose Yourself&#8221; rapper celebrated the 20th anniversary of 8 Mile, and <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/444781-eminem-unleashes-the-20th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-of-8-mile-music-from-and-inspired-by-the-motion-picture" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">released a deluxe version</a> of the motion picture soundtrack. Em also turned 50 last month, and received a whole <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/441976-50-cent-royce-da-59-chuck-d-more-wish-eminem-happy-birthday" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">slew of birthday wishes</a>.



The Eminem celebrating continued last night, when the Detroit rapper was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. One of Slim Shady&#8217;s most influential mentors, <a href="/profile/DoctorDre" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Dr. Dre</a>, did the honors.



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In his speech for his friend, Dre recalled his decision to sign Eminem. &#8220;I knew that his gifts were undeniable,” he told the audience. “Each of us was what the other one needed– and I was willing to bet my entire career on it.&#8221;



Eminem then gave his own speech, in which he was clearly moved to have been chosen for the award. &#8220;I realize what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love– the music that basically saved my life,&#8221; Em began.



Eminem returned to the theme of being saved by music, and the people in the music industry, many times throughout his speech. &#8220;I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked because — Hailie, plug your ears — because drugs were f**king delicious,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I thought we had a good thing going, man, but I had to go and f**k it all up and take too many.&#8221;



Shady spent a good portion of his speech shouting out his influences, a list which went so long it began to sound like a hip hop encyclopedia. &#8220;I put this list together yesterday, and I kept adding to the s**t, and adding to the s**t, so if I forget anybody, I apologize, but these were my teachers right here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;2 Live Crew, Tupac, Third Bass, the Alliance, Apache, Audio Two — Milk Dee, what up? Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, <a href="/profile/big-pun" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Big Pun</a>, <a href="/profile/big-l" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Big L</a>, Biz Markee, the Notorious B.I.G. of course.&#8221; The list went a while longer, and was in alphabetical order.



Other inductees from the night included Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, and more.



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