My favorite raper

Eminem

Real name: Marshall Bruce Mathers

Birth day: Oct 17, 1972

Occupation: Rapper, Record Producer, and Actor.

Eminem was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri. His father abandoned the family when he was 18 months, and he was raised by his mother in poverty. By the age of 12, Eminem and his mother had moved between various cities and towns in Missouri before they settled in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Eminem became interested in hip pop after procuring a copy of the Beastie Boys album Licensed to 3 as a teenager, and performing amateur rapes at age 14, and jointed a group called “Bassmint Productions” and released their first EP. They later changed their name to “soul Intent”. Although he was enrolled at Lincoln High School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles at the now0defunct Osborn High School on Detroit’s east side. Despite a well-documented struggle succeeding in predominantly African-American industry, he gained the approval of underground hip pop audiences. After repeating the ninth grade twice due to truancy and near-failing grades, he dropped out of high school at age 17

In 1991, Eminem’s maternal uncle , Ronald “Ronnie” Nelson, committed suicide via shotgun wound to the head. Eminem was very close to his uncle, and was devastated at his death; today, he sports a tattoo “Ronnie R.I.P.” on his upper left arm.

Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, Became the fast-selling solo album in US history.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. He wond the award again in 2010 for his album Relapse and 2011 for his album Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for best Original Song for “Lose Yourself” from the film, 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. “Lose Yourself” would go on to become the longest running No.1 hip hop single.

Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005, He released his first album since 2004’s Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan, and has sold more than 80 million albums all over the world, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery. It became Eminem’s sixth consecutive number one album in the US and achieved international commercial success.