One bully, D'Angelo Bailey, severely injured Mathers in the head; Debbie filed a lawsuit against the school in , which was dismissed the following year. Mathers spent much of his youth in a lower-middle-class, primarily African-American neighborhood in Detroit. He and Debbie were one of three white households on their block, and Marshall was beaten by African-American youths several times. As a child, he was interested in storytelling, aspiring to be a comic book artist before discovering hip hop music.
Marshall heard his first hip hop song, "Reckless" by Ice-T , at age nine on the Breakin' soundtrack, a gift from Debbie's half-brother Ronald Polkingharn; whom he referred to as "Uncle Ronnie". When Polkingharn committed suicide in , Eminem stopped speaking for days and did not attend his funeral. His home life was unstable; Mathers frequently fought with his mother, who was described by a social worker as having a "very suspicious, almost paranoid personality".
When her son became famous, Debbie bristled at suggestions that she was a less-than-ideal mother, contending that she sheltered him and was responsible for his success. In , Debbie allowed teenage runaway Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott to stay at their home; several years later, Mathers began an on-and-off relationship with Kim. After spending three years repeating the ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades, he dropped out of Lincoln High School aged seventeen.
Although he was interested in English, he never disliked literature as he preferred comic books, and disliked math and social studies. Mathers worked at several menial jobs to help his mother pay the bills, later maintaining that she often threw him out of the house anyway.
When she left to play bingo, he would blast the stereo and write lyrics to hip hop beats. He skipped school and got the bus to neighboring Osborn High School with friend and fellow rapper Proof to participate in rap battles. On Saturdays, they attended open mic contests at the Hip-Hop Shop on West 7 Mile, considered the focal point for the Detroit hip hop scene.
Struggling to succeed in a predominantly African-American industry, Eminem was appreciated by underground hip hop audiences. When he wrote verses, he wanted most of the words to rhyme; he wrote long words or phrases on paper and, underneath, worked on rhymes for each syllable. Although the lines often made little sense, the drill helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes. As Eminem's reputation grew, he was recruited by several hip hop groups; the first of these was a group called New Jacks.
After they disbanded, he joined Soul Intent , who released a single in featuring Proof. Eminem also made his first music video appearance in in a song called, "Do-Da-Dippity", by Champtown.
Eminem and Proof formed D12 , a six-member ensemble resembling a Wu-Tang -style collective more than a regularly performing group. Eminem had his first run-in with the law at the age of twenty, when he was arrested for involvement in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun. Eminem is a storyteller, using his artistic ability to create a phenomenal discography that spins a new narrative each time for fans and critics alike to devour.
Porter and Proof. Depicting violent and disturbing themes relating to his mother and wife in particular, Eminem showed just how skillful he could be at hooking listeners in. Check it out here. Soaking up the pop culture around him, the rapper parodied the ups and downs of his current era and highlighted the biggest flaws of relatable characters. The album continued with the familiar violent themes and even crossed into genres of horrorcore and hardcore hip hop.
Earning Eminem his third Grammy for the same category, The Eminem Show was somewhat of a stripped-back look at how lonely the rapper was from failed and broken relationships, wealth and fame. It went on to be one of the most popular albums of , going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "97 Bonnie and Clyde", he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body of his wife.
Another song, " Guilty Conscience ", ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre would go on to make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio albums under the label Aftermath. It went on to sell 1. The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a success and created some controversy by insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly.
In his second single, " The Way I Am ", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his record company to top " My Name Is " and sell more records. Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am" together in concert.
In the third single, " Stan " which samples Dido's "Thank You" , Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, taking on the. In the music video of "Stan", Eminem was shown writing with his left hand, ending the fan debate over his dominant hand.
Q magazine named "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time, and the song came tenth in a similar survey conducted by TopCharts. The song has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked th in Rolling Stone magazine's " Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In July , Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.
This album has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of Ameri ca RIAA , with sales of over 10 million in the United States alone and more than 20 million worldwide.
Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "It was the hug heard 'round the world. Eminem, under fire for homophobic lyrics, shared the stage with a gay icon for a performance of " Stan " that would have been memorable in any context. Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show , was released in summer and proved to be another hit for the rapper reaching number one on the charts and selling well over 1 million copies in its first week of release.
Selling over 10 million in the United States and well over 20 million worldwide. Making Eminem one of the only artists to ever have two diamond albums both of which selling over 20 million worldwide.
The album reflected on the impact of his rise to fame, his relationship with his wife and daughter, and his status in the hip-hop community. He also addresses the charges he faced over assaulting a bouncer he saw kissing his wife in Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic felt that while there was clear anger present on several tracks, this album was considerably less inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.
However, L. Brent Bozell III, who previously criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for perceived misogynistic lyrics in the album, noted The Eminem Show for its extensive use of obscene language, giving Eminem the nickname "Eminef" for the bowdlerization of motherfucker, an obscenity prevalent in the album. The Media Research Center, which was founded by a conservative activist and is funded by conservative foundations, claims that on December 8, , the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States.
The year saw the release of Eminem's fourth major album, Encore. It sold over , copies in its first week of release.
Selling over 15 million worldwide. With 7. The album was another chart-topper, as it was driven by the single "Just Lose It", notable for being disrespectful towards Michael Jackson. On October 12, , a week after the release of "Just Lose It", Eminem's first single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song " Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in He released his first album in five years titled Relapse , on May 15, In , Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery.
Recovery was an international success and was named the best selling album of worldwide, joining The Eminem Show , which was the best seller of
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