Eminem’s mistakes

At the beginning of his career, Eminem has made two big mistakes that could have had bad consequences for the talented artist.
On June the 3 rd 2000, Eminem had an argument with his rival Douglas Dail from the ICP (Insane Clown Posse) group. He threatened him and brandished a 9 mn semi-automatic gun on his rival Douglas Dail from the ICP (Insane Clown Posse) group.
The same day, Eminem went to Hot Rocks Cafe where he found his wife Kim kissing another man, John Guerra. He went mad and hit John Guerra with an unloaded gun. Eminem was arrested after the police received a 911 call. He was charged with assault and carrying a concealed weapon.
Judge Viviano finally sentenced him to two years of probation under the condition to refrain from all excessive use of alcohol and to submit to a regular drug testing.
Kim expressed about the incident that happened with John Guerra. She sent a letter to the Detroit Free Press :
“My husband came up to Hot Rocks to check up on me. Why is still unknown to me because if I was to cheat on him it wouldn’t be in a neighbourhood bar where he knows I am. Had he asked any questions before he flew off the handle, he would have realised that everyone with me were only friends. The fact that he just jumped to conclusions has gotten him and myself in trouble.
“I would also like to state, since my husband has had no problem trying to make me look like an unfaithful wife, that every time I find a picture of him with other women, or read in magazines that he’s involved with ‘groupies’, I don’t go and show up where he is making a huge scene and getting our faces put all over the TV and papers. I have always taken his word on things and stood by his side.”
Kim has not really proven to stand on Marshall’s side. In the past she had left him each time he was financially down. This drama has lead to the couple’s divorce in 2001.
It is well known that Kim gave a rather intimate kiss to John Guerra that day. Even Guerra admitted it. John Guerra was a married man having two little kids. He only worried about his family when he saw the gun Eminem pointed at him.
This event is related in the skit of the Eminem Show called ‘The Kiss’:
The Kiss (Skit)
[Eminem:]
I’m gonna kill this bitch
Im’a kill him
I’m going to fucking jail
Cuz im gonna kill this bitch
[Dave:]
Yo man
[Eminem:]
What
[Dave:]
I dont know
I gotta realy really bad feelin about this
[Eminem:]
Man would u shut the fuck up dave you always gotta bad feelin man
Thats her car right there
[Dave:]
Aight let me park
[Eminem:]
Just park
[Dave:]
Im parkin!
[Eminem:]
Turn the car off dogg
[Dave:]
Aight
[Eminem:]
Aight we wait
[Dave:]
We wait for what
[Eminem:]
We wait till she comes out and then im gonna fuckin kill her
[Dave:]
Man you aint gonna kill no one
What the fuck did you bring that for
[Eminem:]
Man shut the fuck up dog
Just shutup, the fuckin clip is empty
[Dave:]
Man dont point that shit at me
[Eminem:]
Its not even loaded bitch, look
[Dave:]
Dude, god i fuckin hate it when you do that shit
[Eminem:]
Yea but its funny as fuck
[Dave:]
Muthafucka im gonna kill you one of these days i swear
[Eminem:]
Gets you everytime
Is that her
[Dave:]
where
[Eminem:]
Right there mothafucka
[Dave:]
Oohh yeah
[Eminem:]
Aight get down get down
[Dave:]
Fuck, what u doing to her
[Eminem:]
Get Down!
[Dave:]
What the fuck you want me to get under the car
[Eminem:]
Yo, who she walkin with
[Dave:]
How the fuck am i suppose to know, you told me to duck down
[Eminem:]
Its the fuckin bouncer
Did she just kiss him
[Dave:]
I dont think so
[Eminem:]
Dogg she just fucken kissed him
[Dave:]
No she didnt
[Eminem:]
Shes kissin him
[Dave:]
No shes not
[Eminem:] Gets out car
[Dave:]
Ohh shit
[Eminem:]
Come on
[Screaming & Running]
Eminem is sitting inside of his car with a friend who advises him not to use his gun and who tries to control his reactions. But in the end, when he sees his wife with another man, he just runs out of the car, ready for some uncontrolable action with bad consequences.
Like anybody of us, Eminem has made mistakes in his life. But those mistakes have made a stronger and a more mature man of him: his maturity is visible in his current statements as well as in his work. Eminem has learnt a lot from his former mistakes that could have sent him directly to jail for five years. He uses the dramas that happen in his life as a creative force that will enable to understand them better and to analyze them.