Eminem finally has performed hit song "Lose Yourself" at the Oscars, coming on stage to shock everyone at the show on Sunday night, albeit 17 years too late.
The rapper starred in the movie 8 Mile in 2002 and its theme song won the Best Original Song at the 2003 Academy Awards - only Eminem didn't show up to pick it up on the night. It's said that he stayed home with his daughter and didn't even watch on TV as he didn't expect the song to win.
But on Sunday night, 17 years after the rap track won the aforementioned award, he showed up to deliver a performance for the ages. Needless to say, everyone in the crowd was stunned, except for Martin Scorcese, who was caught napping and probably wasn't too happy as he didn't win anything major for The Irishman.
No one really knows why Eminem appeared at the ceremony to sing an 18-year-old song, but people enjoyed it anyway.
Musical performances are usually reserved for Best Original Song nominees. Eminem, though, was given an opportunity to highlight the show after missing out on the chance in 2003, through his own doing of course.
He received a standing ovation from the audience.
The 47-year-old got online to thank the organizers of the award for offering the opportunity to finally perform at the Oscars. "Look, if you had another shot, another opportunity... Thanks for having me @TheAcademy. Sorry it took me 18 years to get here," he tweeted.
Eminem became the first rapper to win an Academy Award back in 2003 but didn't think he stood a chance and just didn't attend the event.
“I just felt like I had no chance of winning because, you know, when I heard I was nominated, I thought that was for actors,” he said in a 2008 interview.
"I was not sure what exactly Grammy or Oscar meant, what certain awards meant, I was not sure what they meant, so even MTV awards, all that stuff, I just didn’t know what awards meant and this particular award…I didn’t go to the show… I just felt like I had a snowball’s chance of hell of winning.”
"Lose Yourself" was produced by Eminem and Jeff Bass and, up until 2012, had sold five million copies. The RIAA gave it diamond certification after it went on to sell another five million times.
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