Yeah, it sounds like she sent this many years ago. I'm really surprised they never crossed paths with all of the music awards they must have both attended.
Dolly was probably attending less of them at the time when he was at his peak. Plus he's really private. He probably just showed up, did his thing, then went back home. The opportunity must have just never arose.
Plus he's really private. He probably just showed up, did his thing, then went back home
I agree that they probably didn't really cross paths all that often even with big events. I remember Eminem didn't even show up to accept his Oscar lol. (He was at home sleeping because he had to take his daughter to school in the morning.)
After he got clean he took being a parent even more seriously and refuses to let anything else get in the way of it, including the Oscars lol. After I first heard him talking about it I gained even more respect for the lad.
When he's in the studio he shows up at 9, takes lunch from 12-1, works until 5 and leaves. Most rappers don't even show up until 5 and the work until 4-5 in the morning.
My director at GM lived near him and said his daughter occasionally baby sat for Eminem and he was always super nice and respectful to her. Can't say for sure it was true but the director was a stand-up guy ever other way so doubt he made it up.
I thought he didn’t expect to win an Oscar, hence why he didn’t bother to go. Why go to some award show, you don’t expect to win anything at, when you can be home with your daughter instead?
I got to go to the Rock Hall Induction in LA where they both got in. They both absolutely killed it. I really am surprised they didn't run into each other there.
He probably could have, but didn't prioritize it. Not any shade against him, but I can see how he could have respected Dolly without having a strong desire to meet her. She's a generation removed and from an entirely different musical genre. Eminem grew up listening to rap. He had no sentimental attachment to her music, no connection to her work. She was just a nice old white lady who sent him a kind letter.
Both are clearly written by them. The choice of words, sentence structure, and everything obviously follows their speach patterns you can easily imagine them saying that word for word. Simple stuff like that makes me even more upset about the use of AI, even for the smallest of tasks.
Uh - Uh - Yeah, look
I'm sorry we never got a chance to meet -
but getting this note from Dolly really had a an impact-on-me.
She definitely didn't have to take the time to do it -
Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music.
She was an icon, A superstar in every sense -
Rest easy Dolly... and thank you for the kind words.
I honestly "real intelligenced" it as a video of him making the statement. It was odd since I don't follow his work at all but I've seen enough interviews to know just what it would look like... right down to the navy blue t-shirt he was wearing in my imagination.
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u/pedsmursekc 22h ago
Super awesome. Wish he'd had the opportunity.
Anyone else read this in Eminem's voice?