It seems Blackberry is the preferred mobile brand phone of choice for rap veteran Eminem, as a photo of the artiste with the phone has since gone viral.

Em is seen in the photo on a couch, where he is using a mobile device. It was posted by DJ Whoo Kid who captioned it; “Eminem was trying to figure out who ate his last mom’s spaghetti box in the dressing room. I was like @momsspaghettidetroit. I told him it was @iamdenaun. and by the way yes. He still has a blackBerry phone.”

Nonetheless, for many, it’s the Blackberry that Em was holding that had many social media users commenting.

BlackBerry was at its peak in September 2011, when it had over 85 million subscribers worldwide. However, BlackBerry lost its dominant position in the market due to the success of the Android and iOS platforms; its numbers had fallen to 23 million in March 2016, a decline of almost three-quarters.

The phone has been defunct since 2022 when BlackBerry shut down its servers. The last model the company released was the BlackBerry Evolve and Evolve X in 2018. However, it is unclear what kind of functionality Eminem’s device has, or how he can still use it.