Eminem has given away a few excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography ‘The Way I Am’ – due to be released in the US tomorrow (October 21st).
The book is thought to be a revealing insight into the life of one of the most commercially successful rappers alive. Although he has already starred in the movie ‘8 Mile’ – based on his life – this is the first time that Eminem has told the whole story of his early years and rise to fame.
New excerpts have appeared on the US website Entertainment Weekly, with the rapper searching for the source of his anger. In one excerpt he says “I was losing my mind. I got up in one kid’s face with a pistol. Unloaded, but still. Was that the right thing to do? Hell, no. But my temper was out of control. Thank God I was in enough control to not do something tragic.”
In another excerpt the rapper looks back on his early interviews and material, and wonders where the anger came from. “When I look back at myself during those years when everything was blowing up, I think maybe at first I was a little, you know, too aggressive and loud. It was like I had this voice and I had to be heard. ”Don’t f*ck with me,’ to the point where people must have been wondering, Why is this dude so angry? Is he on crack? Is he on crystal meth? I go back and see old interviews and even now I wonder, Why was I so hyper?”
Eminem’s autobiography ‘The Way I Am’ is due to be released in the US on October 21st.
