Stan (song) Grammy Awards, when he was facing all manner of criticism from GLAAD over his lyrics, Eminem responded by performing "Stan" with singer Elton John, who is openly gay, singing Dido's lines. Many of the profanities were substituted, for example, "You're like his favorite idol" in place of "You're like his fucking idol", and "stuff" for "shit". Recordings of this performance were available for download on Eminem's official website Eminem.com and, later, on his 2005 greatest hits release "". Christian rap artist KJ-52 recorded two songs: "Dear Slim" and "Dear Slim, Part II", attempting to contact Eminem and talk to him
Infinite (Eminem album) Clair Shores for some time. The album was recorded in 1995. In 1996, Eminem's debut album "Infinite" was released under their independent label Web Entertainment. Eminem was encouraged by others, who noted he sounded similar to rapper AZ. Mr. Porter produced the majority of the album, while Proof programmed the drums. Eminem purposely made "Infinite"s songs "radio-friendly" in hopes of getting on the air on Detroit radio stations. Featured vocalist are fellow rappers Proof, Mr. Porter, Eye-Kyu, Three, and Thyme as well as singer Angela Workman (in the chorus of "Searchin'"). Only around a thousand copies of the album were