Eminem reveals why he performed at the Oscars 17 years after his Academy Award win

Eminem amazed audience at 92nd Acemy Awards or Oscars 2020 with a surprise performance of his 8 Mile Hot 100 . 1 hit, Lose Yourself. track h won  Best Original Song award at Oscars 2003, but artist h t been present to receive award. Eminem's Oscars 2020 performance came after 17 years and Eminem revealed what took him so long. Re to kw w.

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Eminem on why he performed at Oscars after 17 years

In an interview with a leing daily, Eminem said that he figured maybe since he did t get a chance to do it back in 2003, it would be cool to do it w. rapper explained that back in 2003 he didn't even think he h a chance to win. He ded that y h performed Lose Yourself on Grammy st with Roots just a couple of weeks before Oscars, so y did t think it was a good idea to repeat performance. artist stated that younger him did t really feel that an event like Oscars was for him.

Eminem talked about his win and said that it was crazy when he found out that he h won. He mentioned that to him it shows how auntic and real an award is when you do t show up and still win. 

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Rap God singer revealed that during 2003 Oscars ceremony, he was at home looking after his daughter Hailie and he did t even watch show. He told that Luis Resto, his keyboard player who produces records with him, went up and accepted award and he kws people probably would t even recognise him.

He said Resto called him later but phone kept ringing because he was trying to sleep. But n he answered and Resto was like 'Hey man, you won!' to which Eminem expressed his surprise. He stated that it was a different time and he was in a different place in his life back n.

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Slim Shy artist pointed out that he does t kw if he was disappointed to have missed it, but he was completely blown by fact that he won. Eminem mentioned that back n he did t kw that one could get an Oscar for a song. He remembered being confused about why he was even up for one. 

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However, when Acemy reached out to him this year, he accepted it partially because performance would come shortly after release of his new album Music To Be Murdered By. Eminem stated that y probably h four or five rehearsals, that too was t in Dolby atre to keep it a secret. When asked if he enjoyed Oscars 2020, Eminem replied that he absolutely did and mentioned that he got a hug from Salma Hayek.