I was relearning basic motor skill. I couldn't control my hand shake. Eminem says it took a while for his brain to start working again after 2007 overdose

Eminem and his manager, Paul Rosenberg, were concerned the rap icon might have had brain damage following his hospital stay in 2007 after overdosing on methadone.

On Wednesday, September 7, Eminem appeared on the latest episode of Rosenberg’s Paul Pod: Curtain Call 2 podcast that was released. During the conversation, they discussed Eminem’s drug overdose and his journey to recovery.

“It took a long time for my brain to start working again,” Eminem admitted, to which Rosenberg replied: “I mean, you literally were coming off of an overdose and they had to sort of stabilize you with a few medications. And some of them took you a minute to adjust to – let’s just leave it at that

“So you’re learning to rap again, almost literally, right? Because it’s the first time probably you were creating without having substances in your body in however many years, right?”

Eminem admitted to Rosenberg’s comments, before bringing up his manager’s worries after he sent him music for the first time since his overdose.

“Didn’t you ask the doctors — when I first started rapping again and sent it to you — didn’t you say like, ‘I just wanna make sure he doesn’t have brain damage,'” he said.

Rosenberg replied: “I thought you might have some permanent problems. Yeah, I was concerned, for sure.”

At an MTV show in 2010, was the first time Eminem opened up about his drug rehabilitation journey, revealing he had to relearn how to rap and drive a car.