 In early 2010 , Alex da Kid offered the Shady Records Senior Director Rigo " Riggs " Morales some backing tracks . Morales enjoyed the tracks and sent them to Eminem , who was seeking a different musical approach for his next album . Impressed with Alex da Kid 's work , Eminem asked for more tracks and subsequently heard " Love the Way You Lie " . He chose it and told his manager Paul Rosenberg he wanted to collaborate with the Barbadian singer Rihanna . Eminem told <unk> FM , " It 's one of those tracks that I felt like only she could pull it off . " Rosenberg sent the track to Rihanna , who accepted Eminem 's request " at the last moment . " Eminem then wrote the rapped verses . 
