Eminem reveals the great things about rap music in latest interview
Eminem expressed his thoughts on rapping about mental health and addiction in his latest interview as he revealed it has been therapeutic for him.
In a conversation with Sway in the Morning Show on Sirius XM Radio, the Venom hit-maker was asked how rapping about mental health and addiction was transformative for him
The rapper, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, praised the style, saying, "I think that's one of the great things about rap music...
"I was just trying to figure out how to expand on that and I lost," said the 15-time Grammy Award winner.
Eminem continued: "It's therapeutic and it's, you know, how it's always been for me."
Previously, the 49-year-old musician has rapped about his mental health struggles in his tracks including his album Recovery in which he wrote lyrics about addiction to prescription pills.
"In 2007, I overdoseed on pills, and I went to the hospital. I was close to 230 pounds. I'm not sure how I got to be that big, but I have thoughts," he told Men's Journal in 2015 in his 2007 Talking about medicine. in large quantity.
He continued, "What I had been taking for years on Vicodin and Valium leaves a hole in your stomach, so to avoid stomach pain, I was eating constantly - and eating badly."