Autism

@haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com!!! Hi 👋😀

You're welcome! While Eminem hasn't explicitly stated it, there's a lot of evidence indicating that he's autistic. I think the song Legacy is too on point of the autistic experience for an NT to write. In Wicked Ways, he has a line that says, "Ever heard of Asperger's? It's a rare condition..." Later on in the same song, there are lyrics that go:

To this day I, still get in fights with the same broad

At the same Walmart arguing over the same cart

In the middle of the aisle wil'in'

I don't give a fuck, I don't play

Bitch you think you saw this basket first?

You're ass backwards like motherfucking Bob and Silent Jay

The dude is seriously rapping in an official song about what would be considered a minor issue, but because he's so set on rules and morals, a lady taking a basket he saw first drives him bonkers, lol. That would totally be me if I didn't have autism therapy to help me put that into perspective and be more chill about it.

Also, there are all sorts of interviews where he is either seemingly overwhelmed and unconventionally honest or obviously confused by the social interaction. The second interview was upsetting for me because I think Colbert was being an ass to Eminem.

Additionally, I think that the fact that he's White but involved in rap hints at his autistic perspective on the stupidity of race. Like, he surely sees that there is systemic racism, but it seems to me that he innately doesn't believe in race as concrete characteristic that naturally divides humans into distinct categories. Otherwise, he'd probably be less involved in a music style that is mostly dominated by Black people. This argument might just be me projecting my beliefs though 🤷‍♂️

But to answer your question: yes, it seems like you intuitively related to Eminem because he's one of us (✋🏳️‍🌈AUT😀ISM🏳️‍🌈🤚). He seems to have savant-level skill with rhyming and music to the point that many famous rappers have publicly stated that they will not start problems with Eminem because his response would be embarrassingly better. The dude is a rap legend.

Personally, I totally get his rhythm. I feel like it's similar to how I speak: atypical spurts that are on beat with pauses and extensions in the middle of statements for effect or to think and rhythmic inflections for artistic fun/to be silly and have a style. Whereas other rappers seem to have a more fluid and standard rhythm where the inflections are at the ends to emphasize the meaning of entire message, which matches how NTs speak.