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~ E M I N E M is left-handed.
~ EM cuts his own hair.
~ EM wishes he had a Taco Bell in his backyard cuz he likes it so
much. He likes the beef burrito and beef chalupa. Some of his other
favorite fast food places are Burger King, McDonald's, & Wendy's.
~ EM's favorite drink is Mountain Dew.
~ EM had been wanting 2 sample Aerosmith's "Dream On" since he was
16 or 17. Proof reminded him about it and EM sampled it for "Sing
For The Moment".
~ EM has a black Yukon XL that includes a GameCube, DVD player, and
Alpine stereo system.
~ EM voted for his 1st time in the '04 presidential election
(obviously not 4 Bush). He voted absentee and had his bodyguard drop
it off for him.
~ EM got a Mercedes S1500 for his 31st birthday from Paul, his
manager.
~ EM's favorite actor is Denzel Washington, but his other favorites
are Robin Williams and Tom Hanks.
~ EM considers Chris Rock the funniest man alive. His favorite
character of his is Pookie from New Jack City.
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~ EM wears a silver ring that says "Dad" on it that Hailie gave him
for Father's Day in 2002.
~ Like Dre, EM buys a copy of his own album when it hits stores 4
good luck.
~ EM likes to play arcades at his house. He has Popeye, Dig Dug, Ms.
Pacman, and a Jurassic Park pinball machine.
~ EM watches Dora the Explorer, Hey Arnold, and the Powerpuff Girls
w/Hailie.
~ Some of EM's favorite movies are How High?, Orange County, and The
Matrix.
~ EM's favorite color is light blue.
~ EM's shoe size is 10 1/2.
~ EM likes shopping at K-Mart, but is mad cuz he can't go as much
cuz of his fame. He also wishes he could pump his gas w/out wearing
a disguise.
~ Tom Green and South Park make him laugh like crazy.
~ When EM writes his lyrics, he starts at the corner of the paper
and writes downward instead of writing on the lines.
~ To record "Just the Two of Us" w/Hailie in the studio, (now known
as "Bonnie and Clyde '97") EM told Kim he was gonna take Hailie to
Chuck E. Cheese.
~ EM got his Rolex watch from Jimmy Iovine, the head of Interscope
Records. 1 day, he was playing around and started complaining about
how Kid Rock got a Rolex for Christmas and all he got was some free
CDs to give to his cousins. So yeah, they gave EM a Rolex and he was
happily surprised.
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~ EM attends public community meetings and even lets kids in the
neighborhood play basketball at his house.
~ EM's niece, Alaina (who's a few months younger than Hailie), is a
big influence on Hailie. He says that she and Hailie feed off of
each other because Hailie learns a lot from her.
~ EM?s major influences growing up were his uncle Ronnie, the
Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, Run DMC, and 3rd Bass.
~ When EM was 17, he used to play 2pac's "Dear Mama" nonstop in his
car. He considers Pac the greatest lyricist of all time.
~ The name of EM's tattoo artist is Mr. Cartoon-who is located in
California.
~ EM and Dido had never met until the "Stan" video and the 1st time
the 2 performed the song 2gether was on SNL.
~ EM was in a couple of groups before he decided to go solo in 1997.
Some of the groups included: Bassmint Productions, the New Jacks,
and Soul Intent. 1 of these groups would perform wearing ski masks
and sweat suits. When they finished their set, they would ?unmask?
themselves.
~ EM fell in love with rap when he 1st heard Ice-T?s ?Reckless? &
started writing rhymes when he was 12 years old.
~ EM would spend hours at night studying the dictionary so that he
could expand his vocabulary for his raps.
~ EM still gets nervous before going on stage.
~ EM worked for a factory called Gibbs Machinery when he was 16. He
had a lot of odd jobs (sweeping floors, taking out the trash) and
also worked at Little Ceaser's pizza.
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~ EM was a short-order cook at a restaurant called Gilbert's Lodge
in St. Claire Shores, Michigan. Whenever he had some lyrics he
needed to write down, he'd write them on some receipts. He also used
to write his lyrics in pencil on the wall above his bed, but his mom
got really pissed cuz the paint came off after trying to erase them.
When his friends came to eat, he would also rap things off the menu
to them.
~ EM was really quiet at school and had a hard time making friends,
but started becoming more social in the 8th grade. He used to spend
his free time watching TV and reading comic books.
~ Before EM heard rap, he wanted to be a comic book artist.
~ EM?s idea of splurging is spending $500 or $600 at Nike Town. He?s
not used to having so much money and doesn?t really know what to do
with it.
~EM and Kim used to live in all black neighborhoods, so they would
usually meet each other half way or at the railroad tracks to avoid
harm. EM would usually get beat up on the way there and even got
shot at once.
~ EM?s favorite collaboration with Dre is ?Forgot About Dre,? but
both of them say that they haven?t even come close to the best that
they can do on a record.
~ EM and Dre got the idea for ?Guilty Conscience? ?s second verse
from the movie ?Animal House.?
~ Kim has a twin sister named Dawn.
~ EM gave Paul Rosenberg one of the Grammys that he won in 2000.
~ Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg has been EM?s mananger since 1995.
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