Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper Eminem’s former wife Kim Mathers has revealed an attempt to kill herself last year when she drove into a ditch.
According to Mathers, she strategically planned out her suicide attempt.
Kim called into the Detroit radio show “Mojo in the Morning” on channel 95.5 to come clean on the car accident. The case had been sealed, leading people to think she was getting preferential treatment from the court. Kim says the docs were sealed only because they had medical information related to her suicide attempt. She admits she specifically found a road where no one else would get hurt, ingested pills and alcohol before she “hit the gas and aimed for a pole.” Her Cadillac Escalade flipped but Kim ultimately survived the wreck. (TMZ)
Last fall, Eminem and his Shady Records powerhouse teamed up with lyrics-decoding publication Genius.
Genius will also serve as the official lyrics engine for Eminem.com and all of Shady Records’ online properties. “Coming up we would always obsess over the lyrics from our favorite MCs. Picking everything apart, trying to get into their heads,” Eminem said in a statement. “I still do that today and Genius helps to make it a worldwide conversation. Pretty amazing to me.” (Billboard)
Genius co-founder Ilan Zechory confirmed the big business move.
“Any discussion of the greatest rapper of all time has to include Eminem, so working with him and Shady Records is just incredible as a fan,” said Zechory, Genius co-founder and president. “With Genius we’re trying to create something like a museum of songs — we want to give all the great ‘behind the music’ stories from Eminem a permanent home for fans to enjoy.” (Billboard)
Outside of this, Em previously dished on his admiration for late hip-hop mogul Tupac Shakur.
“The first time I ever heard Tupac was his verse on “I Get Around” with Digital Underground. I was 18 or 19 years old and I remember thinking, “Who is this?” He stood out so much. Once I heard that, I got his first album, 2Pacalypse Now. I saw the video for “Brenda’s Got a Baby” and I remember thinking, “Holy sh*t.” By the time he got to Me Against the World, it was him at his pinnacle. He’s off and running. He knows what he wants, and he’s figured out how he wants to be and how he wants to sound — everything. I would probably put that up against anything as far as a classic hip-hop album goes.” (PAPER Mag)
