Robert Pattinson once dreamed of becoming a rapper like his idol Eminem! We just can't picture it!

In an interview with Top of the Pops magazine (via contactmusic.com) Rob revealed:

"You want a secret? OK, how about this - I've got a whole collection of tapes of me rapping from when I was 13! I wanted to be a rapper so there are hundreds and hundreds of tapes. They're very amusing!

I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. When he first came out I was about 12 and fanatical about his Slim Shady CD. I think he's a genius."

Rob even started his own "crew" called "Big Tub and the Tappy Cats" (sounds like a children's book!), but admits that his childhood didn't lend much inspiration to his lyrics, saying:

"Most of my rhymes were stolen off other people anyway. They were all like, 'I was raised on these streets.' which was a complete farce because I was actually raised in quite a nice area of London called Barnes. Not very ghetto at all!