Background
The song tells the story of a fictional person named Stanley "Stan" Mitchell who claims to be Eminem's biggest fan. In the song, he writes letters to Eminem, each time becoming more obsessed with him, and when there is no reply he becomes progressively more angry. He finally creates a voice recording of himself driving his car into a lake, with his pregnant girlfriend in the trunk, as shown in the lyrics: "So this is the cassette I'm sending you, I hope you hear it. I'm in the car right now doing 90 on the freeway... See Slim, (screaming) shut up bitch I'm trying to talk! Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screaming in the trunk... Well gotta go, I'm almost at the bridge now. Oh shit, I forgot, how am I supposed to send this shit out? (Car tires squealing, loud splash.)" The first three verses are delivered by Eminem as Stan while the fourth verse is Eminem attempting to write to Stan, only to realize that he had already heard about Stan's death on the news. The song has sold over 750,000 copies in the UK. This song is inspired by the death of Eminem's uncle Ronnie, who took his own life in 1992.
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