INTERVIEW
(Debbie): How are you feelin' today?
(Eminem): I'm doing good. I'm doing good.

(Debbie): Here's a copy of the Magazine. How ya feelin' the
magazine?
(Eminem): I'm feelin' it! I'm feelin it

(Debbie): Why don't you give the readers the 411 on you : name,
age, sign,
birthday...
(Eminem): Alright. (with a nerdy voice) My name is Marshall
Mathers, I'm
24 years old, I was born October 17, 1974, and um I...I'm a Libra.
A'ight

(Debbie): I saw you on MTV Spring Break and you were definitely
making it
happen. How were you feelin' it?
(Eminem): I was feelin' it. I love Cancun. I love Spring Break.
That was
one of my most funnest part of the tour.

(Debbie): Did you always want to rhyme? Did you ever want to do
anything
else?
(Eminem): When I was like 12 or 13, I wanted to be a comic book
artist.
You know, I used draw pictures, but when I was around 14, 15, 16, I
knew I
wanted to rap. I knew it! I felt it in my heart.



(Debbie): Now your from Detroit. Is it that much different than LA
or NY?
(Eminem): Every city's different, ya know. Every city's different,
but in
Detroit, we got an underground. We got a strong underground and
shit, you
know? People, they know what time it is, you know.

(Debbie): You say Detroit got an underground, but you ain't really
hearing
anything from Detroit except for you and Royce (da 5'9), so you'll
definitely be putting them on the map.
(Eminem): Right. That's why I say underground. Mainstream ain't
heard of
Detroit yet. Ya know. Beside me and Royce da 5'9, we the only two
cats
really doing it on a large scale. Ya know, on a wider scale.

(Debbie): Who are some of your favorite MCs or artists?
(Eminem): My favorite MCs or artists...Um...Jay-Z. I like DMX, LL
Cool J,
Treach from Naughty By Nature, Nas. I like Redman, Royce da 5'9.
Royce da
5'9 is one of my favorite MCs and he ain't even out yet, but I swear
to God
he's gonna bang motherfuckers in the head when he comes out! I'm
telling
you!

(Debbie): What do you think is the state of violence right now in
Hip Hop?
You know, we had Biggie die, Tupac Die, and now Big L...
(Eminem): (With anger in his voice) Shit is crazy! This shit is
crazy and
motherfuckers need to slow the fuck down! They do not realize that
when you
do some shit like that, you take somebody's fuckin' life! That shit
is
uncalled for! Big L?! Tupac?! Biggie?! Those are fuckin' Legends!
You
don't take Legends fuckin' lives! You don't take ANYBODY'S life like
that!
That shit is crazy! Hip Hop needs to slow the fuck down! But I don't
think
that shit that happened with Big L and whoever else it was rap/hip
hop
related, you know what I'm sayin? I don't think that was hip hop
related.
Motherfuckers were on some personal shit. But motherfuckers just
gotta
chill! You never gonna stop crime in America. That's just the way
the
world is. You're never gonna stop it. It's always gonna keep on,
you know
what I'm sayin'? As long as motherfuckers are broke and they ain't
got
nothing to lose, this shit is always gonna happen! Always! I hate
that
shit!

(Debbie): Who would you like to work with?
(Eminem): I just did a song with Missy, I just did a song with the
Madd
Rapper, I'm on Dre's Chronic II, but other than that, I'm done with
collaborations. I don't want to spread myself too thin.

(Debbie): So if Rakim's calling you, you gonna say "I'm done with
collaborations?!
(Eminem): Now I didn't say all that! (laughing)

(Debbie): Well, on a lighter note, you know this is an adult
magazine and I
have to ask adult questions, so are you down?
(Eminem): I'm down, I'm down.

(Debbie) So you're feeling the magazine and you have your different
flavors.
You have chocolate, vanilla, your butter pecan ricans...
(Eminem) A'ight!

(Debbie): So, what's your favorite?
(Eminem): What's my favorite? I LOVE ALL WOMEN! Yo, I don't... I
don't...I can't say "I want a women to look like this, and this, and
this
when she comes backstage and otherwise I don't want to talk to
her." I'm
attracted to all women! I'm attracted to the female species, ya know.

(Debbie): I know you live in a predominantly Black neighborhood, did
you
date any sistas when you were younger? Was it taboo?
(Eminem): I met a little bit of resistance, but for the most part it
was
all love. I grew up with people on my block and they knew me, you
know. I
mean I got jumped, fucked up shit happened to me a few times, but
that
happens to everybody. I don't think it has anything to do with color
or any
of that shit. It's just all a part of growing up. So...

(Debbie): So are you lovin' us thick sistas or are you into those
boney
sistas?
(Eminem): I don't have a look code, I just look at every girl I see,
and
every girl I meet...

(Debbie): Do you watch any adult movies or porn?
(Eminem): All the time! I watch that shit on the bus!

(Debbie): Say word?! So who's your favorite actress of all time?
(Eminem): Janet Jacme.

(Debbie): Say word?! Stop lying!
(Eminem): Janet Jacme!

(Debbie): Would you ever star in a porno movie?
(Eminem): Hell...(couldn't hear the answer)

(Debbie): Hell no?
(Eminem): Hell shit yeah!!!

(Debbie): Oh hell yeah! (laughter)
(Eminem): Would I star in a porno movie?! (saying it like I was
stupid)

(Debbie) I'm saying, represent! Like "A day in the Life of Slim
Shady!"
(Eminem) Real soon you'll be seein' a porno by Slim Shady!

(Debbie) Oh for real?!
(Eminem) I got a little movie coming out and then you'll see a porno
by
Slim Shady.

(Debbie) Say Word?! So I'm saying...
(Eminem) There ain't no shame in my game. NO SHAME IN MY GAME AT ALL.

(Debbie): What would be the concept?
(Eminem): The concept would be me fucking all the girls that dissed
me.

(Debbie): So, if you could star with any adult actress, who would it
be?
(Eminem): I like Janet Jacme, I like Amber Lynn, I like Ginger Lynn,
Shane...

(Eminem) Who's that girl...Gina?
(Debbie) Jeanna Fine?
(Eminem) No, no, no! Gina somethin' else, Gina somethin'
else...She's older
too!

(Debbie) You mean Nina Hartley!
(Eminem) (like we struck gold) Yeah! Nina Hartley! I LIKE Nina
Hartley too!
(laughter)



(Debbie): What's kind of girls do you consider freaky?
(Eminem): Girls who do girls. I'm not into really freaky shit. I
mean, no
bottles up into some shit and no animals.

(Debbie): So you wouldn't consider yourself a freak?
(Eminem): Not really. I'm not into really wild shit. No finger in
the
ass. No finger in MY ass (laughter).

(Debbie): You're not inspired by porn?
(Eminem): Only to try different positions. I saw some wild shit the
other
day. This girl was standing on her head, with her legs on this guys
shoulders. Some upside down shit. I don't like all that extra shit,
but I
definitely wanna try that upside shit. No pierced clits. That's all
pain.
Is your clit pierced?

(Debbie) No!(laughter)
(Eminem) That's good! I don't like pierced clits (laughing).

(Debbie): So no anal sex?
(Eminem): Hell no! I only fuck with one hole (laughing). I mean if
it's
with my girl, then that's different, but hell no.

(Debbie) That's wild! I figured you'd be a full blown freak!
(Eminem) Not really.

(Debbie) I think everyone is freaky, but the right person has to
bring it
out. See, I think you have a freaky side, but someone needs to bring
it
out.
(Eminem) I've been with my girl for eight years, and it still not out.

(Debbie) But your girl ain't me. (laughing)
(Eminem) Oh word (laughing)?! We'll see the next time I come to New
York!
But that orgy in Pittsburgh was wild, but I don't consider myself a
freak.
I mean I might grab a girl's hair and kick her a couple of times
(laughing).
Maybe slap her (laughing).


(Debbie): What are some of your other favorite positions?
(Eminem): Doggystyle, I hate being on top! I like it when the girl
is on
top. I'm lazy like that. I like to make the girl work. And I like
doggystyle!

(Debbie): Do you see a difference between how different girls sex
you?
Like do Black women do things that white women don't do, etc?
(Eminem): Nah. I don't see any difference. Why?

(Debbie) Because I see a definite difference in how Black men perform
and
white men perform.
(Eminem) How is that? Like what?

(Debbie) Like a lot of Black men don't perform oral sex whereas a
lot of
White men do.
(Eminem) I don't eat the cat either.

(Debbie): Word?! What's up with that?! (laughter)
(Eminem): I don't fuck with the cat! You don't know what's been
down
there!

(Debbie): So you NEVER would perform oral sex?!
(Eminem): I mean if it's with my girl or someone I know, then I
would do
it. but if it's with someone I just met, I ain't running up in
that! But
overall, I RARELY, RARELY, RARELY do it. But I'm mostly into having a
girl
cum. I she don't cum, I can't even stay hard. I'll just roll over
and go
to sleep.

(Debbie) That's very generous! Most men aren't like that!
(Eminem) I ain't most men.

(Debbie): Do you masturbate?
(Eminem): Hell yeah I do! At least two times a day! (laughing).
Nah, it's
not like that. I don't know how many times. I don't keep track
(laughing).
Why do you?

(Debbie) No.
(Eminem) You lying ass! When was the last time you had sex?

(Debbie) February
(Eminem) You haven't got dick since February. What's up with that?
I
gotta get to New York (laughter).

(Debbie): What's the freakiest thing you've ever done with someone
on tour?
(Eminem): I haven't done really freaky yet. I'm still waiting to do
it. I
like watching girls do shit in front of me.

(Debbie): What is the freakiest thing you've seen on tour?
(Eminem): Nothing really.

(Debbie): Stop lying! I know about them two girls doing their thing
with
each other in front of all! Come on! We at Black Gold are all
family!
What was up with that?!
(Eminem): Oh you heard about that shit?! That wasn't anything. Just
some
immature girls. See, I like to watch, but every time I meet girls,
they
always wanna do shit with me, but I'm like "Nah." That Dallas shit
was
some bullshit. These two girls were eating each other out and as
soon as
the pants were coming off, it was like "Well, I don't know if I wanna
do
this." The other girl was wild and down for whatever, but the other
was
like "I don't know. She's my friend.." The freakiest shit I seen
was in
Pittsburgh. I seen four girls at once.

(Debbie): Say word?! How the hell did that happen?!
(Eminem): I don't know! (laughing) They all took turns. I had my
boys in
there and the girls were giving us a show. That shit was wild!

(Debbie): Does your girl know all this shit is going on?
(Eminem): Hell no! (laughing) and you better not print it either!
(laughing) But she ain't stupid either, but she don't know all
that...

(Debbie): Alright now, on a sentimental note. For all the female
readers
of Black gold that want you to melt in their mouth, what kind of
woman are
you looking for? That is if you are looking...
(Eminem): What kind of women am I looking for? One night stands!
(laughter)

(Debbie): For real?! (laughter)
(Eminem): That's all. That's all! (laughing)

(Debbie): You aren't trying to get married and have more kids?
(Eminem): Hell no! I got one little girl in this world and that's
all I
need!


(Debbie): How's your family doing?
(Eminem): How's my family doing? My little girl is doing fine.

(Debbie): Yeah, she made her debut on the Bonnie & Clyde joint on
the
album. Is she star material?
(Eminem): She's definitely star material! My little girl is
beautiful. My
little girl is going to be a movie star. She's only three, but she's
so
smart! Three going on seven.

(Debbie): That's good! Now knowing that you had your daughter, in
Bonnie &
Clyde, as an accomplice (in her mom's murder), I KNOW your girl must
have
been trippin'! How did you explain yourself after she heard that
shit?
(Eminem): What I told her was like "Look. I was pissed off!" That's
all I
could say. I really felt that I wanted to do that shit. At one
point in
time, I really wanted to do that shit. For real. Baby Momma Drama.

(Debbie) That should be the title of your next song! Baby Momma
Drama!
(Eminem) That is so typical!

(Debbie) Every more reason to do it!
(Eminem) Nah, I got other songs about her. I finished four songs for
the
next album, and I have a song called "Kim" which is basically about
shit
that led up to "Bonnie & Clyde." I gotta few songs. I gotta few. My
baby's
mother put me through a lot of shit, so she's worth a lot of songs.

(Debbie)(Laughing) You mean before you killed her?!
(Eminem) Yeah. Before I cut her throat. (laughing)

(Debbie): So is she gonna come out with an album about you?
(Eminem): (laughing) That would be funny! That would be really
funny!
(laughing)

(Debbie): Any R&B sad songs?
(Eminem): (a very quick) No! No, no, no!

(Debbie): You don't like R&B? I mean old R&B?!
(Eminem): I'm not saying I don't like R&B. It's just not my thing.
It's
not the type of music I get into. I mean I could listen to a little
bit of
it, but me doing it personally, I can't fuck with that.

(Debbie): So what's up your babymova? (laughter)
(Eminem): Me and my girl have been breaking up and making up so
much!
Right now it's cool. I just got back with her. But she got an
attitude and
I can't stand that attitude shit. But shit got worse when my
daughter was
born.

(Debbie): How is that?
(Eminem): Every time we would fight and we'd break up, she'd
say "Well if
you don't want to see me anymore, you can't see Hailie (his
daughter). She
would use my daughter against me.

(Debbie) That's messed up.
(Eminem) Yup. Baby Momma Drama.

(Debbie): Did you want a boy?
(Eminem): It didn't really matter.

(Debbie): But all men want a boy. All men want a little man. You
didn't
feel that?
(Eminem): I did in the beginning, before she was born. But once she
was
born, I was like, "I got a little girl."

(Debbie): Were you scared to death?
(Eminem): I wasn't scared. I was changing diapers at 11, when my
brother
was born. I was a little scared, but when she was born, I was
like "This
isn't so bad."

(Debbie): So what's up with your brother? Is he safe? You know
people are
probably on his shit because you're his brother.
(Eminem): Yo, my brother is mad cool. He's the most popular kid in
the
school! He got like 10 girlfriends!

(Debbie): For real?! (laughter)
(Eminem): Word! He even dyed his hair blond and got his ears
pierced! He
look just like me! He came to my concert and the girls were all over
him!
They didn't even want to get with me! He was sitting on this girls
lap and
she was rubbing all over him! I was like "You go you little pimp!"
(laughter)

(Debbie): Have you had women fight over you?
(Eminem): Hell yeah! I had a bunch! One night there was two girls
in my
hotel room, and I didn't like any of them. So I left the room. I
can't
remember why I left because I was drunk, but I left. Then I look
outside in
the parking lot, and these two girls were fighting each other. Each
was
blaming the other for me leaving. I mean they were scrapping on the
floor.
Little did they know I didn't like any one of them.

(Debbie): What's the weirdest shit that happened to you with a
female?
(Eminem): One time there were two girls in the hotel lobby, and I
picked one
girl over her friend and took her upstairs, and the other girl was
crying!

(Debbie): Word? What was up with that?
(Eminem): She was a manic depressive. I know this because I saw her
popping pills and I asked her what she was doing and she told me.
She was
taking anti-depressants. She was like "I'll be okay as long as I'm
taking
my medication." And when I picked her friend, she flipped out! She
was
crying "I'm the Slim Shady fan, not her!" "Why is she up there and
not me?!"
"My rent is due!"

(Debbie)(laughing) Damn!
(Eminem)Yeah, and I saw her the next day at the show. She was
like "Hi, do
you remember me? I said "Yeah, and get away from me!" She was crazy
(laughter).

(Debbie)(laughing) Oh damn. That mess is wild!
(Eminem) Yeah (laughing)

(Debbie): How do you deal with all the people grabbing all over
you?
(Eminem): It's wild because I'm real! I'm a human being like
everyone
else. You can talk to me because I'm just like you. But
motherfuckers can
be rude. I mean I'll be eating and a cat will come up to me and be
like
"Yo, Em. Drop me a freestyle!" "Yo, Em, can I get an
autograph," "Yo, can
you call my house and leave a message!?" And I'm like "Yo, I'm
eatin!"



(Debbie)That's funny because in New York, people don't do that
because most
rappers grow up with you and live down your block.
(Eminem) That's true. And in California, they're cool too! They
ain't star
struck. I'll be in a diner eatin', and a cat will be like "Yo,
what's up
Em" and walk by. But in the Midwest, people lose their mind! I'm
like,
"You can touch me. I'm real!" Let me give you an example of the
funniest
shit that happened. Me and Big Nasty (Eminem's bodyguard) were at
the
airport, bringing back the rent-a-car, and the rent-a-car lady comes
running
up to the car to check the mileage. I don't think she knew who I
was. But
then when I stepped out the car, she flipped out! She kept on
saying "Oh my
God" "Oh my God" over and over again! She was like "What's your
name?!"
"What's your name?" I said "My name is.."(doing the song), and she
flipped
out again. She asked for a hug and I gave it to her. She still kept
on
saying "Oh my God," "Oh my God." Then she turned around to walk
away, and I
don't know what happened, but she tripped and fell on her face! We
were
laughing our asses off! (laughing)

(Debbie) Word?! She fell?!(laughing)
(Eminem) Yeah! And when she was on the floor, she STILL kept on
saying "Oh
my God," "Oh my God!" (laughing)

(Debbie): That shit is wild! How are you dealing with all the media
attention?
(Eminem): At this point, I'm like "Come up with something new." I
hate the
same old questions. But it seems like "white" magazines such as Spin
and
Rolling Stone focus on my "whiteness" more than Black magazines. Like
the
Source. They're like, he's white, let's get over it. But when
Rolling
Stone came out with "Low Down Dirty White Boy" on the cover, I was
like
"This shit is critical." I liked the article inside, but when I saw
the
cover, I was like "What the fuck is this?!" But then you have your
magazines
like XXL that called me a culture stealer and an invader. That's
some
elementary school shit. Give me a break! It's funny how all the
magazines
can dwell on my race, but they could NEVER say that my shit is whack
because
they know my shit is tight!

(Debbie) That just shows how little people know about hip hop,
because you
have crazy rappers that are white in the underground.
(Eminem) I know! I came from the underground.

(Debbie) Also, some people have a hard time believing that there are
poor
white people or that they even live in a ghetto. America has crazy
white
people in poverty.
(Eminem) Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people
are
poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto, I'd say I lived in
the 'hood.
The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me
now. I
don't want them to be poor. I just lost a friend of mine to some
bullshit!
He was playing around with some friends and he accidentally sprayed
water on
this girl's sweater. She went back and told two dudes that he
sprayed
water, and they went over to him, shot him twice and ran over him
with their
car. Over some stupid bullshit.

(Debbie) I'm sorry to hear that.
(Eminem)(very sad)Yeah. He was gonna come out with an album in two
weeks. I
wish I brought him on with me... But we (white people) have problems
too.

(Debbie): Do you plan on making two sets of videos? Like one will
be an
X-rated version on videotape and one for the networks like
Tupac's "How do
You Want It"?
(Eminem): I thought about it. But I'm doing a feature film on my
life. Me
and Dre. Some of it's going to be true, and the other is gonna be
some
bugged out shit. The other shit is how Dre views my life. How he
sees my
life, how I was born, how I was conceived, etc. It's gonna be bugged
out!
It's gonna be released on videotape It's gonna be wild!

(Debbie): Speaking of video, I saw the "Guilty Conscience" video on
BET and
I heard that MTV edited the hell out of it. What happened?
(Eminem): I sent MTV a copy of the video, and because they are on
this
anti-violence campaign because of the Columbine killings, they edited
the
fuck out the video. The Commissioner against Violence wrote MTV and
said
"How can you say you're against violence when you play Eminem, Korn
and
Marilyn Manson?" BET is showing me mad love. But I haven't seen the
edited
video yet.

(Debbie) Why shouldn't BET show you love? You're hip hop too.
(Eminem) Yup

(Debbie): Why do you think there is such a connection between Hip
Hop and
the adult industry?
(Eminem): Because rappers are all freaks! Also Hip Hop is tying into
everything!

(Debbie): I heard Dustin Hoffman played "The Mummy" at one of your
concerts. How did that jump off?
(Eminem): I was performing at the House of Blues in California, and
he was
there with his kids. He came backstage and we were talking and I
asked him
to play "The Mummy." His kids begged him to do it. He was
like, "Hey if it
makes my kids happy and since you make my kids happy, I'll do it." I
was
amped. That night, he came onstage as "The Mummy" and everybody was
wondering who the Mummy was. Then at the end of the show, I was
like "Do
ya'll wanna know who the Mummy is?" I ripped off the mask and when
everybody saw it was Dustin Hoffman, the crowd went bananas!

(Debbie) See that's messed up because ya'll weren't trying to do that
in New
York when I went to the show!
(Eminem) We didn't have The Mummy idea set up yet. But in every city
now
we're going to let someone else be The Mummy.

(Debbie) Well, I would've been the Mummy! But Big Nasty said the
costume
wouldn't fit because my chest is too big!
(Eminem) Yeah, I don't think the costume would fit because your
chest is
too big (laughter)

(Debbie)(laughter) Damn! You remember?!
(Eminem) Yeah, I do (laughing)!

(Debbie): Now why did you feel the need to dis Milkbone, Cage, and
everybody? I mean, your shit was hot and it would've still been hot
without
the dissing, so why did you feel you had to break on them?
(Eminem): I didn't know any of this shit was going to happen between
Cage
and me. I dissed Cage because he said I took his style. I don't
even know
the motherfucker! I never even heard of it! I never even heard of
him! My
manager, as a matter of fact, had to send me a copy of his record and
he
(his manager) was like "Yo, this kid is saying you bit his
style..." I was
like "Yo, send me his record." I heard his record and I was
like "This
motherfucker don't even sound like me!" With Milkbone, I wasn't even
dissing Milkbone on my album. When I said "I'm on a Serch to crush a
Milkbone" (from "Don't Give a Fuck"), I was talking about stereotypes
and
now I heard he wants to bring it, so he could bring it and look
stupid, you
know what I'm sayin'!

(Debbie)I think it's on the Death Row "Chronic 2000" album.
(Eminem) I don't think so, but I heard his shit and his shit is
garbage. I
wish it is was dope enough for me to respond, but it's not, you know
what
I'm sayin'? So fuck it. I'm not giving them any more attention.

(Debbie): What about Vanilla Ice? See, I think Vanilla Ice gets a
bad rap.
I think he was just a puppet in the game. The executives were
like "You
want to eat? Say you're from the ghetto even though you aren't." He
was a
puppet.
(Eminem): Look, I went to all black schools, and I went to mixed
schools.
I say be proud of where you come from and represent. Fuck it, if
you're
from Beverly Hills, be proud. Don't lie! I could never lie! Shit!
I'd be
too paranoid that people would find out. I couldn't do it, but then
again,
I'm not in his situation. Did you see what he said about me in Vibe
Magazine (June issue)?

(Debbie) Yeah, but I don't think he really means that. I don't think
he
really hates you, I just think he feels that he HAS to, not because
he truly
feels that way. It's like, there are few of you so-called "white
rappers"
out there that he feels he needs to break on you and playa hate.
It's all
jealousy.
(Eminem)Yeah. When I read it, I felt like he was jealous of me. You
could
sense the animosity, like he was saying to himself, "That (Eminem)
should be
me."

(Debbie) But I think Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer were ahead of their
time. I
mean they were going platinum when a lot of rappers weren't. Hammer
had
sponsors, a doll, a cartoon before ANYONE else did, and they hated on
him.
Now everyone's doing the same thing.
(Eminem) Yeah that's true. But I'm sayin' still represent. Isn't
Hammer
broke?
(Debbie) Not by OUR standards. By the standards of people living in
Beverly Hills.
(Eminem) True.
(Debbie) Look at Milli Vanilli. They wanted to expose themselves
and say
that they weren't singing their own shit. But their manager beat
them to
it and exposed them as frauds. Ain't that fucked up!
(Eminem) Hell ya!
(Debbie) And you know what? Their manager still kept in touch with
the
member that died. As a matter of fact, the manager was the one who
found
him when he committed suicide!
(Eminem) Word?!
(Debbie) You know that manager is NOT sleeping well at night!
(Eminem) Hell No! He definitely ain't!

(Debbie) I also think the reason that some people have a problem
with you
is because, you're white, you love rap, you don't want to be black
because
you're proud of who you are, AND you came from the underground, so
you are a
part of Hip Hop, whether they like it or not. No one "made" you like
they
"made" Vanilla Ice.
(Eminem) Exactly, I love Hip Hop regardless, and people from the
underground
know me. I mean it's not like I wake up every morning, look in the
mirror,
and say "Boy, I sure am white today." So get off it and move on.

(Debbie) That's why you're talking to Black Gold! We on some other
shit!
(Eminem) A'ight!

(Debbie) I mean, MC Serch, I know that brother was praying to be
Black
before he went to sleep. (laughter) He even dissed white people in
his own
rhymes.
(Eminem) Yeah that's right. In "Gas Face" he said "Black cat is bad
luck/Bad guys wear black/Must have been a white man that created all
that."
I remember when I heard that, I felt funny, like "Yo, what is he
saying?!"
I felt uncomfortable. But he is a dope MC and one of favorite MCs.

(Debbie): So do you really smoke all that weed and do all that shit
that
you say on the album?
(Eminem): Everything I say, 99.9% of that shit I lived. I either
lived it
or I've seen it. It's better for me tell you what I don't do, than
what I
do do. I don't do heroin, cocaine, but I do 'shrooms, ecstasy, and I
don't
really smoke that much weed. I guess because I smoke so much of it,
that
shit has no affect on me (laughter).

(Debbie) So use something stronger, like crack! (laughing)
(Eminem)(laughing) Yeah right! but nah, I don't smoke crack either.
But I
do drink Bacardi. I drink that shit like water!

(Debbie) That's wild that you're so honest and you could say "Yo, I
drink"
(Eminem)(reciting a line from "Don't Give a Fuck") Well, my name is
Marshall
Mathers and I'm an alcoholic...(laughing) Why? Do you do drugs?
(Debbie) No.
(Eminem) Not even weed?!
(Debbie) No!

(Eminem) Would you try it?
(Debbie) I never tried and I don't know if I would.

(Debbie): You shouted out Canibus on you album. He was one of our
cover
stories. Have you ever seen him perform or freestyle?
(Eminem): I never heard Canibus freestyle, but I respect him as a
lyricist.
I will say that.

(Debbie): Yeah. I have a mixtape and I heard him freestyle and he's
on some
technological shit. He's real nice. What advice do you have to
those who
are trying to get into the game?
(Eminem): Keep working! You gotta know that you're dope. You gotta
know
you have talent. If you know that, keep working and it will happen.
If you
ain't got any talent, I can't speak for that!

(Debbie): Any advice to our female Black Gold readers who might be
feeling
you?
(Eminem): Use condoms!

(Debbie): (laughter) Besides that!
(Eminem): (laughter) Use condoms. Use used condoms if you have to!
(everybody's laughing). I don't give a fuck! Use used condoms if
you have
to! Right?

(Debbie): Do you believe in God?
(Eminem): Yeah I do, but I'm not a religious person. I don't go to
church
and all that.

(Debbie) Me too, but I know you must have praying everyday! And he
definitely blessed you! Very few people can actually do what they
love.
(Eminem) Hell yeah I prayed everyday! Before I got my deal, I lost
my job.
I couldn't even afford diapers. I was like "Something gotta give!"


(Debbie) Well you've definitely been blessed!
(Eminem) Thank you.

(Debbie): Well what's in the future for Slim Shady?
(Eminem): In the Fall, I'm doing another tour, but I don't know who
else is
on it. And then there the Chronic tour with Dre. I'm gonna be
meeting with
him, but there is no release date yet for the album or the tour.

(Debbie): Any last words?
(Eminem): Don't ever let anyone try and stop hip hop. Hip hop is
gonna be
here for mother-fuckin E-V-E-R. Hip Hop is forever. Hip Hopis
universal
and it will never stop. These motherfuckers tried to stop it in the
beginning, they could not stop it.

(Debbie) Well, God Bless you and thank you so much for the
interview! God
Bless to your family!
(Eminem) Thank you!

(Debbie) Oh by the way, everything I didn't put in here I'm going to
put in
a tell all book!
(Eminem) You're gonna put all kinds of shit in a tell-all book! Oh
word!

(Debbie)I'm saying. You gotta give me the hush money!
(Eminem) Oh word!

(Debbie) Yeah! You went double platinum, you could afford it! I'll
give
you my bank account number!
(Eminem) A'ight. I'll drop $7 million tomorrow.

(Debbie) I'm gonna call it "The Shady Memoirs." (laughter)
(Eminem) You're an ass! (laughter) Peace.


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