“Eminem is a fucking genius,” Dr. Dre proclaims in ‘Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story’. Featuring interviews with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent this new Eminem documentary tells the true story of how he went from struggling local rapper to an international sensation with a hip-hop empire.
It follows the release of last year’s Shady XV compilation commemorating the 15th anniversary of Eminem’s label. The album provided a good summary of the label’s history but it failed to tell the story of how the label came to be and what it actually achieved. This 30 minute documentary, produced by Complex, fills in the gaps and takes an in-depth look at Eminem’s career.
Dr Dre had heard Eminem rap before he met him and couldn’t believe he was white! “Eminem and Paul Rosenberg make a great team. Whatever they decide to do, I know it’s going to be big, it’s going to be amazing and it will work.”
50 Cent calls Eminem “My Dre” in one of the interviews. He discussed how the label gave him a place to be himself and therefore become successful. “They provided a platform for me to be 50 Cent,” said the rapper “Every place else was afraid.”
The necklace that Eminem is wearing in the video is the Sobriety Circle & Triangle Symbol used by Alcoholics Anonymous. The equilateral triangle represents the three-part answer – unity, recovery and service – to a three-part disease – physical, mental and spiritual, while the circle represents wholeness or oneness.
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