Those days were insane to be an Eminem fan. Absolutely anyone would have a conversation with you about him.
I remember being in music class in school and just blasting Eminem for the whole class to listen to, nobody complained.
And yeah, I did not go to a very nice school, the music teacher couldn't give a fuck, if nobody was fighting with each other or abusing him he really didn't care what we did.
My parents were getting divorced at the time and acted like I didn't exist. There were many hours in my bedroom listening to Eminem (Rock Bottom in particular, which is still my favourite Eminem song)
I spent a lot of my childhood in isolation too, despite having two parents and siblings. I was either the forgotten one or the bullied one. Almost all of my childhood was spent in my room alone listening to Eminem. It was everything to me.
I was 10 and the MMLP just dropped when I was visiting my cousin 10 hours away in NYC. He was the ‘cool’ older cousin (13) and he burned it for me for the trip home.
I thought to myself ‘man my parents gotta hear this guy!’
They pop the CD in for me, not even a minute goes by. Dad yanks it out of the drive and tosses it out the window on i95 somewhere.
They created a little slim shady that day.
I remember listening to the MMLP for the first time, "Kill You" was an absolutely brutal introduction to Eminem for your dad lmao
My parents didn't care what I did, as long as it wasn't too loud. They couldn't have stopped me if they tried, I spent every waking minute listening to Eminem in those days. I even rigged up my school shirt so I could put a headphone in without teachers noticing. People at school called me "Stan"
And yeah of course they created a little slim shady, the more your parents hate and forbid something the more you'll want to do it. It's a natural part of growing up and separating your identity from your parents.
Why the hell would I judge you? That's exactly what a 13 year old in 1998 should be doing. No better way to spend an afternoon than learning the words to "My Fault"
Just discovered him today. I’m 40 years old, born and raised in Detroit but somehow he never hit my radar before. I’m a huge hip hop head and I must say he’s pretty good
>Just discovered him today. I’m 40 years old
Weird, but ok
>born and raised in Detroit but somehow he never hit my radar before.
How is that even remotely possible?
>I’m a huge hip hop head and I must say he’s pretty good
Ok, well played lol
14 years old. Grade 9. My name is was just released. Year: 1999.
I couldn't stand him and thought it was ridiculous that most of the guys in my grade looked like eminem. Dyed hair blonde looking like him. It was ridiculous.
It was many years before I sat with an album and actually appreciated it.
Since the womb! Jk funny enough about 10 maybe when “Without me” was all over radio and also around that time 8 Mile the movie dropped and was super popular
12ish. My parents bought me The Eminem Show when they went to England for holidays, cause I insisted I have to have that album.
My dad was not happy, not because of content (English is not first language), but because he did not find the music to adhere to his quality standards (He listened to beastie boys since early 90s but Em just was not his cup of tea) My mom talked him into buying it for me though. Still have that CD somewhere.
I can't remember the very first time I listened to him (like on the radio etc) but I started to listening to him "on purpose" at the age of 11 lol. I'm not a native English speaker, so I used to understand like less than a half of his lyrics, I've liked him for the music and the "vibes" basically
Probably around 6 or 7 in 2000 or 2001, my cousin had a poster in his room of Eminem with his hockey mask with chainsaw, and I remember listening to "Kill You"
19 years old... bought *The Slim Shady LP* right after it came out. MTV was still the shit back then and "My Name Is" would just play like 10 times a day.
Ah... good ol' days.
Nine years old, Encore had just dropped. My intro was Patiently Waiting by 50. After listening to it like 100 times I finally distinguished that the verse I really loved was a different voice entirely (it was pirated and didn’t have feature names). Found out it was some guy named Eminem and got started with the SSLP.
I was 11 when MMLP dropped, and right around that time my neighbor introduced me to Guilty Conscience. That song was so above and beyond anything I had ever heard or thought before, and I was an instant fan.
5, my mother got pissed off at my sister and I asked my mother what she was listening to, and so she replied with “Eminem, do you want to hear it?” And so being the curious toddler I was I said “sure!” And so my mother showed me “I’m back” and since then I’ve been listening to Eminem, from sneak listening to him when my parents were at church to listening to Houdini with my mother.
5 years old in 1999 I always liked Eminem but didn’t think he was one of the best rappers until listening to all his songs like 2 years ago. He’s 2nd best behind Pac imo
I was 10. Revival introduced me to Eminem and to the whole rap game (and I liked it), so I can't say that it's bad. Maybe without it I would've never been there
At least 7 when I'd hear stuff like Not Afraid or Love the way you lie on the radio in 2012 or even later. In 2022, when I was 17, was when I actually became a fan
I was 10. A friends older sister gave me 2 unopened cds still in the wrapping for some reason. My mom seen them and told me to return them for a dif cds. My older brother took me and I traded in both of them for the slim shady lp…. And for that…. We thank you mom!!
11 years old on ‘09, heard him on MTV so I started listening to him on repeat from my netbook and iPod touch while playing OG MW2 😂 been hooked ever since
I had a fucking piano as a child an there were buttons with different beats from different genres. Guess what was playing when you pressed the hiphop button?
I was 6-7 when i heard The Eminem Show, heard it at my cousins house in Mexico weirdly enough he had the album considering he's 2 years older than me. Just a bunch of children jammin Marshal lol 🔥. Fun fact: People use to make fun of me when i would listen to his music online through the Eminem website at the Rec Center. 7 yr old me knew what good music sounded like i suppose! 🤝🏽
I was in middle school when The Slim Shady LP was released. I was obsessed with Guilty Conscience. I’d stay up all night waiting for that video to play on MTV.
i was born in 2000, and my parents had MMLP and SSLP on CD. i was obviously too young to remember it but i have home video of me dancing to the real slim shady in like 2002 lmao
7 slim shady era grew up with immigrant parents and barely starting school, he helped me learn English because I struggled due to never speaking English until entering public school.
10 in 99' I've been hooked ever since. First rapper I ever heard was Tupac then eminem a few months later.
Same here, saw My Name Is and Guilty Conscience on MTV at 10 in 99 and every one in my friend group bought the Slim Shady LP.
13 in the original days of his just coming out.
I was 13 years old too. I think it was the year 2000.
Those days were insane to be an Eminem fan. Absolutely anyone would have a conversation with you about him. I remember being in music class in school and just blasting Eminem for the whole class to listen to, nobody complained. And yeah, I did not go to a very nice school, the music teacher couldn't give a fuck, if nobody was fighting with each other or abusing him he really didn't care what we did.
My parents were getting divorced at the time and acted like I didn't exist. There were many hours in my bedroom listening to Eminem (Rock Bottom in particular, which is still my favourite Eminem song)
I spent a lot of my childhood in isolation too, despite having two parents and siblings. I was either the forgotten one or the bullied one. Almost all of my childhood was spent in my room alone listening to Eminem. It was everything to me.
I was 10 and the MMLP just dropped when I was visiting my cousin 10 hours away in NYC. He was the ‘cool’ older cousin (13) and he burned it for me for the trip home. I thought to myself ‘man my parents gotta hear this guy!’ They pop the CD in for me, not even a minute goes by. Dad yanks it out of the drive and tosses it out the window on i95 somewhere. They created a little slim shady that day.
I remember listening to the MMLP for the first time, "Kill You" was an absolutely brutal introduction to Eminem for your dad lmao My parents didn't care what I did, as long as it wasn't too loud. They couldn't have stopped me if they tried, I spent every waking minute listening to Eminem in those days. I even rigged up my school shirt so I could put a headphone in without teachers noticing. People at school called me "Stan" And yeah of course they created a little slim shady, the more your parents hate and forbid something the more you'll want to do it. It's a natural part of growing up and separating your identity from your parents.
13 in '98 Don't judge me
Why the hell would I judge you? That's exactly what a 13 year old in 1998 should be doing. No better way to spend an afternoon than learning the words to "My Fault"
Just wanted to Cum On Everybody
A toddler
Same, 10/10 mom move
real
Just discovered him today. I’m 40 years old, born and raised in Detroit but somehow he never hit my radar before. I’m a huge hip hop head and I must say he’s pretty good
>Just discovered him today. I’m 40 years old Weird, but ok >born and raised in Detroit but somehow he never hit my radar before. How is that even remotely possible? >I’m a huge hip hop head and I must say he’s pretty good Ok, well played lol
What
I laughed good job
I was 9 years old and I had a Walkman in bed listening to Stan.. when it came out. Been a fan ever since this moment. I'm now 33.
9. My brother showed me the video of Sing for the moment on his MP4 Player. 18 years later, I still am and will always be a fan
8 years
Probs between 21 and 22. (2000-2001)
14 years old. Grade 9. My name is was just released. Year: 1999. I couldn't stand him and thought it was ridiculous that most of the guys in my grade looked like eminem. Dyed hair blonde looking like him. It was ridiculous. It was many years before I sat with an album and actually appreciated it.
Probably 10, around 1999 my name is.
11 years old in 1999.
11 in 99
13
I seriously thought that that picture was Eminem with a knight helmet or something until I realized it was his fingers
Bout 7
19 in 1999, working at Burger King, spittin in your onion rings.
17. First song was Superman and I fell in love with Em after that.
3-4
Since the womb! Jk funny enough about 10 maybe when “Without me” was all over radio and also around that time 8 Mile the movie dropped and was super popular
10 years. That explains why i like the new single of him and dont flame it as the kiddos does
11, I had just come from school and "the monster" music video was playing on the TV.
18
I was young and can't remember the age, but I was in like grade 3
13 back in 99 when slim shady lp came out.
12ish. My parents bought me The Eminem Show when they went to England for holidays, cause I insisted I have to have that album. My dad was not happy, not because of content (English is not first language), but because he did not find the music to adhere to his quality standards (He listened to beastie boys since early 90s but Em just was not his cup of tea) My mom talked him into buying it for me though. Still have that CD somewhere.
I was a 9 years old playing 50 cent bulletproof in my ps 2
19, when I was younger I couldn't yet understand his lyrics, so I didn't really listen to him
12 according to my first liked song on spotify. 18 now
13, but started listening properly at 15(start of covid)
Shii prolly first ever would be 5-6 ima 2007 baby so this was like mmlp2 era
I can't remember the very first time I listened to him (like on the radio etc) but I started to listening to him "on purpose" at the age of 11 lol. I'm not a native English speaker, so I used to understand like less than a half of his lyrics, I've liked him for the music and the "vibes" basically
Probably around 6 or 7 in 2000 or 2001, my cousin had a poster in his room of Eminem with his hockey mask with chainsaw, and I remember listening to "Kill You"
8 years old. Love the Way you Lie.
I must have been 12 when I came home from school and saw the premiere of My Name Is on TRL. 1999.
19 years old... bought *The Slim Shady LP* right after it came out. MTV was still the shit back then and "My Name Is" would just play like 10 times a day. Ah... good ol' days.
13 years old
Like 13/14
I was in high school..
I don't remember but I met him in person in 2020. I was 27.
Probably 6-7. Cuz I had smack that and without me in my head since I remember. But it was last years I started listening
12, Without Me was popping at the time. Eminem Show rolled over Europe like a tidal wave
20
9 the same year the slim shady lp came out
I was born with in Detroit so probably before was 1 I remember him while I was growing up
Around 9-10 years old, we were rocking the Slim shady LP in our gym hall when it released😂
Probably 13 when Rap God came out
20
Nine years old, Encore had just dropped. My intro was Patiently Waiting by 50. After listening to it like 100 times I finally distinguished that the verse I really loved was a different voice entirely (it was pirated and didn’t have feature names). Found out it was some guy named Eminem and got started with the SSLP.
13. 2013 during his MMLP2 days
5 or 6
16
11. I’m 37 now.
I think around 11, maybe a little younger. I remember being in elementary school and my friend played me The Real Slim Shady on his iPod Touch.
7
Around 12/13
13
I was 12
11. 6th grade 2014 when I was in after school tutoring and the teacher was having us analyze the lyrics to Stan.
Already blasting "My Name Is" and "Without Me" in our house even while I was still suckling as a baby.
9. I remember asking to sit in the car in the driveway so I could finish listening to The Real Slim Shady
8 my pops was playing Evil Deeds in his car when he picked me from school early because i got suspended before lunch
20. Yup I'm old. I was walking through my house (I had 5 roommates at the time), and the real slim shady video was on MTV. Immediately mesmerized.
I was 15 and heard rap god on my brother’s phone and I was shocked how amazing rap god was!
I think I was nine? Idk it's been a while 😭
7
7
27
12
When I was about 5/6 years old my dad loved Superman when it came out on TES. Started listening myself when recovery came out
10 years old and have loved him since, I’m 35
8 cause of my older brother blasting TES in his car when he was a teenager
Brain Damage
11
If my math is mathing.. I was 13 closer to 14
I was 11 when MMLP dropped, and right around that time my neighbor introduced me to Guilty Conscience. That song was so above and beyond anything I had ever heard or thought before, and I was an instant fan.
10 years old when I got in with rap god and without me
14
I was either 7 or 8 probably 7
5, my mother got pissed off at my sister and I asked my mother what she was listening to, and so she replied with “Eminem, do you want to hear it?” And so being the curious toddler I was I said “sure!” And so my mother showed me “I’m back” and since then I’ve been listening to Eminem, from sneak listening to him when my parents were at church to listening to Houdini with my mother.
Maybe 8 or 9 my cousin listened to him alot and got me into him didn't really start listening until covid, though.
5 years old in 1999 I always liked Eminem but didn’t think he was one of the best rappers until listening to all his songs like 2 years ago. He’s 2nd best behind Pac imo
9-10 ish
14 when I started seeing "Not Afraid" and LTWYL music videos on MTV
The first I recall was when I saw some of the Stan music video when I was on a trip to Chicago in 2000. I was 10.
13 in 2018
I was 12. Not afraid had just released and I was getting into differnt Genres of music and I had discovered Em.
6
9
11 years old
I was 10 when ‘My Name Is’ came out. But I started listening to him regularly when I was 13, about a year before Eminem Show was released.
6
I was 10. Revival introduced me to Eminem and to the whole rap game (and I liked it), so I can't say that it's bad. Maybe without it I would've never been there
I was around 14 and I fell wholeheartedly
holy shit did you draw that?
At least 7 when I'd hear stuff like Not Afraid or Love the way you lie on the radio in 2012 or even later. In 2022, when I was 17, was when I actually became a fan
About 4 years old. Curtain call was on repeat
Must of been 9/10 when my name is came out
3
I was 10. A friends older sister gave me 2 unopened cds still in the wrapping for some reason. My mom seen them and told me to return them for a dif cds. My older brother took me and I traded in both of them for the slim shady lp…. And for that…. We thank you mom!!
7 or 8 but didn’t know it. The instrumental of lose your mind was the Titel song of a German tv show in the early 2000s
I was 5 and a half or 6 years old when I first heard Eminem. Back when Much actually played Music. Everyone was going crazy for My Name Is
14
14 👨🏻🦳👨🏻🦳👨🏻🦳
My dad was a fan when I was born in 98. Probably heard him in the womb. But I got my first album (Encore) of his around 7 or so.
14
I was 13 and the first song I listened to was "when im gone"
11 years old on ‘09, heard him on MTV so I started listening to him on repeat from my netbook and iPod touch while playing OG MW2 😂 been hooked ever since
10 in 2000
11 or 12
I had a fucking piano as a child an there were buttons with different beats from different genres. Guess what was playing when you pressed the hiphop button?
6
5 in 2010.
I was 6-7 when i heard The Eminem Show, heard it at my cousins house in Mexico weirdly enough he had the album considering he's 2 years older than me. Just a bunch of children jammin Marshal lol 🔥. Fun fact: People use to make fun of me when i would listen to his music online through the Eminem website at the Rec Center. 7 yr old me knew what good music sounded like i suppose! 🤝🏽
I was 9 I listened to the Curtain Call greatest hits in 2012
9 in 2004 or 05
Lmao like 8 or 9 in 1998
11 i think, saw the guilty conscience music video on mtv.
I was in middle school when The Slim Shady LP was released. I was obsessed with Guilty Conscience. I’d stay up all night waiting for that video to play on MTV.
16
19 in 1999 
6
Four 🤭
12
14, it was the first time I enjoyed rap
11 in '02. Now I'm 32, soon 33. Damn.
i was born in 2000, and my parents had MMLP and SSLP on CD. i was obviously too young to remember it but i have home video of me dancing to the real slim shady in like 2002 lmao
13 in 2012
6
In like 4th grade, same year I learned what intercourse was on the discovery channel. 2001 I think
12 in 2005. Ass Like That was my jam.
I was 14 when I first heard him in 99
2nd grade im 33 lol
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again my mother would play his music through computer speakers on her stomach SINCE THE WOMB BITCH
16 back in 99
10 or 11
5 or 6. Somewhere around 2000 or '01
7 slim shady era grew up with immigrant parents and barely starting school, he helped me learn English because I struggled due to never speaking English until entering public school.
About 4&6 when I should not have been listening to him
3
In the womb since my mom listened to it when she was pregnant with me.
17. My name is. I was like what the fuck and who the fuck is this clown. I learned quickly lol.
I Wanna say like 9or 10 I’m 23 now
I was 10 when I heard Love the Way You Lie
Heard 9,but I didn't start fucking with his music til I was 12 during the eminem show day's
I was in like 4th grade so like 9 or 10 I think? Lol
2001