7 Fun Facts We Learned From Eminem’s Genius Annotations

Eminem has become the latest artist to annotate his work on Genius, adding over 40 annotations on some of his earliest work, some of his biggest hits, and even 50 Cent's "In Da Club." Here are the seven best things we learned from his notes. 

1. He was served with a lawsuit from his mother at an album signing, right after his big break with "My Name Is."

"Right after the first single came out, I did a signing at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. While I was there, I got served by a court processor. They knew where I’d be, and they had to physically serve me. The guy got tackled. He was stupid. You don't need tophysically serve someone anymore, like in the movies. But the guy was being a cowboy. It was some lawsuit from my mother, I think."

2. "In Da Club" was chosen as 50 Cent's first single by chance.

"We couldn’t decide on the first single from Get Rich. It was going to be either "If I Can't" or "In Da Club." We were torn, so me, 50, Paul, Chris Lighty, and Jimmy Iovine decided to flip a coin."

3. He didn't think people would like "Stan" because it's too long.

"I remember Mark The 45 King sent me that beat. And when I first heard it, I was like, 'Holy shit.' But I didn’t know it was going to be so big. When I was writing it, I just thought, 'Whoa, people are going to get sick of this because it goes on for so long.'"

4. He thought losing a rap battle would've ended his career, when it eventually got him signed with Dr. Dre.

"I went to the [Rap] Olympics, got all the way to the end, and then lost to the last guy. The guy who won was Otherwize, from LA. It was a local thing. They had a bunch of crowd support there. When I rapped, he went and hid behind a video screen. He walked away while I was rapping. I didn’t have anyone to battle! I’d never been in a situation like that before. I went through a lot of people to get through to the end, and then he walked away while I was rapping. I’m like, 'What the fuck do I do?' I was devastated.

I come off stage. I’m like, that’s it. It’s over for me. This kid from Interscope, Dean Geistlinger, walks over and he asks me for a copy of the CD. So I kind of just chuck it at him. It was The Slim Shady EP. We come back to Detroit, I have no fucking home, no idea what I’m gonna do. Then, a couple weeks later, we get a call. Marky Bass said, 'Yo, we got a call from a doctor!'"

5. Proof inspired him to create his alter ego, Slim Shady.

"Coming out with an alias was part of Proof’s whole idea. He said, 'Let’s be in a group called D12, and there will be six of us, and we'll each have an alias. We'll each be two different people.' When I started rapping as Shady, as that character, it was a way for me to vent all my frustrations and just blame it on him. If anybody got mad about it, it was him that said it, you know what I’m saying? It was a way for me to be myself and say what I felt. I never wanted to go back to just rapping regular again."

6. He's a comic-book nerd.

"I’ve always been into comic books. Spider-Man, Hulk, old Batmans, Supermans — mostly vintage Marvel shit from before I was born. Just being able to have those pieces of history is crazy. I would not want to face off with somebody comparing comic book knowledge, but I know a pretty good amount."

7. He thinks of his writing like a Lisa Lampanelli sketch.

"When I’m pushing boundaries, I want to make sure that I keep myself in check. I want you to know that this rhyme might be fucked up or funny or not, or whatever. I’m aware of it and I know I’m probably fucked up for saying it.

I don’t think it’s any different than what comedians do. Have you ever seenLisa Lampanelli? She takes the piss out of herself while she says these ridiculous things. You’re like, 'That was fucked up,' and then she comes right behind it with some self-deprecating thing about herself. She’s figured out a way to weave certain things together that’s very clever."

'Empire' Producer Plans to 'Beg' Eminem to Be on Second Season

Eminem performs onstage at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 13, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

Tuesday morning on Good Morning America, film and TV producer Brian Grazer -- whose Imagine TV produces Empire -- stopped by to promote his book, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life.

Thankfully, George Stephanopoulos wouldn't let him leave without sharing a little preview of Empire season 2. Here's what Grazer had to say:

"Eminem, I know, loves our show. And I produced 8 Mile. I'm going to beg him to get on our show. He and Oprah Winfrey. Somehow I'm going to get one or both of them on our show."

'Empire' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Given that Lee Daniels -- who executive produces Empire -- directed Winfrey inThe Butler, an appearance of the Divine O on Empire isn't out of the realm of possibilities.

As for Eminem? Hey, he did a cameo on The Interview, and this would give him a chance to appear on a show people actually like. So why not?

the dream comes true TONIGHT! Prepare Yourself For Justin Bieber's Comedy Central Roast

On Saturday, March 14, Justin Bieber was officially roasted.

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The full show will air on Monday, March 30, but in the meantime, let's run down what to expect.

Kevin Hart, who hosted the show, kicked off with a thorough "ass whupping."

Here's a taste of what to expect from roast veteran Jeff Ross.

Take it easy on the kid!

Kevin Hart told Jimmy Kimmel that the show got kinda... rough.

BEST APRIL FOOLS' JOKE EVER: THIS CLASS PRANKS THEIR TEACHER TOO HARD!

April 1st is this Wednesday, and you know people are getting ready to prank, or get pranked. Although there are a bunch of amateurs out there who are doing little jokes here and there, you can’t overlook the ones who actually coordinate, videotape, and orchestrate a prank worth watching.

Here’s the scoop on this video: What you need to know is that the teacher is one of those “no cell phones in class, no exceptions” kind of guys. And when a cell phone rings during class, he makes the student answer it on speakerphone so that the whole class can hear what was too important to wait until after class to talk about. The students in this class at Aquinas College thought they could use this policy against their teacher, and they pulled it off perfectly.

When the chick’s phone rings, the teacher takes the bait and tells her to put it on speakerphone. The voice on the phone says that the call is from the Pregnancy Resource Center, and all of a sudden, the teacher looks SUPER uncomfortable. You can see him sort of shift nervously, but he has no idea what’s next. The girl is informed that she is, in fact, pregnant.

The teacher feels like a huge jerk now, holding up papers in front of his face to hide the bright red flush that came over him. He immediately felt guilty and embarrassed, realizing that a policy like that might air someone’s dirty laundry and potentially do much more damage than he originally thought. Doing something like this is a very clear invasion of privacy, and the teacher definitely realizes that now. At a point, he even tells her to turn off her phone, but it’s about to get even WORSE.

The voice on the phone says that “the father is no longer in the picture,” which is just about as personal as something like this can get. The entire class audibly reacts to this, and the teacher looks like he’s about to have a heart attack! I bet he’ll think twice before having a student answer their phone in front of the class again after this incident! At the end, they fill him in on the joke, and he looks like he’s about to cry with relief. Do you think you can top this April Fools’ joke?

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Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane'

The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to "destroy the plane", officials said.

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the "black box" voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit.

He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked out.

Mr Robin said there was "absolute silence in the cockpit" as the pilot fought to re-enter it.

He said air traffic controllers made repeated attempts to contact the aircraft, but to no avail. Passengers could be heard screaming just before the crash, he added.

Details are emerging of the German co-pilot's past - although his apparent motives for causing the crash remain a mystery.

What happened in the final half hour?

Mr Lubitz, 28, had undergone intensive training and "was 100% fit to fly without any caveats", according to Carsten Spohr, the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings.

A view of the cockpit of the Germanwings aircraft, photographed a few days before the crash

The crash site, in a remote mountain ravine, is now the scene of a massive recovery operation

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Media captionMembers of the flight club where Andreas Lubitz was a member have been talking about his personality

Mr Spohr said Mr Lubitz's training had been interrupted for several months six years ago, but was resumed after "the suitability of the candidate was re-established".

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that the co-pilot's apparent actions had given the tragedy a "new, simply incomprehensible dimension".

Police have been searching the co-pilot's home for evidence, German prosecutors told the Reuters news agency.

The Airbus 320 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf hit a mountain, killing all 144 passengers and six crew, after an eight-minute descent.

Andreas Lubitz: Germanwings co-pilot under scrutiny

• Started training in 2008, at Bremen and Arizona. Training briefly interrupted - but deemed fit to fly
• Working as co-pilot, or first officer, since 2013. Appeared pleased with his job
• Lived in town of Montabaur, near Frankfurt, reportedly with his parents. Kept a flat in Duesseldorf and had many friends
• Facebook profile suggests the active lifestyle of a keen runner, with an interest in pop music

"We hear the pilot ask the co-pilot to take control of the plane and we hear at the same time the sound of a seat moving backwards and the sound of a door closing," Mr Robin told reporters.

He said the pilot, named in the German media as Patrick S, had probably gone to the toilet.

"At that moment, the co-pilot is controlling the plane by himself. While he is alone, the co-pilot presses the buttons of the flight monitoring system to put into action the descent of the aeroplane.

Crash site close-ups

"He operated this button for a reason we don't know yet, but it appears that the reason was to destroy this plane."

Mr Lubitz was alive until the final impact, the prosecutor said.

Mr Robin said "the most plausible interpretation" was that the co-pilot had deliberately barred the pilot from re-entering the cockpit.

He added that the co-pilot was "not known by us" to have any links to extremism or terrorism.

Analysis: Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent

The focus now moves from the mechanics to the man flying the plane. An accident expert has told me the investigators will pore over the co-pilot's background and that of his family too.

Did he owe money? Was there a grudge? They'll look at his religion, whether he was in trouble with the law, whether he had a stable love life. This kind of event is rare but it has happened before, although the reasons vary widely.

After 9/11, they made cockpits impregnable. It keeps the terrorists out, but in the end it also allows someone to keep their colleagues out too. Airlines have to make a call. Which is the bigger threat - terrorism or suicide?

Passengers were not aware of the impending crash "until the very last moment" when screams could be heard, Mr Robin said, adding that they died instantly.

Meanwhile, relatives and friends of the victims are due to visit the area of the crash.

Many expressed anger and alarm after the likely cause of the crash emerged.

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Media captionRescuer Jean Sebastien Beaud describes the plane crash scene as "surreal"

Investigators have been gathering evidence from the co-pilot's house in Montabaur, Germany

Investigators are still searching for the second of the two 'black box' flight data recorders

"One person can't have the right to end the lives of hundreds of people and families," Esteban Rodriguez, a Spanish factory worker who lost two friends aboard the aircraft, told the Associated Press news agency.

The principal of a German high school that lost 16 students and two teachers in the crash said the latest news was "much, much worse than we had thought".

Residents of Alpine villages near the scene of the crash have also expressed shock.

"For the pilot it's suicide, perhaps, but it's an attack on the other people. Yes, an attack," Charles Bosshardt, a mountain risk adviser, said. "It's horrible, there are no words."

Lufthansa has arranged two special flights for families and friends on Thursday - one from Barcelona and one from Duesseldorf - to Marseille, and both groups will travel on by road. Separately, some relatives who did not want to fly are travelling by bus from Barcelona.

The second "black box" - that records flight data - has still not been found.

Other incidents thought to be caused by deliberate pilot action

• 29 November 2013: A flight between Mozambique and Angola crashed in Namibia, killing 33 people. Initial investigation results suggested the accident was deliberately carried out by the captain shortly after the first officer (also known as the co-pilot) had left the flight deck.
• 31 October 1999: An EgyptAir Boeing 767 went into a rapid descent 30 minutes after taking off from New York, killing 217 people. An investigation suggested that the crash was caused deliberately by the relief first officer but the evidence was not conclusive.
• 19 December 1997: More than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 travelling from Indonesia to Singapore crashed. The pilot - suffering from "multiple work-related difficulties" - was suspected of switching off the flight recorders and intentionally putting the plane into a dive.

Rihanna's new single is here! B**ch Better Have My Money!

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If you thought gurl was cleaning up and going G-rated after starring in the animated film Home, she has one thing to say to you.

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