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Eminem

<a href="/profile/Eminem" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Eminem</a> reflected on his struggles with addiction while speaking at the induction ceremony for the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/447520-dr-dre-inducts-eminem-into-rock-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame</a> on Saturday night. Telling his daughter, Hailie, to cover her ears, the legendary rapper spoke about how music &#8220;basically saved my life.&#8221;



“I realize what an honor it is right now to be here up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music that I love,” Eminem said on stage in Los Angeles, as noted by Page Six. “Music basically saved my life … I’ll keep this as painless as possible. I’m f–king stuttering and s–t. I’m probably not supposed to actually be here tonight because of a couple of reasons.”



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1439399689.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-447820" srcset="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1439399689.jpg 1024w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1439399689.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1439399689.jpg?resize=768,512 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; NOVEMBER 05: Inductee Eminem performs onstage during the 37th Annual Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</figcaption></figure>



He continued: “I almost died from an overdose in 2007, which kind of sucked. Hailie, plug your ears. Because drugs were f–king delicious. I thought we had a good thing going on, but I had to go and f–k it all up. Goddamn.”



“Hold on, I lost my motherf—ing spot,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;Paul, did I say, I said drugs were delicious, right? And finally, I had to really fight my way through man to try and break through in this music, and I’m so honored and I’m so grateful that I’m even able to be up here doing hip-hip music, man, because I love it so much.” he added.



Eminem has spoken about his trouble with abusing Vicodin, Valium, Ambien, and methadone throughout his career. At the time of his overdose, he weighed 230 pounds. He celebrated 10 years of sobriety in 2018.



Earlier in the ceremony, his longtime collaborator <a href="/profile/DoctorDre" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Dr. Dre</a> inducted Eminem into the hall. Eminem also performed some of his biggest hits, including &#8220;My Name Is,&#8221; &#8220;Not Afraid,&#8221; &#8220;Forever&#8221; and more. For &#8220;Stan,&#8221; he welcomed <a href="/profile/ed-sheeran" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Ed Sheeran</a> to the stage.



While the ceremony was held in person on Saturday, fans will be able to check out footage from the event when it airs on HBO on November 19.



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