Eminem Facts

Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.

Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.

Eminem won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 2003 for "Lose Yourself" - the first rap song ever to win that award. He wasn't there. He was asleep in Detroit because his daughter Hailie had school early the next morning. He slept through history.