in the moment | eminem |

beginning of december 2002

natalia diana miller
twenty - three
los angeles, california
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"omg i think that's a great idea." i said smiling, poking at curtis. better known as 50 cent.

his team thought it would be a good idea for me to play his love interest in his new song 21 questions.

i haven't even listened to the song or anything but i did like the idea they presented.

it was about a guy going to jail and his girlfriend back at home basically staying down with him while
his in jail. throughout the time they were basically flirting on the phone.

it was a cute idea.

dre the person who produced the songs smiled. "you like the song?" he asked me as i shrugged my shoulders.

with my busy schedule i didnt really have time to listen to music, i was always doing something, never really sitting down.

"yeah natalia isn't a huge fan of the gangster rap." dawn, of course, spoke for me like she always did.

"dawn...-"

"damn bitch your nasty." curtis said as my mouth fell open.

dre awkwardly chuckled. "well i think if anything, you should listen to the song first, i have to get back home to my wife but my assistant em will be in the studio tonight if you wanna hear the song." he said as i nodded. "he can also talk to you about the video and shit, let him know what you think and he'll let us know if that okay with you mrs. dawn- or should i say lashawnda." dre smartly remarked as i just shook my head.

dawn rolled her eyes. "it's fine, i guess we can talk about prices later. nothing under 15000-."

curtis scoffed. "bitch think money grows off trees?"

curtis was still a new artist so me personally i wasn't thinking about going big.

i understood that rappers wore the chains and had the cars and the clothes but that didn't exempt them from real-life situations like taxes.

"how about giving me 5% of all earnings yearly... you know throughout the time you'll get more views, therefore, everyone is gaining in the end." i proposed.

"no 10%-."

"dawn! stop it." i said snapping my head at her. " stop being selfish." i mumbled loud enough for her to hear me.

i didn't want everyone to know that we didn't have the best relationship that she wanted to persuade people.

"6% at most but if that is too much it's fine." i said looking back at dre then curtis.

curtis kicked his lips. "8%?"

"sounds good..." dre said as i smiled. "now everyone can be happy."

"even selfish bitches like lashawnda." curtis said i shook my head.

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"you need to tell me everything that he tells you." dawn instructed as we pulled up to the studio. "don't even think about fucking up everything that i've built-."