On Thursday (March 7), Eminem released a new version of the video for his 1999 debut single "My Name Is," to commemorate it being 25 years since the song's release in January of 1999. The video, which can be viewed below, features footnotes provided by Eminem that give 11 surprising facts about the song and video's creation, including details on the beat's creation by Dr. Dre. and comments about it being Em's first big budget video. At one point, Em addresses whether he was high on ecstasy in the video.
"If you look closely at my eyes in the scenes where I'm dressed like Bill Clinton, it may look like I was high on ecstasy during that part of the shoot. But that's just a rumor," the footnote reads.
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