1. EminemBIRTH DATE: October 17, 1972PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Joseph, MissouriFULL NAME: Marshall Bruce Mathers IIINICKNAME: SlimShadyZODIAC SIGN: LibraBY: Jennifer Brunello 2. Born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri,rap musician Eminem had a turbulent childhood. 3. About EminemHis Younger YearsMarshall Mathers III(Eminem) was born inSt. Joseph, Missouri on October 17, 1972.His father, Marshal Mathers, Jr.abandoned the family when he was veryyoung, and refused any of Eminemsattempts to contact him. His mother,Deborah Mathers, couldnt hold a job andbounced back & forth between Missouriand Detroit, Michigan, living in thehousing projects. Because of this,Eminemhad to frequently change schools.High school YearsEminem attended Lincoln High School inWarren, Michigan, where he failed theninth grade three times and eventuallydropped out at the age of 17. Despitebeing a poor student, Eminem always hada love for language, reading comic booksand even studying the dictionary. 4. What he has to Say 5. He released The Slim Shady LP in early 1999, and the albumwent multi-platinum, garnering Eminem two Grammy Awardsand four MTV Video Music Awards. In 2000, the rapperreleased The Marshall Mathers LP, which was noted as thefastest-selling album in rap history. More recently, in 2010,Eminem released the Grammy-winning album Recovery, whichwas almost like an autobiography, coming to terms with hisstruggles with addiction and experience with rehabilitation.Eminem plans to release his eighth album, MMLP2, in 2013. 6. As a teenage high school dropout,Eminem found a way to express hispassion for language, as well as torelease his youthful anger, throughthe emerging musical genre of hip-hop.He identified with the rage of1980s and early-1990s rap music, andhe especially admired N.W.A., thepopular and very controversial rapcrew from Los Angeles. 7. Quotes 8. Eminems Rap BattlesEven though back then rap music was almost strictly produced byblack people, Eminem, with his pale white skin and blue eyes,still entered into the Detroit rap scene and often competed in rap"battles"competitions in which two rappers take turnsinsulting the other through improvised rap lyrics. Eminem endedup being very skilled at this and, despite his race, soon becameone of the most respected figures in Detroit's underground rapscene. 9. At these rap battles he took the stage name M.M.(MarshalMathers) and later started spelling it Eminem. During thissame time, he started dating Kim Ann Scott, and in 1995 theyhad a daughter named Hailie Jade Scott. Having a daughterinspired Eminem to make a living out of his musical talents,so in 1996, he released his first independent rapalbum, Infinite. The record was unsuccessful though.EMINEM 10. CinderellaMan 11. The Road to SuccessA year later, Eminem went to Los Angeles and became a runner-upin the 1997 Rap Olympics MC Battle. Dr. Dre, the famousrapper and former producer of N.W.A., heard Eminems The SlimShady EP in the basement of executive Jimmy Lovines house. Drewas so impressed that he signed Eminem to his InterscopeRecords label. 12. Fame 13. And More Success1999, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP. The heavily hypedrecord became an instant success and went on to sell over threemillion copies. Eminem's first single, "My Name Is," mixed achildish humor and energy with rampant profanity and flashes ofviolencea potent and fascinating combination that feltdifferent from anything else in rap. Marshall and Kim Mathersmarried later that same year. 14. Eminem & Elton JohnI don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall,fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple asthat. Eminem. 15. I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People willeither love you for it or hate you for it.-EminemIn May of 2000, Eminem released his second album, TheMarshall Mathers LP. It sold over 19 million copiesworldwide and even won the Grammy Award for Best RapAlbum. It also was nominated for Album of the Year and isoften considered one of the best rap albums of all time. 16. The Price of SuccessAlong with his success, Eminems MarshallMathers album faced much criticism forexcessive profanity, glorification of drugs andviolence, and even homophobia and misogyny. 17. Yellow Brick Road by Eminem 18. More Lyrics 19. Relapse, Rehab and RecoveryFor the next few years, Eminem dropped out of the scenebecause he was dealing with many personal issues. He divorced,remarried, and again divorced Kim, which ended up in a verynasty and public custody battle. He ended up addicted topainkillers and almost killed himself in 2007. By 2008, he gotclean and began to record music again. His album Recoverywas released in 2010. This inspirational and revealing album wona Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. 20. The Good Old DaysIn 2001, Eminem reunited with some of his oldfriends from Detroits underground rap scene.They formed the group D12, and made analbum called Devils Night. 21. EminemA year after that, Eminem released a new soloalbum, The Eminem Show. His next album, Encorewas in 2004. 22. The old Neighborhood 23. -Eminem 24. Crazy?... 25. His Lyrics 26. ConclusionIn hip-hops short history, Eminem is one of the most acclaimedrappers in this genre, and as much as any other single artist, hesprobably responsible for much of raps transformation intomainstream music.These days, Eminem says, I started learning how not to be soangry about things, learning how to count my blessings instead.By doing that, Ive become a happier person, instead of all theself-loathing I was doing for a while.