Eminem musical biography

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, MO), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip-hop in Middle America and is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. His success is considered to have broken racial barriers to the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the late 1990s and early 2000s made him a controversial figure, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass and has been cited as influencing many musical artists. His most successful songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 include "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie", "The Monster", "Godzilla", and "Houdini".

After the release of his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP. His next two releases, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002), were worldwide successes and nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the latter becoming the best-selling album worldwide of 2002. After the release of his next album, Encore (2004), Eminem went on hiatus, largely due to a prescription drug addiction. He returned to the music industry with the releases of Relapse (2009) and Recovery (2010), the latter becoming the best-selling album worldwide of 2010. He then released the U.S. number-one albums The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018), Music to Be Murdered By (2020), and The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024).

Eminem was also a member of the hip-hop groups New Jacks, Soul Intent, Outsidaz, and D12, and has collaborated with fellow Detroit-based ra

1972-present

Who Is Eminem?

Rapper and music producer Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of the 21 century and a 15-time Grammy Award winner. His turbulent childhood saw him bounce between Missouri and Detroit, where he dropped out of high school at age 17. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, worked odd jobs until finally making it as a rapper upon the release of The Slim ShadyLP in early 1999. His next album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was noted as the fastest-selling album in rap history. Eminem has done some acting work, most notably in the 2002 semi-autobiographical movie 8 Mile, for which he wrote and recorded the Academy Award–winning song “Lose Yourself.”

Quick Facts

REAL NAME: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
BORN: October 17, 1972
BIRTHPLACE: St. Joseph, Missouri
SPOUSE: Kim Scott (1999-2001 and 2006)
CHILDREN: Alaina, Hailie, and Stevie
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

Early Life: Eminem’s Real Name, Mom, and Dad

Eminem’s real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. He was born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri. His famous stage name is taken from his first and last initials.

Eminem never knew his father, Marshall Mathers Jr., who abandoned the family when Eminem was still an infant and rebuffed all of his son’s many attempts to contact him during his childhood.

As a result, Eminem was raised by his mother, Deborah “Debbie” Nelson. His mom never managed to hold down a job for more than several months at a time, so they moved frequently between Missouri and Detroit, spending large chunks of time in public housing projects. “I would change schools two, three times a year,” Eminem later recalled. “That was probably the roughest part about it all.”

This itinerant lifestyle left a large impact on his personality. He had no close friends, kept almost entirely to himself, and was treated like an outcast at each new school. “Beat up in the bathroom, beat up in the hallways, shoved into lockers,” he remembere

Early Life

Marshall Bruce Mathers III a.k.a. Eminem was born on October, 1972 in St. Joseph Missouri. Eminem never knew his father because his father abandoned him and his mother when he was still an infant. Eminem has tried to get in touch with his father. He sent him letters but he just received the letters back.

Eminem was raised by his mother, Deborah Mathers. He had never managed to keep a job for more than a few months, so they moved frequently between Missouri and Detroit, Michigan, spending a lot of time in public housing projects. Eminem had tough life in Detroit, but managed to get through it.

"I would change schools two, three times a year," Eminem later recalled. "That was probably the roughest part about it all."

This kind of lifestyle left a big impact on his personality. He didn't have close friends and was treated like an exile at each new school. "Beat up in the bathroom, beat up in the hallways, shoved into the lockers," he recalls.

Eminem failed in ninth grade three times, before dropping out of school at the age of 17. Even though he failed, he said he was always good at English. It's proven because he could rhyme better than anyone. He uses language as a tool to incite emotions in a way that nobody has ever matched. He was also named the King of Hip Hop because of it.

At that time, hip-hop was dominated by African-American, which gave great disadvantage. Despite his skin colour, Eminem gained a lot of respects in numerous rap battles in Detroit, which eventually led to his discovery by Dr. Dre.

Personal Life

"Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night." Eminem said. It is widely known that Eminem has experienced in many different drugs throughout his career. In 2007, Eminem suffered a huge setback when he nearly died after overdosing on methadone (as well-documented in his song “Arose” from his recent album Rev