What made Eminem quit rap music

Rapper Eminem rapped 50 Cent's "8 Mile" verse and revealed it made him want to quit rapping. The 44-year-old rapper wished his longtime friend and collaborator 50 Cent a happy 42nd birthday on July 6.

"First off, I wanna say happy birthday. Secondly, I want to remind you of a verse you did that made me want to quit rapping," Eminem said. Eminem rapped a verse from "Places to go", which was featured on the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film.

"Picture a perfect picture/picture me in the paper/picture me starting s-/picture me busting my gat/picture police man deyain'tgotta picture of that." He continued: "Where I'm from its a fact/you gotta watch your back/You wear a vest without a gat/you's a target jack." After wrapping up the verse, Eminem said: "Yeah, so, that made me want to stop rapping, for like a long time."