he’s a rapper record producer and songwriter he’s the best-selling artist
songwriter he’s the best-selling artist
songwriter he’s the best-selling artist of the 2000s in America and Rolling
of the 2000s in America and Rolling
of the 2000s in America and Rolling Stone magazine ranked him as 83rd on
Stone magazine ranked him as 83rd on
Stone magazine ranked him as 83rd on their 100 greatest artists of all time
their 100 greatest artists of all time
their 100 greatest artists of all time list he sold more than 172 million
list he sold more than 172 million
list he sold more than 172 million albums making him one of the
albums making him one of the
albums making him one of the best-selling artists of all time
best-selling artists of all time
best-selling artists of all time he’s mmm and here his top ten rules for
he’s mmm and here his top ten rules for
he’s mmm and here his top ten rules for success the first time I grabbed the mic
success the first time I grabbed the mic
success the first time I grabbed the mic like though like in front of actual
like though like in front of actual
like though like in front of actual people that mattered
people that mattered
people that mattered you know silently get it at a club I got
you know silently get it at a club I got
you know silently get it at a club I got boo I remember that was very traumatic
boo I remember that was very traumatic
boo I remember that was very traumatic for me and I’d actually I think I at
for me and I’d actually I think I at
for me and I’d actually I think I at that point like the 8-mile thing was
that point like the 8-mile thing was
that point like the 8-mile thing was coming right when I bright you’re taken
coming right when I bright you’re taken
coming right when I bright you’re taken from or whatever so I just remember that
from or whatever so I just remember that
from or whatever so I just remember that being so dramatic and I think I went on
being so dramatic and I think I went on
being so dramatic and I think I went on like man up I quit right and then you
like man up I quit right and then you
like man up I quit right and then you know maybe a couple days later week
know maybe a couple days later week
know maybe a couple days later week later hour later whatever I don’t know I
later hour later whatever I don’t know I
later hour later whatever I don’t know I just I got the Earth’s like no man I
just I got the Earth’s like no man I
just I got the Earth’s like no man I gotta I gotta get up gotta do it again I
gotta I gotta get up gotta do it again I
gotta I gotta get up gotta do it again I don’t think that my goal has changed in
don’t think that my goal has changed in
don’t think that my goal has changed in a sense of you know from from just from
a sense of you know from from just from
a sense of you know from from just from from this idiot I rap from the same
from this idiot I rap from the same
from this idiot I rap from the same aspect of when I did when I was a kid
aspect of when I did when I was a kid
aspect of when I did when I was a kid like I just wanted to get the respect I
like I just wanted to get the respect I
like I just wanted to get the respect I just wanted to get a reaction out of
just wanted to get a reaction out of
just wanted to get a reaction out of people I just wanted to be heard and I
people I just wanted to be heard and I
people I just wanted to be heard and I wanted people to respect what I do and
wanted people to respect what I do and
wanted people to respect what I do and respect the fact that I respect the
respect the fact that I respect the
respect the fact that I respect the craft that I mean of him seeing so I
craft that I mean of him seeing so I
craft that I mean of him seeing so I really just kind of this kind of is
really just kind of this kind of is
really just kind of this kind of is pretty much the same thing today hip-hop
pretty much the same thing today hip-hop
pretty much the same thing today hip-hop has always been about bragging and
has always been about bragging and
has always been about bragging and boasting and I’m better than you with
boasting and I’m better than you with
boasting and I’m better than you with this and I’m better than you with that
this and I’m better than you with that
this and I’m better than you with that and I finally found something that yeah
and I finally found something that yeah
and I finally found something that yeah this kid over here you know he may have
this kid over here you know he may have
this kid over here you know he may have more chicks like he may have better
more chicks like he may have better
more chicks like he may have better clothes or whatever but he can’t do this
clothes or whatever but he can’t do this
clothes or whatever but he can’t do this like me you know I mean he can’t write
like me you know I mean he can’t write
like me you know I mean he can’t write what I’m writing right now and it
what I’m writing right now and it
what I’m writing right now and it started to feel like you know maybe
started to feel like you know maybe
started to feel like you know maybe Marshalls get a little respect I think
Marshalls get a little respect I think
Marshalls get a little respect I think one of my greatest inspirations or
one of my greatest inspirations or
one of my greatest inspirations or things that our feed off of basically
things that our feed off of basically
things that our feed off of basically was just obviously people not believing
was just obviously people not believing
was just obviously people not believing in the you know the cloud of doubt they
in the you know the cloud of doubt they
in the you know the cloud of doubt they kind of I felt hung over my head
kind of I felt hung over my head
kind of I felt hung over my head and wanted to just prove everybody wrong
and wanted to just prove everybody wrong
and wanted to just prove everybody wrong you know what I mean I wanted to make it
you know what I mean I wanted to make it
you know what I mean I wanted to make it and I was gonna make it regardless of
and I was gonna make it regardless of
and I was gonna make it regardless of what anybody said I don’t know how we
what anybody said I don’t know how we
what anybody said I don’t know how we describe my flow I think that uh develop
describe my flow I think that uh develop
describe my flow I think that uh develop the flow from so many other different
the flow from so many other different
the flow from so many other different artists like I was inspired by letters I
artists like I was inspired by letters I
artists like I was inspired by letters I had to say like early on ll Beastie Boys
had to say like early on ll Beastie Boys
had to say like early on ll Beastie Boys when DMC and it became you know and
when DMC and it became you know and
when DMC and it became you know and Rakim and kind of started running – uh
Rakim and kind of started running – uh
Rakim and kind of started running – uh maybe Kool G Rap Kara’s run
maybe Kool G Rap Kara’s run
maybe Kool G Rap Kara’s run Treach from Naughty by Nature so I had
Treach from Naughty by Nature so I had
Treach from Naughty by Nature so I had him you know I was a student at hip-hop
him you know I was a student at hip-hop
him you know I was a student at hip-hop so I was like I just I watched I study
so I was like I just I watched I study
so I was like I just I watched I study with everybody get in a game and just
with everybody get in a game and just
with everybody get in a game and just you know try to develop my own kind of
you know try to develop my own kind of
you know try to develop my own kind of sound and it took me a long time to get
sound and it took me a long time to get
sound and it took me a long time to get but you know I just kind of watch what
but you know I just kind of watch what
but you know I just kind of watch what everybody was doing was kind of sponge
everybody was doing was kind of sponge
everybody was doing was kind of sponge and soak up anything don’t be afraid to
and soak up anything don’t be afraid to
and soak up anything don’t be afraid to try whatever even if it the idea in the
try whatever even if it the idea in the
try whatever even if it the idea in the beginning is stupid yeah you know
beginning is stupid yeah you know
beginning is stupid yeah you know because a lot of ideas and beginning
because a lot of ideas and beginning
because a lot of ideas and beginning stages not mine of course mine are just
stages not mine of course mine are just
stages not mine of course mine are just insane from the moment I think of them
insane from the moment I think of them
insane from the moment I think of them course but sometimes ideas you know
course but sometimes ideas you know
course but sometimes ideas you know they’re not always the greatest ya know
they’re not always the greatest ya know
they’re not always the greatest ya know I mean you know be afraid to fail
I mean you know be afraid to fail
I mean you know be afraid to fail basically to get somewhere else to get
basically to get somewhere else to get
basically to get somewhere else to get on the journey absolutely yeah so if you
on the journey absolutely yeah so if you
on the journey absolutely yeah so if you say one thing that’s gonna spark another
say one thing that’s gonna spark another
say one thing that’s gonna spark another thing to lead to a better thought yeah
thing to lead to a better thought yeah
thing to lead to a better thought yeah like always with anything you gotta take
like always with anything you gotta take
like always with anything you gotta take the good with the bad
the good with the bad
the good with the bad you know you might I understand it did
you know you might I understand it did
you know you might I understand it did it that the level of success that I’m at
it that the level of success that I’m at
it that the level of success that I’m at doesn’t happen to everybody every day
doesn’t happen to everybody every day
doesn’t happen to everybody every day but like you know there’s there’s new
but like you know there’s there’s new
but like you know there’s there’s new problems you’re gonna have with with
problems you’re gonna have with with
problems you’re gonna have with with with everything if it wasn’t my success
with everything if it wasn’t my success
with everything if it wasn’t my success and I was still trying to look for a job
and I was still trying to look for a job
and I was still trying to look for a job or working a dead-end job and didn’t
or working a dead-end job and didn’t
or working a dead-end job and didn’t have no money to eat with it would be
have no money to eat with it would be
have no money to eat with it would be those kind of problems that I would have
those kind of problems that I would have
those kind of problems that I would have those type of family problems
those type of family problems
those type of family problems how we gonna feed Haley how we going to
how we gonna feed Haley how we going to
how we gonna feed Haley how we going to raise her how are we gonna stay together
raise her how are we gonna stay together
raise her how are we gonna stay together how are we gonna pay our rent Joan I
how are we gonna pay our rent Joan I
how are we gonna pay our rent Joan I mean so it would be so now it’s new
mean so it would be so now it’s new
mean so it would be so now it’s new problems it’s like money’s not the
problems it’s like money’s not the
problems it’s like money’s not the problem
problem
problem now it’s different things for other
now it’s different things for other
now it’s different things for other people interfering in our lives and our
people interfering in our lives and our
people interfering in our lives and our business and like that so you got to
business and like that so you got to
business and like that so you got to take the good with the bad
take the good with the bad
take the good with the bad well I definitely think that people have
well I definitely think that people have
well I definitely think that people have seen me
seen me
seen me you push boundaries and maybe you know
you push boundaries and maybe you know
you push boundaries and maybe you know some people get inspired to do the same
some people get inspired to do the same
some people get inspired to do the same thing I got that from other people you
thing I got that from other people you
thing I got that from other people you know mean like hip-hop has always been
know mean like hip-hop has always been
know mean like hip-hop has always been about seeing and feeding off of you know
about seeing and feeding off of you know
about seeing and feeding off of you know getting inspired from other MCS in the
getting inspired from other MCS in the
getting inspired from other MCS in the game everybody gets inspired from
game everybody gets inspired from
game everybody gets inspired from everybody you know and but I saw Dre do
everybody you know and but I saw Dre do
everybody you know and but I saw Dre do it you know I’m saying in NWA and the
it you know I’m saying in NWA and the
it you know I’m saying in NWA and the way that they push boundaries and it was
way that they push boundaries and it was
way that they push boundaries and it was kind of like you know it’s every few
kind of like you know it’s every few
kind of like you know it’s every few years there will be certain rappers
years there will be certain rappers
years there will be certain rappers that’ll come along and do that and you
that’ll come along and do that and you
that’ll come along and do that and you know some some tend to do it better than
know some some tend to do it better than
know some some tend to do it better than others that push it further than others
others that push it further than others
others that push it further than others I was reserved and I was shy and had it
I was reserved and I was shy and had it
I was reserved and I was shy and had it in me but wasn’t quite sure how to bring
in me but wasn’t quite sure how to bring
in me but wasn’t quite sure how to bring it out yet I wanted people to hear me so
it out yet I wanted people to hear me so
it out yet I wanted people to hear me so bad I wanted to do my bit but it was
bad I wanted to do my bit but it was
bad I wanted to do my bit but it was like you know them jitters and them I’m
like you know them jitters and them I’m
like you know them jitters and them I’m scared I’m not scared
scared I’m not scared
scared I’m not scared I hope struggle and everything
I hope struggle and everything
I hope struggle and everything especially early on for me which I love
especially early on for me which I love
especially early on for me which I love being on stage and stuff like that once
being on stage and stuff like that once
being on stage and stuff like that once I got a mic I was cold but it was that
I got a mic I was cold but it was that
I got a mic I was cold but it was that prompted me to do it and get up there
prompted me to do it and get up there
prompted me to do it and get up there and not be scared to grab that and just
and not be scared to grab that and just
and not be scared to grab that and just and just rock I feel like anybody can do
and just rock I feel like anybody can do
and just rock I feel like anybody can do anything in set their mind to it depends
anything in set their mind to it depends
anything in set their mind to it depends on how bad you want it and I wanted to
on how bad you want it and I wanted to
on how bad you want it and I wanted to do it you know the stage of my life I I
do it you know the stage of my life I I
do it you know the stage of my life I I don’t feel like there’s too much that I
don’t feel like there’s too much that I
don’t feel like there’s too much that I can’t do oh man you sound cocky but if I
can’t do oh man you sound cocky but if I
can’t do oh man you sound cocky but if I was like really really want to do it I
was like really really want to do it I
was like really really want to do it I don’t give up that easy
don’t give up that easy
don’t give up that easy you know back there if somebody would
you know back there if somebody would
you know back there if somebody would call somebody out on the mic and I think
call somebody out on the mic and I think
call somebody out on the mic and I think I ever called anybody out
I ever called anybody out
I ever called anybody out I always got called out you know I’m
I always got called out you know I’m
I always got called out you know I’m saying you know they somebody had a mic
saying you know they somebody had a mic
saying you know they somebody had a mic in the old and the white boy over there
in the old and the white boy over there
in the old and the white boy over there can get it too so do do me break me down
can get it too so do do me break me down
can get it too so do do me break me down like how would you break down an emcee
like how would you break down an emcee
like how would you break down an emcee I’m gonna give you a pass to break me
I’m gonna give you a pass to break me
I’m gonna give you a pass to break me down if I was an emcee just stuff in
down if I was an emcee just stuff in
down if I was an emcee just stuff in that you like this you know if you was
that you like this you know if you was
that you like this you know if you was MC and you would caught me out yeah well
MC and you would caught me out yeah well
MC and you would caught me out yeah well it would depend on a probably depend on
it would depend on a probably depend on
it would depend on a probably depend on what what you what I said what you said
what what you what I said what you said
what what you what I said what you said to me in order for me to throw it back
to me in order for me to throw it back
to me in order for me to throw it back but I’ll say top of the head Slim Shady
but I’ll say top of the head Slim Shady
but I’ll say top of the head Slim Shady we could in the ankles on the elderly
we could in the ankles on the elderly
we could in the ankles on the elderly lady take it in a mannequin posing that
lady take it in a mannequin posing that
lady take it in a mannequin posing that old Navy
old Navy
old Navy screw it I’m a change your name
screw it I’m a change your name
screw it I’m a change your name introducing slim Brady then I would say
introducing slim Brady then I would say
introducing slim Brady then I would say to you off the top of your head it’s not
to you off the top of your head it’s not
to you off the top of your head it’s not at the top of your head I take the
at the top of your head I take the
at the top of your head I take the turbulence the top of your head if you
turbulence the top of your head if you
turbulence the top of your head if you flat on the ground dead yo I’m number
flat on the ground dead yo I’m number
flat on the ground dead yo I’m number one in that suit right there is the 1981
one in that suit right there is the 1981
one in that suit right there is the 1981 and first of all you don’t want to step
and first of all you don’t want to step
and first of all you don’t want to step to me look at your shoes dog they’re
to me look at your shoes dog they’re
to me look at your shoes dog they’re broken and broken in you look at your
broken and broken in you look at your
broken and broken in you look at your gear you get them not here I don’t want
gear you get them not here I don’t want
gear you get them not here I don’t want to have it here take another beer go
to have it here take another beer go
to have it here take another beer go take a sip here go sit down
take a sip here go sit down
take a sip here go sit down do yourself a favor because dog you’re a
do yourself a favor because dog you’re a
do yourself a favor because dog you’re a clown but I just got laid by em and then
clown but I just got laid by em and then
clown but I just got laid by em and then did you know the best part about it was
did you know the best part about it was
did you know the best part about it was no matter what somebody said to the next
no matter what somebody said to the next
no matter what somebody said to the next person you shake hands you know I’m
person you shake hands you know I’m
person you shake hands you know I’m saying and then it was it was all love
saying and then it was it was all love
saying and then it was it was all love you thank you guys so much for watching
you thank you guys so much for watching
you thank you guys so much for watching I made this video because Daria but each
I made this video because Daria but each
I made this video because Daria but each asked me to so if there’s a famous
asked me to so if there’s a famous
asked me to so if there’s a famous entrepreneur that you want me to profile
entrepreneur that you want me to profile
entrepreneur that you want me to profile next leave it in the comments below and
next leave it in the comments below and
next leave it in the comments below and I’ll see what I can do I’d also love to
I’ll see what I can do I’d also love to
I’ll see what I can do I’d also love to hear which of Eminem’s
hear which of Eminem’s
hear which of Eminem’s top ten rules most resonated with you
top ten rules most resonated with you
top ten rules most resonated with you leave a comment below and I’m going to
leave a comment below and I’m going to
leave a comment below and I’m going to join in the discussion thank you guys so
join in the discussion thank you guys so
join in the discussion thank you guys so much for watching
much for watching
much for watching continue to believe and I’ll see you
continue to believe and I’ll see you
continue to believe and I’ll see you soon
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