The Eminem Blog

Some people are very fast in reporting Eminem�s bad influence on kids and they often refer to teenager�s suicides. Kaleigh Davis� death (although Eminem cannot be held responsible of the young girl�s suicide who used to like his music and who was bullied at school) is set up as an example of what kind of damages Eminem�s music can cause in young people�s lives.

But do you know that Eminem�s music brought two young girls back to life ?
Those stories need to be told to the world, because they are extraordinary.
Both stories are amazing.
In 2001, Dione Armstrong from Northumberland had a bad car accident. She used to suffer from severe head injuries.
Dione woke up after spending 11 days on a life support machine and opened her eyes again after listening to Eminem�s tape, probably the Marshall Mathers LP.
Dione�s mom recalls :

“Eminem is helping to save her life. The minute I put on that music she was moving her hands.”

Her daughter is a huge Eminem fan whose music is part of her every day life :

“She is such a big fan. Every night she puts him on the ghetto blaster at home and goes to sleep to him.”

Ain�t this story wonderful ?

There is another amazing story reported by another tabloid about one year later : Claire Derbyshire(17)�s life was saved by Eminem in a similar way.
According to the Star magazine, Eminem even heard about her story and sent her some presents for her recovery :

“He sent Claire Derbyshire, 17, a bandana, CDs, signed pictures of himself and a limited edition doll to help her recovery.”

Eminem�s gifts have seem to have helped a lot in her recovery, but the most amazing fact is certainly that no other music but Eminem�s had the power to wake the young girl up.

Parents next time you will be tempted to hate on Eminem, try to think about it : Eminem�s music could save your own kid�s life someday�

You can read the original stories here :

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_368578.html

http://www.anorak.co.uk/news.cfm?id=160665