Speeches

Best Video From a Film-2003 VMAs
Man, sup yo?? Y'all gotta quit doin this to me. Ok. Sup, 50? 50 told me that if I win an award he wants to come out here so he gets used to what moonmen feel like and how..how heavy they are cuz he's probably gonna get a lot of 'em. I brought my lil list out here just in case I won. I wanna make sure that I don't forget nobody. I wanna thank Curtis Hanson, Jimmy Iovine, Brian Grazer, Paul Rosenberg, Philip Atwell, the city of Detroit for inspiring me, the whole cast and crew of 8 Mile, Hailie Jade , Elena, if U watching, I love you. All my fans, everybody, thank you once again. Thank you.

Best Breakthrough Male Performance-2003 MTV Movie Awards
MTV, man, Best Breakthrough Male! I can't believe I beat Mariah for Glitter. Ummm, thank you for this award. I apologize for not being able to be there. As you can see, I'm locked down in the studio finishing up Obie Trice's new album. Ummm, and plus, I heard the puppet was gonna be there, so I got scared. Chickened out, so thank you for this award. It means a lot to me.

Best Male Performance-2003 MTV Movie Awards
I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! Now you go! Lady! Yay! Yay! MTV, it's my birthday! Ba doom da doom ugh! Yay! Now you go MTV! Yay! Thank you! Yay! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! I got male! Ba doom da doom ugh! Yay! Now you go, lady! MTV! Thank you! Yay!

Best Rap Album of the Year-2003 Grammys
Yo, man. Instead of me coming out here and thankin the people I usually thank or whatever-cuz all the people who had somethin to do with-with my album know who they are, I made me a lil list of MCs that I wanted to...name off that inspired me to-to bring me where I am today. U know? Cuz honestly I wouldn't be here without them. So the list goes like this, and it's not in this order, but the list is this: Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Dr. Dre, all of NWA, KRS One, Treach from Naughty By Nature, NaS, 2pac, Biggie, Jay-Z. Thank you cuz I learned from all of you. Thank you.

Best Album-2002 MTV Europe Music Awards
Yo…man. Best album. (Crowd cheers and EM picks up something black on the floor) Ohh, I thought that was panties. It’s not. Man, first of all I wanna thank everybody again at Interscope Records. Dr. Dre, for making this all possible. Man, my whole Shady Records family-Proof, Kon Artis, Kuniva, Swift, Bizarre, D-12. Everybody at Shady-50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks. Man, I dunno what else to say. Thank you. Maybe next year I’ll be sitting in the crowd and these guys’ll be getting the awards. (50 Cent hollas) Barcelona, thank you and also, we wanna wish Obie Trice a happy birthday. It’s Obie Trice’s birthday y’all. Say, “Happy birthday, Obie!” (Crowd repeats) Thank you. Barcelona, thank you.

Best Hip Hop-2002 MTV Europe Music Awards
Maaaan, ummm, first off I wanna…(crowd chants his name and EM hypes the audience up) This is crazy. Yo, first off I wanna start off by thanking Mark Kassebaum, Don Robinson, everybody up at Interscope International, my whole Shady Records family once again. I can’t stop shouting them out. Gg-g-g Uniiit!! Shady Records. I wanna thank everybody, all the fans who made this possible. I couldn’t do it…I couldn’t do it without you guys. I wanna thank…I just wanna thank everybody. Thank you.

Best Male-2002 MTV Europe Music Awards
Wow, I wasn’t even ready yet. Well, who do I wanna thank? First of all, I wanna thank everybody at Interscope Records. (audience starts chanting his name) Yeaaauuh! I wanna thank…I wanna thank Dr. Dre, my whole Shady Records family-Obie Trice, D-12, 50 Cent, my manager Paul Rosenberg. Hailie, I love you ,baby. Barcelona, thank you.

Best Male Video- 2002 VMAs
Thank you. Yo, I don't know what to say when I be gettin these awards man. I gotta list of people that I cannot forget to thank. First of all, I wanna thank Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, the whole Interscope staff. Yeah, I brought me a list, I wasn't finished writin it. Lil...lil Moby girl threw me outta my zone for a minute. My manager Paul, (Moby starts booing) all my attorneys, my production staff, Steve, Louie- Keep booin. Keep booin, lil girl. I will hit a man with glasses. (Audience starts booing) My family, Hailie, everyone, Nate my brother, Aunt Betty, my Uncle Jack, everybody who stayed with me the whole time (Audience cheers again), MTV, from the very 1st time that y'all played my video and I was nobody and nobody would play my videos, y'all made me somebody. Thank you.

Best Rap Video-2002 VMAs
(EM 2 Steve-O) Did U just staple Urself man? This guy's really bleedin. (2 Bam Margera)Wassup man? (2 Johnny) I like tha moustache. Sup? Ummm..aiight, aiight 1st off I wanna start off by sayin that I'm takin this home 4 rap period. And 2nd of all, I'm takin this home 4 my whole Shady Records family. D-12, Obie Trice, 50 Cent. Hailie, we got another trophy 2 put in tha trophy case, baby. I love U. (Makes kiss sound)

Best Video of tha Year-VMAs 2002
Wow. Woo! It's tha big 1. Y'all gotta excuse me. I been goin through some anger management classes. MTV, thank U so much. Thank U 2 all my fans. Thank U everybody who's supported me from day 1. I dunno wut else 2 say...Thank U.

BeSt RaP AlBuM oF ThE YeAr-2001 GrAmMys
(Breathes into the mic) Wow, what should I say first?? Ummm...Alriiiiight Wassup Amy? Ummm, I guess first of all, I wanna thank everybody who could look past the controversy or whatever and see the album for what it was (sniffs) and also for what it isn't. And ummm, hold on. I got this little list here cuz I can't let nobody down tonight. Hold on. I wanna thank Paul Rosenberg, Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, of course, once again. Thank you sir. Once again you got me up here. (Clears his throat) Mark and Jeff Bass, David Saslow, Dennis Dennehy, Carol Lewis, Marc Labelle, everybody at Interscope, and my little girl cuz without you, I wouldn't be here tonight. Thank you, baby. Daddy loves you. This my group D-12. The album comes out in May. Everybody go pick it up. May. D-12. Thank you.

BeSt ViDeO oF tHe YeAr-2000 MTV VMAs
(clears throat) Alright, U know I thought it was about to go down, right? Christina and Britney just came out here. I thought they was presentin’ the award, so I thought something was about to happen, but I guess not. This has been a crazy night already. Umm-oh I found my speech. I found my speech. First I wanna thank Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Tetfield, Paul Rosenberg, my group D-12, Dean Geistlinger, Proof, Head, ummm (clears his throat again) David Saslow, Phillip Atwell, uhhh, my road manager Marc Labelle, everybody who’s stuck with me and all that stuff and ummm (laughs). This is crazy. I wanna thank the fans. Hold on-I wanna (audience cheers…EM laughs again) Listen. I wanna thank the fans first and foremost. But really, every time that like a relative sues me or (laughs) every time-every time a critic tries to slam me in the press or whatever, I sell more records, so I really wanna thank you people for making my record as big as it is. (Lifts up moon man award) I’m gonna take this home and put it right between my Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera posters.

BeSt RaP ViDeO (w/DRE)-2000 MTV VMAs
DRE: Hey. This is crazy. Yo straight up I gotta thank everybody up at Interscope, all my family up at Aftermath, U know what I'm sayin'? Check it out. What up mom? Nicole? This is another one for that trophy case. For real.
E M I N E M: That was kinda cheatin', wasn't it? It's all for the same team anyways. Ummm...I wanna thank Dr. Dre, of course, everybody at MTV for supportin' my career and Dr. Dre's career, and thank you to the fans, and everybody who's supported us from day one. Thank you.

BeSt MaLe-2000 MTV VMAs
(clears his throat and laughs) Ummm...last year when I won an award, I wasn't really expecting it...and I didn't have like a speech or anything prepared. It kinda had-it caught me off guard. So this year, I brought a speech with me already prepared in case I might win. (reaches into his pocket) I got it right here. (looks for it in pocket, but only finds some drugs that fall out onto the floor) Alright, I ain't really got no speech. I can't find right now, but thank you.

BeSt ViDeO-2000 SoUrCe AwArDs
Why does this always happen? Every time we think we are not-I didn't even know we was nominated for this. Every time we are expecting to not get an award, we get one. So once again... (audience cheers) Where's Dre at? (I think he's back in the trailer) So once again I don't have a speech or anything, but to all my fans...ummm thank you for uhhh diggin' the video. Thank you once again. Thank you to Source magazine. Thank you Phillip Atwell for directing the video...Thank you.

BeSt NeW ArTiSt-MTV VMAs 1999
Uh oh, was this supposed to happen? I ain't even now how heavy this award was...it's pretty heavy. Listen, I ain't have a speech prepared or whatever, so ummm.. I wanna thank ... Blow the spot, Mr.Dre, Dr.Dre. I wanna also thank, I wanna also thank everybody in Interscope Records for making this possible you know. And I also wanna thank my little girl cuz without her I wouldn't be here right now. Hi Hailie Jade. I love you baby. Ummm, I wanna thank my manager Paul Ronsenberg and also wanna thank all the fans that make Slim Shady possible, aiight? Peace. Thank you.

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