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Eminem Reflects On Abandoning Ego Slim Shady: ‘People Are Sensitive’

Eminem says farewell to Slim Shady in face off interview.

Complex brought together the 51-year-old rapper alongside his past egotistical character in a feature titled Slim Shady vs. Marshall Mathers: The Face Off. The “My Name Is” hitmaker addressed his past self, known for causing controversy by dissing singers in his music back in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Being that Slim has a personality of his own, he fired back at his creator, “We sold all that sh*t off my back, don’t get it twisted.” Despite that alter ego being what changed the rapper with 26 years in the industry, Eminem expressed that during his Shady days, those were the times he had to “self-medicate” and emphasized he “almost lost my f—-g career, my family, my life” because of him.

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