Back in 1996, Dr Dre took a chance with an upcoming rap artiste who – visually, at least – broke every single stereotype for a rapper. Marshall Mathers didn’t quite sneak on to the music scene, so much as explode on it. I’ve been an avid Eminem fan since his early days and, even up to recently, my favourite song by Em is “Superman” released in 2003  – several years after he’d already made his mark on the industry.

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