Ed Sheeran says listening to Eminem helped “cure” his stutter

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Ed Sheeran has credited the music of Eminem with helping him “cure” his childhood stutter.During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday (May 10), Sheeran told the story of how his uncle gifted him the rapper’s classic album ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ when he was nine years old.

When he started rapping along to the songs, he found he stammered less, even though he was also undergoing speech therapy at the time.“[My uncle] just said to my dad, ‘This guy is the next Bob Dylan.

You gotta let him listen,'” he said. “And by learning that record – and rapping it back to back to back to back – it cured my stutter.” [via MusicNews]Sheeran also mentioned he had told that story to Eminem himself. “I think it’s different with Eminem because he is quite reclusive, doesn’t see or meet that many people,” he continued. “I’ve known him now [for] six years and we’ve done three songs together, I’ve played with him twice onstage.

He’s another person I really relate to, as he lives in his hometown still and has his eco-system around him.”Sheeran joined Eminem last year for a performance of ‘Stan’ when the latter was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.Recounting the performance, Sheeran said: “I remember getting the call to do it.