Eminem Explains His Surprise Oscars Performance and Reveals Why He Didn’t Attend in 2003

Eminem is opening up about his surprise Oscars performance Sunday night, which came 17 years after he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 8 Mile‘s anthem “Lose Yourself.”
The moment was notable because the rapper wasn’t on hand at the ceremony in 2003 to accept the award or perform the song, but when the opportunity to hit the Oscars’ stage this year came up, he decided to take advantage.
“I kinda figured maybe since I didn’t get a chance to