Eminem says the fame he has enjoyed has meant it has always felt a bit like he was in quarantine.
Opening up about life in lockdown, the rapper admitted that he has always struggled to go out and do what he wants due to the attention he receives.
Speaking to Sway Calloway on Shade45, Slim Shady - real name Marshall Mathers - claimed that he has been forced to avoid public spaces for years and that lockdown doesn't feel much different - though he conceded the situation now had an added psychological aspect due to the restrictions that have been put in place.
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He explained: "Fame has definitely over the years kinda already had me quarantined, 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."
Em then went on to discuss how he has been coping during the pandemic, discussing his frustration at not being able to make new music.
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He added: "It's not the same when you can't do a lot of your regular routines and s**t, and going to the studio is like my outlet.
"We can't really get in and do much, so I've just been writing."
Earlier this month, the singer paid tribute to the brave work being carried out by the country's emergency workers, donating some of his 'Mom's Spaghetti' to DMC Hospital healthcare workers in Detroit.
Photos were posted on social media by someone claiming he had sent the food to emergency staff at the hospital that week.
A Twitter user going by the name Riley Taugor shared two snaps showing tubs of spaghetti with the Mom's Spaghetti logo on the side.
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The caption read: "Eminem Donated Spaghetti Cups to DMC Hospital Healthcare Workers in Detroit Tonight."
'Mom's Spaghetti' is a reference to a lyric in Eminem's 2002 single 'Lose Yourself', in which he raps: "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy / There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti."
In 2017, Mathers opened a Mom's Spaghetti pop-up restaurant in Detroit.
This new gesture comes after the the 47-year-old celebrated 12 years of being sober.
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Taking to Twitter to announce the achievement, Eminem wrote: "Clean dozen, in the books! I'm not afraid."
The artist has been open about his battles with addiction in the past, revealing he was once taking up to 30 Vicodin (an opioid that treats severe pain) a day as well as 'anywhere from 40 to 60 Valium' (a benzodiazepine that can help people be calm).
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