Eminem: This is the house. See back there? There used to be a garage there, but it burnt down. Looks like they've put a new front door on. Actually, it doesn't look that bad. Let's see if anybody's here... (to person inside house) Hello? Yo, excuse me. Can we talk to you -- not through the door? Voice: About what? Eminem: My name is Slim Shady. I used to live in this house. I'm here with MTV right now. Kurt: That always works for me when I want to break in someplace. Eminem (to person inside): I used to live in this house six years ago, and I grew up here. What if we take a look in the back yard? Can we do that? Voice: Yeah, go ahead. Kurt: Who lived here? Was it just you and your mom? Eminem: Yeah, my and my mother and my little brother. Kurt: Where does she live now? Eminem: She lives in Kansas City. Kurt: Where'd your dad go, do you know? Eminem: Nah, I never met my father. I heard he lives in California, and I heard he's trying to get in contact with me or whatever, but... Kurt: Would you be up for that? Eminem: Nah, man, not now. I never got one letter. I never got anything from him and I think he could have at least tried to write. He could have done something, made an effort. Kurt: So what was your mom doing while you were growing up? Was she pretty much on her own? Eminem: Yeah, she pretty much was, but she used to have different boyfriends and people like that who would come and go and help her out. Kurt: So she was mainly on public support. Eminem: Yeah, we was on welfare. Kurt: Now what does she say now when she sees you on television? Does she actually watch you? Eminem: Yeah, because I got a little brother, and he keeps MTV on all day. He tells me, "I've seen your video 100 times today." So I talk to my mother and she's like, "I'm proud of you and what you've made of yourself." Kurt: Let's talk about the album a little bit. You write all your stuff down beforehand right? Eminem: Much thought goes into everything that I do. Much thought. I'm conscious of every line that I write and making sure that everything is consistent. It doesn't take a lot of time, usually anywhere from 2 to 4 hours to write a song.