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Eminem Profile |
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Birth Date: October 17, 1972
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Birth Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Birth Name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better
known as Eminem, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning
American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit,
Michigan area. Having sold 70 million albums worldwide,
Eminem was discovered by pioneer gangsta rapper and producer
Dr. Dre, who signed him to his Aftermath Entertainment
label.
Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has praised Mathers for his
"verbal energy" and for arousing popular interest in poetry
and lyrics. Eminem is infamous for the controversy
surrounding many of his lyrics. With the enormous success of
his highly acclaimed album The Marshall Mathers LP and its
subsequent nomination for four Grammy awards including Album
of the Year, critics such as GLAAD denounced his lyrics as
homophobic and misogynist, while others protested that it
promoted violence.
Eminem was born in St. Joseph, Missouri to Marshall Bruce
Mathers II and Deborah Nelson Mathers, of Scottish, German
and English descent. He was raised in Detroit and was
interested in hip hop from a young age. He began performing
as early as 13, later gaining some local attention with the
group Soul Intent in 1995, making his first official tape,
Fuckin’ Backstabber/Soul Intent. In 1996, he released an
independent underground album named Infinite. The album
received no airplay and a mixed response from critics, with
people claiming Eminem's rapping style sounded too similar
to Nas and AZ. Eminem followed Infinite with The Slim Shady
EP, which saw his lyrics take a decidedly darker turn, in
songs like "No One's Iller" and "Murder Murder", the latter
of which he talks about having to feed his daughter. After
this album he received much attention and mixed reviews in
the hip hop underground due to his distinctive style and the
fact that he was white in a predominantly black genre.
Eminem had done a notable amount of rapping with fellow
Detroit MC Royce da 5'9" early in his career. They referred
to themselves as Bad Meets Evil, with Eminem playing the
Evil and Royce playing the Bad in the song of the same name.
Royce da 5'9" and Eminem were considered to be two of the
best underground MCs in Detroit and were both respected for
their skills.
While Royce and Eminem were great friends and had mutual
respect for one another, both personally and musically, they
eventually had a falling out. Recent rumors suggest that the
argument was subdued prior to Proof's death. |
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Other Information |
His 2000 album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", sold 1.76 million
copies in the first week of release in the U.S., a record
for a solo artist.
His wife Kimberly Mathers was granted physical custody of
their 5-year-old daughter, continued financial support, a
personal driver, and reinstatement of her credit cards. [29
August 2000]
2000 Album "The Marshall Mathers LP" sold a reported 7
million copies. [January 2001]
3rd January 2001: Album "The Marshall Mathers LP" nominated
for 4 Grammy awards at The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001)
(TV), including: Album of the Year, Best Rap Album, Best Rap
Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
for the track "Forget About Dre" with Dr Dre.
Featured in "Entertainment Weekly" magazine (December 22/29,
2000) and was voted #3 for Entertainer of the Year.
Dr. Dre is Eminem's mentor.
Father of Hailie Jade (b. Christmas Day, 1995)
Raised in Detroit, Michigan.
Got joint custody of daughter Hailie Jade. [2001]
With the band D12, Eminem has had a number 10 hit with S**t
on you, and a number 2 hit with Purple Hills (originally
titled Purple Pills).
The name 'Eminem' came from his initials M(arshall)
M(athers).
He has had an operation on his knee, which led to his
awkward stance at numerous performances.
Wanted to be a comic book artist
His ex-wife, Kim, has a twin sister named Dawn.
He wears glasses
Cuts his own hair.
Parodied on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) by Chris Parnell.
Has said that he would like his daughter, Haile Jade, to
become an actress.
Has a younger half-brother called Nathan (his mother's son
from a later marriage), born in 1986.
Made $29,000,000 in 2002 with The Eminem Show LP, as the CEO
of Shady Records, and the Anger Managment Tour '02.
On March 23, 2003 his song "Lose Yourself" from the film 8
Mile (2002) became the first rap song to win an Academy
Award. He was not in attendance, and one of the song's
co-writers, Luis Resto, accepted the Oscar on his behalf.
Won a Juno Award (Canada's Grammy Awards) for International
Album of the Year.
The only white person to ever be on the cover of "The
Source" and "XXL" magazines.
Adopted niece, Alaina, giving her his last name.
Was the only guest artist appearing on Jay-Z's album, "The
Blueprint."
Has a tattoo of his daughter on his right lower shoulder
Born on the same day as Wyclef Jean.
Released song, "Toy Soldiers", in which he states he no
longer want to argue with Ja Rule and other members of
Murder Inc.
Failed the 9th grade three times until finally dropping out.
He said that he was not stupid [which is evident from
interviews and his obvious success], but said that he lacked
an interest in school. All he wanted to do was rap.
Favorite movie of all time is Scarface (1983).
Has a half sister and a half brother on his dad's side;
Sarah and Michael Mathers.
He was voted the 82nd Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all
time by Rolling Stone.
In May 2003, a minor media stir came about when Eminem
refused to allow rock parodist 'Weird Al' Yankovic to
produce a video for his "Lose Yourself" parody "Couch
Potato". Although semi-official statements from Eminem's
camp stated that the rapper wasn't being malicious and
simply did not want a parody to detract from his image as a
serious hip-hop artist, most of the press that covered the
story sided with Yankovic. Despite the lack of the music
video, the album featuring the parody, "Poodle Hat", earned
Yankovic his highest chart debut in "Billboard" (#17) and,
in February 2004, his third Grammy Award.
Has custody of his niece Lainie (short for Alaina). Lainie
and his daughter Hailie have been brought up together and
are considered sisters and he refers to both as his
daughters. Lainie was mentioned in the song Mockingbird on
the "Encore" album.
Spoofs his character from 8 Mile (2002) in his music video
"Just lose it"
Is a Detroit Pistons fan
Has his own record company called Shady Records
The Eminem Show has sold more than eight million albums
To help support his mother, young Marshall worked as a
short-order cook at a Michigan family restaurant called
Gilbert's Lodge
At the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, he came in second.
Announced he is to remarry his ex-wife, Kim Mathers.
He has sold over 65 million records worldwide (February
2006).
Created his own fashion line called Shady Limited.
Filed for divorce less than 3 months after re-marrying his
ex-wife.
Hired young actress Karli Filips twice to portray his
daughter, Hailie Jade in his music videos for "Lose
Yourself" and "Like Toy Soldiers". When they shot the Toy
Soldiers video, Eminem had to be reminded Karli had played
his daughter once before.
Adopted his ex-wife's, Kim, other daughter with another man.
Her name is Whitney.
His "D 12" band mate Proof was best man at his second
wedding to Kim Matters.
His "D 12" band mate Proof was killed in a night club
shooting at 5 am. [11th April 2006]
Eddie Guzelian, a producer on the hit Disney Channel show
American Dragon: Jake Long, wrote in his blog for the show
that the character of Jake's little sister was named after
Hailie, Eminems daughter. Eddie is a big Eminem fan and was
actually listening to one of his albums while creating the
character.
Filed for divorce from Kimberly Anne Scott after only 82
days after marrying her for the second time.
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". Volume
245, pages 121- 122. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale,
2006.
Monday 26th Feb 2001: Winner of Best International Male at
the 2001 Brit Awards. |
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