Eminem doesn't apologise if he offends people, and he believes that he is only throwing back at people what he has had thrown at him his whole life. Find out why he has this attitude by reading on...
1975, October 17th, Marshall Mathers III is born, named after his father.
"People used to say I looked like my father but I don't think I looked like my father or mother. I don't know who I looked like, I might of been switched at the hospital of somethin" - Eminem
6 months after Marshall is born, his father leaves forever.
"If he wanted to get in contact with me or talk to me or see me, he could have done it regardless of how crazy he thought my mother was." - Eminem
"My mother was always moody. She was the type to flip on you just like that." - Eminem
Years later his mother Debbie was suspected of suffering from Munchausen Syndrom by Proxy, a mental disorder whereby a parent imagines her child to be sick, and forces the child to undergo unnecessary medical treatment.
Marshall was often left with relatives. He became close to his mothers brother, Ronnie.
"We were just like best friends. That was the only family member really that I had, you know what I'm sayin', that I was close to" - Eminem
Age 5, Marshall and his mother Debbie moved to East Detroit, MI.
"I used to be not welcome on this block" - Eminem
Marshall was jumped every week by neighbourhood bullies on his block,
School was no different.
In 4th grade, Marshall was terrorized everyday by an older student.
"Everytime I come to school, he would beat my ***. He'd beat my *** in the bathroom. Yo, this dude, almost killed me." - Eminem
In Winter, 1983, recess, Marshall was beaten so serverely, he fell into a coma for 10 days.
The years of abuse fueled Marshall's rise to stardom.
In 1984, Marshall and his mother moved back to Kansas City, and back to Ronnie.
Marshall and Ronnie spent all of their free time together.
"I used to look up to him 'cause I thought he was fresh back then." - Eminem
"My uncle was really my best friend" - Eminem
Ronnie was a rap music fan.
Ronnie "beat boxes" and made rap tapes for Marshall.
" I was like 'damn, he's doin' somethin' I can't do'" - Eminem
At age 9, Ronnie played a tape that changed Marshall's life...Reckless, by Ice T.
"I was like, 'Oh ****'" - Eminem
In 1987, Marshall and Debbie moved back to Detroit for the last time.
"When I moved away from my uncle, that became like, that was when I really started to wanna do it. I would never do it around him 'cause I thought I sucked at it." - Eminem
At age 13, Marshall began to write and record his own raps. He took on the name Eminem.
He hustles money by "Battle rapping" with other kids at school.
"Some on the kids would say, 'This **** is wack', some of the kids would say, ' Yo this **** is really dope.'" - Eminem
At age 15, he met his high school sweetheart, and future wife, Kim Scott.
He also formed his first rap group, Bassmint Productions.
"I was always skipping school and I just wanted to rap." - Eminem
At age 17, Marshall dropped out of school.
Eminem performed at open mic nights at a local radio station. He is told he is "Pretty good for a white guy."
"It's when I really wanted to get into this and make somethin' of it" - Eminem
In Summer, 1992, Ronnie visited Eminem in Detroit. Eminem told Ronnie about his dreams of becoming a rap star. Ronnie told Eminem that he had given up rap for good.
"He was just like, 'This rap **** is just a dream', you know what i'm sayin', 'It's just a fantasy, it aint gonna come true.' But I didn't wanna give up. If I really come up there and start rippin' **** people can't deny me." - Eminem
Within 2 years, Eminem would get the first break of his career.
In 1992, Eminem started rapping at the biggest hip hop clubs in Detroit, and he is booed his first time on stage.
"The first time I came up on stage, you know, I got laughed at, I'm not gonna lie. I got laughed at." - Eminem
Eminem returned every weekend to enter rap competitions.
"And the more I would come up there, the more, you know what I'm sayin', the more respect I would start gettin' or whatever" - Eminem
Within a year, he started winning consistently.
Eminem was invited to rap on the biggest hip hop radio station in Detroit, WHYT.
"In Detoit that was like really the only outlet that people had, was that 1 station, and a lot of times rappers were gettin' deals off it." - Eminem
"One thing is for definite I feel that nobody is gonna be able to deny me. You can't deny talent." - Eminem
On December 13th, 1993, Debbie called Eminem at a friends house.
"She was cryin', an' an' an' an', and I was like, she was just, she just kept cryin', and I was like, what's the matter, you know what I'm sayin', what's goin' on, and she was like, Ronnie's dead." - Eminem
Ronnie had committed suicide.
Eminem fell into a deep depression. He stayed in his room for hours and listened to Ronnie's rap tapes.
"Alot of times, I blamed myself. I thought that maybe if, if he'd of called me first, you know what I mean, to talk to me first, then maybe he wouldn't of done it" - Eminem
Eminem stopped writing and stopped rapping.
In March, 1995, Kim told Eminem that she was pregnant.
On December 25th, 1995, Hailie Jade was born.
"If it wasn't for Hailie, I might not 'ave, I might not be here today. I wanted to be a father to her and, you know what I'm sayin', not do what my father did to me." - Eminem
"When Hailie was born, it was kinda like a wake up call to me. It was like I have to do this rap ****, you know like really get up and go for it." - Eminem
Eminem returned to rapping with renewed determination, and created a buzz for himself in the hip hop underground.
A small production company approached Eminem to record his music.
"Once I make this album, or whatever, then it'll hook me up." - Eminem
He was encouraged to write 'radio friendly' songs.
"Alot of the songs were like positive uplifting songs." - Eminem
In 1996, Eminem's debut album was released - Infinite.
"If Eminem can sell 10 million records and send my daughter to college, you know what I mean, that's like my main goal out of this whole thing." - Eminem
"I was thinkin' everythingwas all good...When it really wasn't. It just turned into a nightmare." - Eminem
Infinite recieved no airplay and made no money.
"The **** really started goin' downhill from there." - Eminem
Eminem, Kim and Hailie were evicted from their apartment. Eminem had no money to buy diapers for his daughter. Kim left Eminem, and took Hailie with her.
"She's lookin' at me like, 'You're supposed to be the man, you're supposed to be taking care of your family and you can't even feed your fuckin' self.'" - Eminem
Eminem was not allowed to see his daughter.
"I wasn't even allowed to come in her family's house. I was just a loser to them" - Eminem
"Everybody got a point where they get to the point where they're just like, I don't give a ****, anymore" - Eminem
In December, 1996, Eminem took an overdose.
He survived it.
"All I've done is take ****. Now I'ma start dishin' it out." - Eminem
In January, 1997, Slim Shady was born.
"That's me, Slim Shady." - Eminem
"It's kinda like a alter ego type thing. I believe, like everybody's got a shady side to 'em you know. You're drivin' and you see somebody on a road, and they cut you off. An' all of a sudden it's just BAM, you start at 'em. **** you! What the **** are you doin'! That's Slim Shady." - Eminem
Slim Shady wrote new raps. Slim Shady's lyrics targeted Eminem's past.
"Everytime I sit down with a pen everything was like, like **** you, **** this, **** that, **** the world. What eveybody thinks - **** 'em." - Eminem
"I found what I'm good at." - Eminem
After 10 months of performing in underground clubs, Eminem was invited to the biggest rap competitions in the country. In Los Angeles, on October 24th, 1997, the Rap Olimpics.
After 6 rounds, Eminem lost the battle, but won his big break. He scored a meeting with rap producer Dr.Dre.
"And I wasn't sure how to act around him at first. Do I give him a play, like, yo Dre, wat up, yo I'm a fan, you know what I mean, or do I just play it cool, what do I do?" - Eminem
Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his new record label, Aftermath Records.
Within a week, Eminem began to record a new album. He dedicates the album to his daughter.
On Febuary 23rd, 1999, the Slim Shady LP was released. The album debuts at number 2 on the billboard charts.
Eminem recieved awards for MTVs best new artist, a Grammy for best hip hop album, and a Grammy for best solo rap performance.
The Slim Shady Lp sold over 3 million copies.
In September 1999, Interscope Records gave Eminem his own record label, Shady Records.
Eminem and Kim made up and got married. Eminem bought Kim and Hailie a house.
"I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy it." - Eminem
In April 1999, the Rolling Stone magazine interviewed Eminem. He was asked about his childhood and his mother.
"I always end up tellin' people anyways, I always end up tellin' magazines, they always end up gettin' it out of me." - Eminem
In September 1999, Debbie sued her son for deformation of character.
"I'm makin' a statement that, that I'm not gonna watch my mouth, I don't, I don't feel like I need to like 'Oh my God, should, should I write this, I don't know this might offend somebody, this might offend somebody.' I been gettin' offended all my life." - Eminem
The Lawsuit is still pending.
"I can't do anything but be myself and that's the way I feel, u know. What I'm thinkin' and what I say in my songs, is 90% of the time, that's how I feel." - Eminem
In November 1999, Eminem returned to the studio to record his next album, the Marshall Mathers LP. He says his new album pushes 'freedom of speech' to the limit.
"My music is like theropy to me. A way of gettin' **** off my chest. I'm not doin' it for the controversy. When I go home to my family, is what I'm doin it for." - Eminem
"Hi Hailie Jade I love you baby" - Eminem
She knows daddy loves her, and she's always known who daddy is. To come where I come from and to have the sort of upbringing that I had, you know what I'm sayin', and to be where I'm at now, is for me, somethin' to be proud of." - eminem
2006-06-21 22:57:14
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answered by ghost 2
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III, 17 October 1973, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, although 1972 is also listed by some sources. This white rapper burst onto the US charts in 1999 with a controversial take on the horrorcore genre.
Mathers endured an itinerant childhood, living with his mother in various states before eventually ending up in Detroit at the age of 12. He took up rapping in high school before dropping out in ninth grade, joining ad hoc groups Basement Productions, the New Jacks, and D12. The newly named Eminem released a raw debut album in 1997 through independent label FBT.
Infinite was poorly received, however, with Eminem earning unfavourable comparisons to leading rappers such as Nas and AZ. His determination to succeed was given a boost by a prominent feature in Source's Unsigned Hype column, and he gained revenge on his former critics when he won the Wake Up Show's Freestyle Performer Of The Year award, and finished runner-up in Los Angeles' annual Rap Olympics. The following year's The Slim Shady EP, named after his sinister alter-ego, featured some vitriolic attacks on his detractors. The stand-out track, "Just Don't Give A ****", became a highly popular underground hit, and led to guest appearances on MC Shabaam Sahddeq's "Five Star Generals" single and Kid Rock's Devil Without A Cause set. As a result, Eminem was signed to Aftermath Records by label boss Dr. Dre, who adopted the young rapper as his prot?g? and acted as co-producer on Eminem's full-length debut. Dre's beats featured prominently on The Slim Shady LP, a provocative feast of violent, twisted lyrics, with a moral outlook partially redeemed by Eminem's claim to be only "voicing" the thoughts of the Slim Shady character.
Parody or no parody, lyrics to tracks such as "97 Bonnie & Clyde" (which contained lines about killing the mother of his child) and frequent verbal outbursts about his mother were held by many, outside even the usual Christian moral majority, to be deeply irresponsible. The album was buoyed by the commercial success of the singles "My Name Is" and "Guilty Conscience" (the former helped by a striking, MTV-friendly video), and climbed to number 2 on the US album chart in March 1999.
Eminem subsequently made high profile appearances on Rawkus Records' Soundbombing Volume 2 compilation and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's Da Real World. He was also in the news when his mother filed a lawsuit claiming that comments made by the rapper during interviews and on The Slim Shady LP had caused, amongst other things, emotional distress, damage to her reputation and loss of self-esteem. None of which harmed the sales of Eminem's follow-up album, The Marshall Mathers LP, which debuted at number 1 on the US album chart in May 2000 and established him as the most successful rapper since the mid-90s heyday of 2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg. By the end of the year, however, his troubled personal life and a serious assault charge had removed the gloss from his phenomenal commercial success. Despite criticism from gay rights groups, the rapper swept up three Grammy Awards the following February. He also reunited with his D12 colleagues to record the transatlantic chart-topping Devil's Night.
Eminem's new studio album, The Eminem Show, was premiered by single "Without Me". The track, which debuted at UK number 1 in May 2002, featured a sample from Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Girls" and was supported by a controversial video which saw the rapper dressing up as Osama Bin Laden. The album debuted at number 1 on both sides of the Atlantic. Later in the year, Eminem made his mainstream acting debut in 8 Mile. The lead single from the soundtrack, "Lose Yourself", gave the rapper his first US number 1 single in November and remained at the top of the charts well into 2003.
2006-06-21 22:56:54
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answered by TameraMowry 2
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