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Eminem: "Beautiful" (Video)

1:07 p.m. · July 3, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

It seems like it's a long time coming for Eminem to address the hard economic times in his hometown of Detroit (which is on the verge of total collapse due to the auto industry dying), but he does that in the video for "Beautiful." The clip is shot in empty warehouses and rundown streets, and is prefaced with facts about Detroit. The song isn't literally about Detroit however; it's about Eminem nearly quitting rap and how rough it is to be him, which, metaphorically at least, could kind of be linked to Detroit ("don't let anyone tell you you're not beautiful" goes the chorus).

"Beautiful" is on Em's Relapse, which is out now.