Celebrity Name: Eminem

Celebrity Real Name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Date of Birth:October 17, 1972

Birth Location:Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography:
Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972) is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper and occasional actor. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was raised in Detroit.
Early life
By most accounts, the Mathers family was extremely poor, which was the primary reason for their constant moves, during which Marshall and his mother would often find themselves living in public housing, mobile homes, and under the care of relatives. During this time, Debbie Mathers was legally taking the prescription drugs Vicodin and Valium; Marshall Mathers later claimed in numerous interviews and songs that his mother was abusing the drugs,[1] to which she retaliated with a lawsuit pressing defamation charges (see below). In the song “Cleaning Out My Closet” (The Eminem Show, 2002), Mathers also accuses his mother of having Munchausen syndrome by proxy, adding that “my whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn’t.” This was not the first time someone had suggested she had the disorder; a social worker had made similar comments following a 1996 investigation of her mistreatment of her second child, Nathan Samra-Mathers.
Early career
Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as 13, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. In 1996, he released an independent underground album, named Infinite (of which he sold about 500 copies out of the back of his car.) The album received no airplay and a mixed critical response, with people claiming Eminem’s rapping style sounded too similar to Nas and AZ. It was after this, that stress, drama and negativity spread in his life. In 1997 he followed Infinite with The Slim Shady EP demo, which saw his lyrics take a decidedly darker turn, in songs like “No One’s Iller” and “Murder Murder”, the latter in which he talks about having to commit crimes to feed his daughter. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style and the fact that he was white in a predominantly black genre. Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg refers to him as rap’s “great white American hope” in the song “Bitch Please II” off of Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP.
Success
Album cover of The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
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Album cover of The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
At Aftermath/Interscope, Mathers released The Slim Shady LP, which went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album’s enormous 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 him encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. “Guilty Conscience” also marked the beginning of the powerful friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collab on a line of hit songs, including “Forgot About Dre” and “What’s The Differrence” from Dr. Dre’s highly acclaimed album 2001.
Eminem as a producer
Mathers is also active as a producer of rap records. Besides being the executive producer of D12’s two albums, Devil’s Night and D12 World, he has also produced numerous tracks on Obie Trice’s Cheers and Second Round’s On Me as well as 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre. In addition, Mathers has produced and appeared on several songs by other famous rappers, such as Jadakiss’ “Welcome To D-Block,” Jay-Z’s “Renegade” and “Moment of Clarity” Lloyd Banks’ “Warrior Part 2,” and “Hands Up,” Tony Yayo’s “Drama Setter,” Trick Trick’s “Welcome 2 Detroit,” and Xzibit’s “My Name” and “Don’t Approach Me.” Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Mathers himself, with co-production from longtime collaborator Jeff Bass. He also split the production with Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Mathers executive-produced 2Pac’s posthumous album Loyal to the Game with 2Pac’s mother Afeni Shakur. On certain tracks, 2Pac’s voice was slowed down or sped up, and digitally altered to say things like “2005″ and “G-Unit,” angering many fans. He also produced Akon’s “Smack That”

Retirement?
In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Mathers is considering ending his rapping career after six years and numerous multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double-disc album to be released late that year, rumored to be titled The Funeral. The album manifested itself under the name Curtain Call: The Hits, and was released on December 6, 2005 under Aftermath Entertainment.
In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news of a potential final bow for Mathers as a solo performer, quoting members of his inside circle who said that he will begin to fully embrace the role of producer and label executive. The Free Press, Mathers’ hometown paper, wrote that the aptly titled Encore album would now stand as his final solo album.[wikipedia]