Eminem ‘is stressed out’ about how he will be depicted in Mariah Carey’s upcoming memoir: ‘They had a very toxic relationship’
Eminem is concerned how he will be depicted in Mariah Carey’s upcoming memoir.
The 47-year-old artist, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, ‘knows that Mariah is going to say very negative things about him,’ and ‘is expecting the onslaught, and almost welcomes it,’ a source told US Weekly Wednesday.
The insider said that ‘Eminem’s Achilles heel has always been Mariah Carey,’ as ‘they had a very toxic relationship.’
The latest: Eminem, 47, is concerned how he will be depicted in Mariah Carey’s upcoming memoir
The Detroit native is especially concerned what Carey, 50, will write about their experiences behind closed doors – specifically, in the bedroom.
The source said that ‘Marshall is stressed out that Mariah is going to say s*** that he was bad in bed or a selfish lover because he has always been very insecure about that,’ and that Carey ‘knows that.’
The Grammy-winning rapper and the songstress have in the past exchanged barbs through their work, as Eminem cited Carey in two tracks on his 2002 album The Eminem Show, Superman and When The Music Stops.
Speaking with Rolling Stone in a July 2002 interview, he said of Carey, ‘I just don’t like her as a person.’
Feud: The Grammy-winning rapper and songstress have in the past exchanged barbs through their work
Grudge: The rapper, pictured in 2018, referred to Carey in lyrics in the 2019 Fat Joe track Lord Above
He continued: ‘I don’t want to say anything disrespectful because I respect her as a singer, but on the whole personal level, I’m not really feeling it.
Eminem said the lesson he learned though his experience with the Vision of Love singer was ‘Don’t believe the hype.’
He added, ‘I have respect for her, but she doesn’t really have it all together. I’ll just say that and that she’s a beautiful woman.’
For a retort, Carey claimed she was never involved with The Real Slim Shady artist and dissed him on her 2002 song Clown.
Fighting back: Carey has claimed she was never involved with The Real Slim Shady artist and dissed him on her 2002 song Clown and 2009 track Obsessed
The vitriolic exchange kicked up seven years later when Eminem dissed both Carey and her former husband Nick Cannon, 39, on his song Bagpipes From Bagdad, and she struck back with her song Obsessed, to which he released a track called The Warning, referring to the One Sweet Day singer as a s*** b***h c***.’
He also referred to Carey in lyrics in the 2019 Fat Joe track Lord Above.
‘I know me and Mariah didn’t end on a high note/But that other dude’s whipped, that p***& got him neutered/Tried to tell him this chick’s a nut job before he got his jewels clipped/Almost got my caboose kicked, fool, quit, you not gon’ do s***/I let her chop my b***s off, too ‘fore I lost to you, Nick.’
Eminem earlier this year released his latest studio album Music to be Murdered By.