The video premiered on MTV Total Request Live on January 21, 1999. 'My Name Is' is written in the key of F major. The bass and guitar riff used in the sample was performed by Siffre's session musicians Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock, who later became the duo Chas & Dave. Diss the bigots not their victims.' The original uncensored version of the song with the aforementioned offending lyrics is mistakenly included on the 1999 release The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 1999. Siffre, who is openly gay, said in a 2012 interview that he refused to clear the sample until sexist and homophobic lyrics were removed from the song: 'Dissing the victims of bigotry – women as bitches, homosexuals as faggots – is lazy writing. The song contains a sample of Labi Siffre's track 'I Got The. The recording garnered Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000. The song was placed at number 39 by Rolling Stone on their list of '100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time' in April 2016.

Outside of the United States, 'My Name Is' peaked within the top ten of the charts in Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. 'My Name Is' peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. 'My Name Is' was also ranked #6 on Q Magazine's '1001 Best Songs Ever'. The song was ranked at #26 on ' VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s'.

The song samples British singer Labi Siffre's 1975 track 'I Got The.' as a bass and guitar riff by British pop rock duo Chas & Dave. It is also the opening song and lead single of the album. ' My Name Is' is a song by American rapper Eminem from his second album The Slim Shady LP (1999).

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