Friday, September 13, 2013
MARSHALL BRUCE MATHERS III (born October 17,
1972), better known by his stage name Eminem and by
his alter ego Slim Shady, is an Americanrapper, record
producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem, along with his solo
career, is a member of his group D12, and also one half of the hip hop
duo Bad Meets Evil, with Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the
world's best-selling music artists and is the best-selling artist of
the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of
all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone magazine
which ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All
Time. The same magazine declared him The King of Hip Hop. Including
his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number-one albums
on the Billboard 200. As a solo artist, he has sold more than
100 million albums worldwide. In the United States, he has sold
49.1 million albums and 42 million tracks.
After releasing his independent debut album Infinite in 1996, Eminem rose to mainstream popularity in 1999 with the release of his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP. The LP also earned Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two records The Marshall Mathers LP, and The Eminem Show, also won Best Rap Album Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. This was followed by another studio release in 2004 titled Encore. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album in five years titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. Recovery was an international success and was named the best selling album of 2010 worldwide, joining The Eminem Show, which was the best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career, making up it best-selling rap album artist of all-time. Eminem is currently working on his eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 set to be released on November 5, 2013.
Eminem has opened other ventures, including his own record label Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45 on Sirius XM Radio. In 2002, Eminem starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award. He has also made cameo appearances in The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009) and the television series Entourage.
Eminem has been the subject of much scrutiny, both as a rapper and in his personal life. He was married twice to Kimberly Anne Scott, whom he met in high school. He first met Kimberly when he was 15 and she was 13 while he was standing on a table with his shirt off rapping LL Cool J's "I'm Bad." Kimberly had run away from her home as a teenager, along with her sister Dawn. They moved in with Marshall and his mother when he was 15. Kim and Marshall began their on-and-off relationship in 1989, and were married in 1999. In 2000, they filed for divorce shortly after Kim's second drunk driving conviction. The couple first divorced in 2001 but remarried in January 2006. Their second divorce was finalized in December of the same year, with the couple agreeing to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Scott (born December 25, 1995).
In early 2010, Mathers responded publicly to tabloid reports of his pending reunion with Kim with a firm denial. Eminem has adopted two other daughters: Alaina "Lainie" Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott's sister, who has been referenced by name in some songs including "Mockingbird", "Airplanes Part II" and "Going Through Changes"; and Whitney, Scott's child from a previous relationship. Whitney is mentioned in the song "Deja Vu" as well as "Going Through Changes". Mathers is also the legal guardian of his younger half-brother, Nathan who has been mentioned in "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and "My Mom".
Regarding his religious views, Eminem said in 2009 that "I definitely pray a lot more than I used to. I don’t feel like I’m crazy wacky religious. But I do believe in God, and I do pray."
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