Eminem is so old-school he may as well be using a Nokia 3310, as his cell phone has no apps or internet.
The Mockingbird rapper, 51,in the nineties and early noughties, and it appears that’s where he’s happy to stay, as fans realised he’s using a without any modcons at all.
Eminem – – is a loyal user of the BlackBerry phone, which once upon a time was the pinnacle of technology, but after a network shut down some years ago can only be used to call or text, nothing else.
He was snapped at a restaurant , 51, this week, with the rapper leaning over with his hood up and DJ joking he was ‘trying to figure out who ate his last mom’s spaghetti’.
‘And by the way yes. He still has a BlackBerry phone,’ DJ added, as in the photo Eminem typed away on the small keyboard.
For context, the last-ever BlackBerry phone was made in 2020, with the mobiles being discontinued from then on as the company decided to go into security software instead.
And shortly after, the company began rolling back on infrastructure for the devices, with BlackBerrys losing network connectivity – and announced that in the future, the devices ‘will no longer be expected to reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and 911 functionality.’
Eminem is, obviously, able to afford any new top-of-the-range phone, with Forbes estimating he had a fortune of $100 million (£79m) in 2018. So it’s fair to say he sticks with the BlackBerry – whatever the downsides – simply because he wants to.
It still left fans utterly appalled however, with one Instagram user Nadine__karen urging DJ to ‘help your mans’.
Anabolano wrote ‘LMAOOO the blackberry phone,’ while Sfloggz joked ‘does using a Blackberry keep you from aging or what?’
On X there were also plenty of mixed reactions, with user Wealth writing ‘WHO DOES THAT’ but user Prince Mohsen urging people to ‘stop BlackBerry shaming him!’
‘Eminem still using a blackberry is top 3 most Eminem things,’ user Yugo added, while @1ampaablpbc labeled it ‘iconic’.
Erik_ww said Eminem was ‘keeping it real with his BlackBerry,’ and @junebarbielove added ‘my mom still uses her flip phone from 2013’ … so things could be worse.
Slim made headlines in January when he attended an NFL game to watch his beloved Detroit Lions – but was seated in the crowd near a crowd of San Francisco 49ers fans, who went on to play at the SuperBowl.
He clearly wasn’t happy with the results of the game, as snaps made the rounds on social media where he was seen sticking both his middle fingers up as he gestured towards opposing team’s fans.
The musician is known to be a huge supporter of his local team, and has been spotted enjoying games with his daughter, Hailie Jade, in the past.
