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Eminem Grants Middle School Student Rare Interview

Matt Sayles, AP

Eminem has granted interviews to publications ranging from Rolling Stone to the New York Times, but he isn't too big for a middle school newspaper. The Detroit rapper recently hopped on the phone with East Hills Middle School eighth-grader Annie Reed after the 14-year-old was given an assignment to chase an interview with the platinum-selling rapper, a request that he granted after she went through the right channels.

Reed, who writes for her school paper The Cavalier Corner, originally pitched her teacher a biography on the rapper, but was instead told to track him down for an interview. "He grew up in Detroit, he's one of the greatest rappers of all time, and I thought it'd be fun to write about him," explained Reed, who emailed Em's spokesman Dennis Dennehy after finding his contact information.

"I just thought, 'Wow, here's a middle school girl from Detroit who has some guts," said Dennehy. Eminem agreed to do the interview and Reed hopped on the phone with the '8 Mile' star last Thursday, asking him about how Detroit helped him hone his rapping skills, what he listened to at her age and what his favorite song was to perform live.

"It was interesting to hear how he learned from his mistakes," she said. "He told me that he dropped out of school when he was my age, and I thought about what that would be like for me if I did that right now. Then I thought, 'I like school!"

The article will be published in the Cavalier Corner, with roughly 500 copies being made available for students at East Hills before Feb. 22.

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dude

Greatest rapper of all time.. lol.. I just took the greatest CRAP of all time.. if anybody want to interview me they can.

February 13 2011 at 5:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
deadwood86

Remember 3/4 of crap is RAP.

February 13 2011 at 5:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
deadwood86

Remember 3/4 of crap is RAP.

February 13 2011 at 5:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
evanstockwell

There are decent famous people out there. Eminem has always seemed to be good to his fans. Good job to both of them.

February 13 2011 at 4:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike Owens

My ass the greastest rappers of all time who does this ass thin he is

February 13 2011 at 1:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sleeplessinor1

This young lady is going to go far. She found the right channels to get a hold of Eminem and then followed through with the necessary steps to get what she wanted from him. I am sure that she conducted the interview as professionally as she was able to at her age. It also sounds to me like maybe she learned a little bit from him and may be applying some of those lessons to her own life.

February 12 2011 at 11:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
amanda

What is an "eight-grader." Proofread, fool.

February 12 2011 at 10:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
WTF?

Eminem is getting a little more human in his old age....good for you Em. I actually listen to some of your work now.

February 12 2011 at 8:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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