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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [3]
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- Eminem Singles Discography
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- Infinite
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is the only son of Deborah Nelson Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. His ancestry is diverse, including Scottish, Welsh, English, Cherokee, German, Swiss, Polish, and possibly Luxemburgish ancestors. His father abandoned his family when he was a year and ...
1992–1996: Early career and Infinite
One of Mathers' early mentors as a rapper was the local rapper Champtown, who gave Mathers his first time in a studio. Mathers also starred in his first song in Champtown's "Do-Da-Dipity" from 1992. Mathers and Champtown later had relationship problems and their friendship ended in 1995. Champtown said Eminem falsely accused him of trying to get with his wife at the time, Kim. Before he began rapping, Mathers also had a few minimum wage jobs. Some of these were at a restaurant called Gilbert'...
1997–1999: The Slim Shady LP
Eminem signed with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment in 1998. He released his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, a year later in February 1999. Billboard praised the album as "light years ahead of the material he had written before". It went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, and went 3x platinum in the United States before the end of the year. The album's popularity also brought controversy around much of the albums lyrics. In '97 Bonnie and Clyde" he desc...
2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP
The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. The album sold more than 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week, breaking both the record for the best-selling hip hop album, last held by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, and the best-selling album in its first week in the U.S., last held by Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time. The first single from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a huge success, although it created a lot of controversy by insulting celebrities and making negative cl...
Eminem has one biological daughter named Hailie Jade Scott. She was born on Christmas Day 1995 in Detroit, Michigan from ex-wife Kimberly Anne Scott.Eminem married her in June 1999 and they divorced in March 2001. Although in 2002, he told Rolling Stone, "I would rather have a baby through my penis than get married again.", he remarried Kim in Janu...
- Rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, actor
- 1988–present
- Slim Shady, M&M, Evil (as part of Bad Meets Evil), MC Double M
- Marshall Bruce Mathers III, October 17, 1972 (age 50), St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Apr 7, 2024 · Eminem, American rapper, record producer, and actor who was known as one of the most-controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century. His best-known songs included ‘My Name Is,’ ‘The Real Slim Shady,’ ‘Stan,’ and ‘Lose Yourself.’
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Jan 5, 2021 · Eminem is an American rapper, record producer and actor known as one of the most controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century. By Biography.com Editors Updated: Jan 5, 2021 ...
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Eminem (left) at the ARCO Arena for the Up in Smoke Tour, in June 2000, a month after the album's release. The Marshall Mathers LP sold 1.78 million copies in its first week, which made it one of the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States.
Eminem is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive and actor. He is one of the most successful artists of the 21st century. In addition to his solo career, Eminem was a member of the hip hop group D12. He is known for collaborations with Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9"; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil.
