And his alarm went off to wake him but he didn't make it to the Rap Olympics
Slept through his plane and he missed it

from B.o.B (Ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams) – Airplanes, Pt 2 Lyrics on Rap Genius

Before Eminem was famous, he participated in an event called the Rap Olympics, which is a freestyle rap battle competition (like in 8 Mile). Em came 2nd but more importantly was noticed by music producer Jimmy Iovine who gave a tape of Em’s music to Dr. Dre

Since this was THE turning point of Em’s career, if he had missed it we may never have known him

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