Back in 2007, Eminem experienced a near-fatal overdose which could have left him brain damaged.
According to HipHop DX, on Wednesday, September 7th, the rapper appeared on his manager’s latest episode of Rosenberg’s Paul Pod: Curtain Call 2 podcast. In the episode, the two spoke about Eminem’s drug overdose from methadone and his journey to recovery. “The Real Slim Shady” rapper said,
“It took a long time for my brain to start working again!”
Rosenberg chimed in to say, “I mean, you literally were coming off of an overdose. They had to sort of stabilize you with a few medications. And some of them took you a minute to adjust to, let’s just leave it at that.” They also discussed how Eminem had difficulties rapping. Rosenberg continues, “It’s the first time probably you were creating without having substances in your body in however many years, right?” The “Without Me” hitmaker confirmed and asked, “Didn’t you ask the doctors? When I first started rapping again and sent it to you, didn’t you say like, ‘I just wanna make sure he doesn’t have brain damage.’” Rosenberg stated he was definitely concerned, adding he thought the rapper was going to be left with permanent problems.
Paul @Rosenberg 's guest on this week’s episode of his podcast, PAUL POD is @eminem himself! Check out part 1 of the 2 hour interview tonight on @shade45 9PM EST and following on all podcast platforms way past midnight! pic.twitter.com/5u9lJd3kL9
— Doc Hicks Tv (@dochickstv) September 7, 2022
Eminem opens up about his rehabilitation journey.
In a 2010 MTV interview The rapper revealed he had to learn how to rap and drive a car all over again. He explained how it was difficult for him to write and rap 100 percent clean. “I actually had to learn how to say my lyrics again, how to phrase them, make them flow, how to use force so they sounded like I meant them.” He continues to say he was relearning basic motor skills. He couldn’t control his hands as they would shake. Marshall would get in the booth and begin to rapping and nothing would sound right.
In other related news, FM Hip-Hop, reported that French Montana is making a major move to better the community. The rapper also had his fair share in drugs and is taking the step to open an in-home addiction help service to help others who are struggling.
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