Birthname: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Nicknames: M & M – Slim Shady – Eminem

Born: October 17, 1972 (Age 36) In St. Joseph, Missouri

He sings in the styple of Rap, and Hip-Hop, and also a little Hardcore rap, Also known as his Genres. Hes been active since 1995 to present. The labels he is with are the following, Bassmint Productions, Mashin’ Duck Records, Web Entertainment, Interscope, Aftermath Entertainment, and Shady Records.

Early life

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Deborah Mathers Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., and shortly later his father abandoned the family. As a teenager, Marshall Mathers became interested in hip hop, performing amateur raps at age fourteen under the pseudonym “M&M” and joining the group Soul Intent around 1995, when his first single was released. He had to repeat ninth grade twice due to truancy, he dropped out of school at age 17. Since 1992,  Mathers had been signed to FBT Productions, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage job of cooking and dishwashing at a restaurant. In 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassment, a recording studio owned by the Bass brothers, was released under their independent label Web Entertainment. 

Albums

1996: Infinite

1999: The Slim Shady LP

2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP

2002–2003: The Eminem Show

2004: Encore

2005–2008: Hiatus

2009: Relapse

Other Work   1990 – Present

Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem and rappers Proof and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in the group D12, short for “Detroit Twelve” or “Dirty Dozen”, performing in the manner of the multi-man group Wu-Tang Clan. 

Acting career

   Da Hip Hop Witch (2000), himself

  The Wash (2001), Chris

   8 Mile (2002), Jimmy “B. Rabbit” Smith, Jr.

  Have Gun – Will Travel (2010), Paladin

Awards

While Eminem has won many Grammy Awards, been praised for having “verbal energy”, high quality of lyricism and been ranked at #9 on MTV’s list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, #13 on the MTV’s “22 Greatest Voices in Music”, and #82 on Rolling Stone’s “The Immortals”. He has often been infamous for the controversy surrounding many of these lyrics, including allegations of glorifying homophobia, misogyny, and violence.  In 2008, the readers of Vibe Magazine voted him “The Best Rapper Alive”.

Other

Ever since 2004, no album came out, rumors of him retiring did. But in 2008, he said a new album is coming out, and it’s called Relapse. None of the other album name rumors were true with, King Mathers, The Empack, no, no, it’s called Relapse. He released two songs, I’m Having A Relapse, and Crack A Bottle, which was leaked in late 2008, but released in 2009. Crack A Bottle  also broke a digital (Legal) downloads record, which was later broken with Flo Rider’s “Right Round”.

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