EMINEM IS LEGAL! –
April 21, 2026 – Eminem is celebrating 18 years of sobriety. On Monday, April 20, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 53, shared a photo on Instagram of himself wearing a 90s-inspired D-Nice To tha Rescue T-shirt while holding a new coin to mark the special milestone. The words “to thine own self be true” had been inscribed on the coin’s outer edge and “unity, service, recovery” was written around a triangle with the number 18 etched in Roman numerals inside. “XVIII,” Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, captioned the post.
The “Without Me” rapper was previously addicted to prescription medication and alcohol. He was downing as many as 20 Vicodin, Ambien and Valium in a day at the peak of his addiction, PEOPLE previously reported.
After his first stint in rehab in 2005, an acquaintance gave him unidentified blue pills, which he later learned were methadone.
“My doctor told me the amount of methadone I’d taken was equivalent to shooting up four bags of heroin,” Eminem recalled to VIBE magazine in 2009, noting that had he known, “I probably wouldn’t have taken it. But as bad as I was back then, I can’t even say 100 percent for sure.”
The rapper woke up in the hospital following the near-fatal overdose.
