We belong collectively — as mom and son.
Eminem — who starred as aspiring rapper B-Rabbit in “8 Mile,” the 2002 film based mostly on his personal life — reportedly had a sure pop celebrity in thoughts to play the position of his alcoholic mother, who he lives with in a trailer dwelling.
And it was none apart from Mariah Carey, in response to producer Damion “Damizza” Younger, who was working with the legendary singer on the time.
All of it started when Eminem requested a gathering with Carey, Damizza mentioned on the “TFU Podcast.”
“I’m not getting in the middle of that. I know how this ends,” he mentioned.
Damizza claimed that Carey initially turned down the assembly earlier than she heard concerning the film, alleging she ultimately agreed to it.
“The first thing out of [Eminem’s] mouth is, ‘I want you to play my mother,’” Damizza recalled.
However Carey, who at 56 is just 4 years older than Eminem, was allegedly insulted by the supply. “Her insecurities kicked in big time,” he mentioned.
Though Carey by no means went on to affix the forged of “8 Mile” — with the position of Eminem’s mother going to Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger — Damizza alleged that the assembly was the catalyst for the long-rumored romance between the 2 music icons.
“It was her chasing him, not him chasing her,” he mentioned. “Subsequent factor I do know, we’re at Eminem’s home … and so they disappear. The second they went into his room, actually, I used to be like, ‘I’m going again to LA. There isn’t a level of me being right here.’
“It went from business to f—king,” he claimed.
Whereas Eminem has additionally claimed that they dated — he even referenced Carey on the tracks “Superman” and “When the Music Stops” from 2002’s “The Eminem Show” — Carey has denied ever having a relationship with him.
That led the “We Be Together” singer to seemingly take goal at Eminem on her 2009 hit “Obsessed.”
“Telling the world how much you miss me/But we never were, so why you tripping?” sings Carey, who additionally donned an Eminem-like disguise as a stalker within the music video.
Eminem responded with one other monitor, “The Warning,” in 2009.
“Wow Mariah, didn’t expect you to go balls out/ Bitch, shut the f—k up ‘fore I put all them phone calls out,” he rapped.
As of late, although, Carey has put the Eminem feud far behind her. On Friday, she dropped “Type Dangerous,” her first correct single since 2018’s “Caution.” She carried out the brand new monitor on Monday evening on the BET Awards, the place she acquired the Final Icon Award.
“This means so much, especially coming from BET,” Carey mentioned. “This is my first BET Award. I mean, if you’re gonna get one, might as well start with the Ultimate Icon Award.”
She continued, “It took me a while, but I finally realized life is far too short to live for anyone else’s approval, which is something I always did. So I decided to own who I am—my extra-ness, my fabulousness and, yes, my success and my iconic-ness.”
