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Eminem before fame: The story of the first album that only sold ‘around 70 copies’

15 October 2026 at 16:30

A young man waits for the bus. It’s cold and he has only a few coins on him. He asks his friend if he has 15 cents. His friend doesn’t have much either. Together they try to scrape together enough to buy something and catch the bus. The boy is fed up with relying on public transit, he doesn’t own a car and still lives with his mother. “I’m 21,” he says, and there’s a baby on the way. He wants to get rich. He wants to make records that sell. He’s tired of being poor.

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© Michel Linssen (Redferns)

Eminem in 1999, at the beginning of his great global success.

News Wrap: Iran says cargo ship sank after hitting a mine in Strait of Hormuz

14 October 2026 at 23:50
In our news wrap Wednesday, Iran says a cargo ship sank after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, the Vatican says Pope Leo is eating and walking again following surgery to remove a cancerous portion of his lung, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a privacy case rooted in the era of VHS tapes and Netflix is cutting about 6% of its global workforce.

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