Eminem. (Picture by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Pictures)
Eminem remains to be clear and sober after 16 years.
The “Lose Your self” rapper, 51, celebrated 16 years of sobriety on Saturday, April 20, sharing a photograph by way of Instagram of his hand holding an Alcoholics Nameless chip to commemorate the milestone. Whereas Eminem (actual identify Marshall Mathers) didn’t embody a caption alongside the photograph, his feedback have been filled with supporters congratulating him for the achievement.
“Best Affect and Mentor 🔥🔥❤,” Nathan Kane Mathers, Eminem’s brother, wrote within the feedback.
“Candy 16. So happy with you,” Em’s longtime supervisor, Paul Rosenberg, commented.
Eminem has beforehand spoken about his struggles with dependancy after surviving a near-fatal overdose in 2007. His primary addictions have been sleeping tablets in addition to Vicodin and, in keeping with the rapper, he was at one level taking upwards of 20 tablets a day.
A number of of Hollywood’s largest stars have been candid about their sobriety journeys through the years. Kelly Osbourne, who beforehand talked about being sober for six years, revealed in April 2021 that she had suffered a relapse and was engaged on subsequent steps. “Not happy with it. However I’m again on monitor,” she wrote by way of […]
Past that, Eminem has remained comparatively quiet on social media concerning his restoration. Nonetheless, he shared a photograph of himself by way of Instagram in April 2019 holding an Alcoholics Nameless coin on the eleventh anniversary of his sobriety. “11 years — nonetheless not afraid,” he captioned the pic on the time.
Eminem has been sober since April 20, 2008. One 12 months later, he launched his album Relapse, an idea album that explored drug rehabilitation and relapse. It was his first launch since 2004’s Encore.
Eminem. (Picture by Monica Schipper/Getty Pictures)
“I bear in mind once I first obtained sober and all of the s–t was out of my system, I bear in mind simply being, like, actually pleased and every thing was f–king new to me once more,” Eminem mentioned of Relapse in a September 2022 episode of Rosenberg’s “Paul Pod” podcast. “It was the primary album and the primary time that I had enjoyable recording in a very long time.”
He continued, “It was like the primary time I began having enjoyable with music once more, and re-learning the right way to rap, you keep in mind that entire course of. It took a very long time for my mind to begin working once more.”
Whereas many feminine stars have been open about their experiences with consuming issues and physique picture points, male celebrities at the moment are turning into extra candid about their very own struggles with weight within the highlight. In March 2023, Ed Sheeran revealed that he struggled with bulimia and acknowledged the stigma surrounding males and consuming issues. “There’s sure […]
In February 2024, Eminem introduced that he can be co-producing a documentary beneath the working title Stans, described as a “revealing, edgy and disarmingly private journey into the world of tremendous fandom, informed by the lens of one of many world’s most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the followers that worship him.”
Eminem posted by way of X (previously Twitter) on April 10 searching for diehard Slim Shady followers who would wish to take part within the doc. “In search of Stans for a documentary produced by Eminem & Shady Movies,” he wrote. The time period “stan” comes from the tune of the identical identify from Em’s 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP.
