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Eminem - Wikipedia. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 1. Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Eminem is the best- selling artist of the 2. United States. Throughout his career, he has had 1.

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Billboard 2. 00 and five number- one singles on the Billboard Hot 1. With US sales of 4. June 2. 01. 4, Eminem is the second best- selling male artist of the Nielsen Sound. Scan era, the sixth best- selling artist in the United States and the best- selling hip- hop artist. Globally, he has sold more than 1.

Rolling Stone ranked him 8. Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop.

After his debut album Infinite (1. Slim Shady EP (1. Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1.

The Slim Shady LP, which earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two releases, 2. The Marshall Mathers LP and 2. The Eminem Show, were worldwide successes, with each being certified diamond in U. S. sales, and both winning Best Rap Album Grammy Awards—making Eminem the first artist to win the award for three consecutive LPs.

They were followed by Encore in 2. Eminem went on hiatus after touring in 2.

Relapse in 2. 00. Recovery in 2. 01. Both won Grammy Awards and Recovery was the best- selling album of 2. The Eminem Show). Eminem's eighth album, 2. The Marshall Mathers LP 2, won two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album; it expanded his record for the most wins in that category and his Grammy total to 1.

In addition to his solo career, Eminem is an original member of the Midwest hip hop groups Soul Intent and D1. He is also known for his collaborations with fellow Detroit- based rapper Royce da 5'9"; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil. Eminem has developed other ventures, including Shady Records, with manager Paul Rosenberg, which helped launch the careers of artists such as 5. Cent. Eminem has also established his own channel, Shade 4.

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St. Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. Deborah Rae Nelson.[5][6][7] Debbie nearly died during her 7. Eminem's parents were in a band called Daddy Warbucks, playing in Ramada Inns along the Dakotas–Montana border before their separation. Bruce left the family, moving to California[9] and having two other children: Michael and Sarah.[1. Debbie later had son Nathan "Nate" Kane Samara.[7] During his childhood, Eminem and Debbie shuttled between Michigan and Missouri, rarely staying in one house for more than a year or two and living primarily with family members. In Missouri, they lived in several places, including St. Joseph, Savannah, and Kansas City.[1.

As a teenager, Eminem wrote letters to his father; according to Debbie, all came back marked "return to sender".[9] Friends and family remember Eminem as a happy child, but "a bit of a loner" who was often bullied. One bully, De'Angelo Bailey, severely injured Eminem's head (mentioned in his song "Brain Damage"); Debbie filed a lawsuit against the school in 1. Eminem spent much of his youth in a working- class, primarily black, Detroit neighborhood.[9] He and Debbie were one of three white households on their block, and Eminem was beaten by black youths several times.[9] As a child he was interested in storytelling, aspiring to be a comic- book artist before discovering hip hop.[1. Eminem heard his first rap song ("Reckless", featuring Ice- T) on the Breakin' soundtrack, a gift from Debbie's half- brother Ronnie Polkinghorn, who later became a musical mentor to him. When Polkinghorn committed suicide in 1. Eminem stopped speaking for days and did not attend his funeral.[9][1.

Eminem's home life was seldom stable; he frequently fought with his mother, whom a social worker described as having a "very suspicious, almost paranoid personality". When her son became famous, Debbie was unimpressed by suggestions that she was a less- than- ideal mother, contending that she sheltered him and was responsible for his success. In 1. 98. 7, Debbie allowed runaway Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott to stay at their home; several years later, Eminem began an on- and- off relationship with Scott.[8] After spending three years in ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades,[1. Lincoln High School at age 1. Although he was interested in English, he never explored literature (preferring comic books) and disliked math and social studies.[1.

Eminem worked at several jobs to help his mother pay the bills, later maintaining that she often threw him out of the house anyway. When she left to play bingo, he would blast the stereo and write songs.[9]At age 1. Eminem began rapping with high- school friend Mike Ruby; they adopted the names "Manix" and "M& M", the latter of which evolved into "Eminem".[4][8] Eminem sneaked into neighboring Osborn High School with friend and fellow rapper Proof for lunchroom freestyle rap battles.[1. On Saturdays, they attended open mic contests at the Hip- Hop Shop on West 7 Mile, considered "ground zero" for the Detroit rap scene.[9] Struggling to succeed in a predominantly black industry, Eminem was appreciated by underground hip hop audiences.[4][1. Watch The Craft Putlocker. When he wrote verses, he wanted most of the words to rhyme; he wrote long words or phrases on paper and, underneath, worked on rhymes for each syllable.[1. Although the words often made little sense, the drill helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes.[1.

Early career, Infinite and family struggles. As Eminem's reputation grew, he was recruited by several rap groups; the first was the New Jacks. After they disbanded he joined Soul Intent, who released a single on their 1. EP featuring Proof.[4] Eminem and Proof then teamed up with four other rappers to form The Dirty Dozen (D1. Devil's Night in 2.

Eminem had his first run- in with the law at age 2. The case was dismissed when the victim did not appear in court.[8]Eminem was soon signed to Jeff and Mark Bass's FBT Productions, and recorded his debut album Infinite for their independent Web Entertainment label.[2. The album was a commercial failure upon its release in 1. One lyrical subject of Infinite was his struggle to raise his newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, on little money. During this period, Eminem's rhyming style, primarily inspired by rappers Nas, Esham and AZ, lacked the comically violent slant for which he later became known.[2. Detroit disc jockeys largely ignored Infinite, and the feedback Eminem did receive ("Why don't you go into rock and roll?") led him to craft angrier, moodier tracks.[9] At this time Eminem and Kim Scott lived in a crime- ridden neighborhood, and their house was robbed several times.[9] Eminem cooked and washed dishes for minimum wage at Gilbert's Lodge, a family- style restaurant at St.

Clair Shores.[2. 3] His former boss described him as becoming a model employee, as he worked 6. Hailie's birth.[8] He was fired shortly before Christmas, and later said, "It was, like, five days before Christmas, which is Hailie's birthday.