For those who have yet to watch HBO’s new documentary series The Defiant Ones, allow this clip to give you a taste of what you’re missing out on. In this excerpt from episode four of the series, Eminem and Dr. Dre take a trip down memory lane and reminisce over the first time they met each other.
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Dre remembers Jimmy Iovine playing him a Slim Shady cassette tape and being so impressed he invited the white boy from Detroit over to the Interscope offices. Eminem showed up wearing a bright yellow tracksuit, but maybe that was an attempt to hide his nerves. “I’m pissing myself now thinking about it,” Em joked.
Despite facing skepticism and racism, you know Dre and Em were a match made in heaven when they made “My Name Is” within minutes of their first studio session together. The rest, as they say, is history.
The Defiant Ones documentary is available now on HBO.
