Eminem says lockdown is easy because he is usually ‘quarantined by fame’

‘There’s something to be said about knowing that you can’t go out and do certain things’

Eminem says he is coping with the coronavirus lockdown because he’s been “quarantined by fame” for years.

The rapper – real name Marshall Mathers – has been known to stay out of the spotlight while not on tour.

Opening up about the experience of isolation, Eminem told Sway Calloway on his Shade45 radio show: “Fame has definitely over the years kinda already had me quarantined”.

He continued: “But it’s the fact of knowing that you can’t really go out and we can’t move like how we normally move”.

“It’s not just the same thing for me every day that it always is. There’s something to be said about knowing that you can’t go out and do certain things.”

The “My Name Is” rapper added that he was struggling without being able to access music studios: “It’s not the same when you can’t do a lot of your regular routines and s***, and going to the studio is like my outlet. We can’t really get in and do much, so I’ve just been writing.”

Last week, Eminem lent his support to Detroit’s healthcare workers by donating hundreds of meals of “mom’s spaghetti”.