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Eminem
Real Name : Marshall Bruce Mathers
Bands : New Jacks, Soul Intent, D-12
Birthdate : October 17, 1972
Sign : Libra
Hometown : St.Joseph-Kansas City-USA


Eminem Biography:

Marshall Bruce Mathers was born on the 17th October 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Son of a fifteen-year-old mother at the time of his birth and a father who left six month later never to return, Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit.
Eminem began performing at age 14, performing raps in the basement of his high school friend’s home. At the age of 17 he actually made a name for himself as a rapper, becoming M& M (came from his initials M(arshall) M(athers)), which he would later respell as "Eminem".Then He found himself courted by several other rappers to start groups. Eminem first joined the New Jacks, and then moved on to Soul Intent, who released Eminem’s first recorded single in 1995. A rapper named Proof performed the B-side on the single and enjoyed working with Eminem so much that he asked him to start yet another group. Drafting in a few other friends, the group became known as D-12, a six-member crew that supported one another as solo artists more than they collaborated. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row he quit school, but remarks that he doesn’t consider himself stupid and doesn’t advise that people should follow his example.
His very first album was titled "Infinite" and sold less than a thousand.

According to legend, Dr. Dre discovered his demo tape on the floor of Interscope label chief Jimmy Iovine’s garage, but the reality was that Eminem took second place in the freestyle category at 1997’s Rap Olympics MC Battle in Los Angeles and Iovine approached the rapper for a tape afterward.

Eminem emerged in 1999 as one of the most controversial rappers to ever grace the genre. After meeting Dr. Dre, and within the first hour, they had already started recording "My Name Is", and Dre agreed to produce his first album, the“Slim Shady LP”, scoring a massive hit with the single and video "My Name Is". The Slim Shady LP was released on Feb. 23, 1999 and hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts within weeks, and was 3 times platinium.
In between albums, Eminem appeared on Dre’s Dr. Dre 2001.
Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The Marshall Mathers LP, released in the summer of 2000, moving close to two-million copies in its first week of release on its way to becoming the fastest-selling rap album of all time.
This second LP won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone.
In 2001, he re-formed D-12 with several of his old Detroit running buddies. Releasing the album “Devils Night” with the group, Eminem hit the road with them that summer. 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).
Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offences, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison. After that, in 2002 he stepped in front of the camera and filmed 8 Mile, a film loosely based on his life directed by Curtis Hanson.
Surprisingly, the following album, The Eminem Show, inspired little controversy. Instead, the popular second single "Cleanin’ Out My Closet" told of his dysfunctional childhood and explained his hatred toward his mother in a mannered, poignant fashion. Eminem made $29,000,000 in earnings in the year 2002 with The Eminem Show LP, as the CEO of Shady Records, and the Anger Managment Tour ’02.

Eminem Discography :

 

Infinite (1996)
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
8 Mile Soundtrack (2002)
The Eminem Show (2002)
Encore (2004)
Relapse (2009)

More Tracks featuring Eminem:

- Aftermath Mixtape (9. Shit Hits The Fan (Extended Version) - 25. Some)
- Benefit (10. Proceed With Caution)
- Bizzare - Attack Of The Weirdos (3. Trife Thieves)
- Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - West Koasta Nostra (4. 911)
- Disses & Hot Shit Cornerstore Mixtape Vol 3 (1. Square Dance (Snippet) - 2. Role Model (Snippet) - 6. We All Die 1 Day - 7. Go to Sleep - 12. The Sauce - 13. Nail In the Coffin - 19. Lose UrSelf (Live))
- DJ Clue - The Professional 2 (9. What The Beat)
- DJ Green Lantern - Invasion Part II : Conspiracy Theory (2. The Conspiracy - 6. Hail Mary - 7. Doe Ray Me - 9. We All Die 1 Day - 11. Keep Talkin - 25. Patiently Waiting (Live at State Theatre, Detroit))
- DJ Green Lantern - Invasion Part Three : Countdown To Armageddon (3. Freestyle)
- DJ Kayslay - Underground Part 1: Well Connected: DJ Kayslay - Underground Part 1: Well Connected
- DJ Kayslay - The Streetsweeper Vol 1 (9. Freestyle)
- DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins: Hits For Hire (1. Hail Mary)
- Down To Earth soundtracks (4. What If I Was White - 5. Never Let Go - 3LW)
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001 (07. What’s The Difference - 10. Forgot About Dre)
- D12 - The Underground EP (06. Filthy - 09. Bring Our Boys)
- 8 Mile soundtracks (1. Lose Yourself - 2. Love Me - 3. 8 Mile - 16. Rabbit Run - 2. Stimulate)
- 50 Cent & G-Unit - God’s Plan (1. Words From Eminem, 12. Niggas)
- 50 Cent - No Mercy No Fear (09. Soldier)
- 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (3. Patiently Waiting -15. Don’t Push Me)
- 50 Cent - Bulletproof (4. Don’t Push Me - 12. Patiently Waiting)
- 50 Cent - The Massacre (6. Gatman And Robbin)
- Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap Present The Tunnel (04. If I Get Locked Up)
- G-Unit - All Eyez On Us: G-Unit Radio Vol 5 (6. I Ain’t No Gangsta - 9. Countdown To Armageddon Freestyle - 14. Come On In)
- Jadakiss - Kiss Of Death (16 Welcome To D-Block)
- Jay-Z - The Blueprint (12. Renegade)
- Next Friday soundtracks (14. Murder Murder)
- The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again (03. Dead Wrong)
- Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (14. Off The Wall)
- Outlawz & DJ Warrior - Outlaw Warriorz (21. One Day At A Time (Edited))
- Outsidaz - Night Life (04. Rush Ya Clique)
- The Projects Present Balhers Forever (10. Trife Thieves)
- Royce Da 5’9" - The Bad Half (07. Scary Movies - 11. Nuttin’ To Do - 13. Renegades - 03. Scary Movies - 15. Renegades)
- Royce Da 5’9 - Rock City (2. Rock City)
- Royce Da 5’9" - Build and Destroy (8. Nuttin’ To Do - 12. What The Beat - 17. She’s The One - 8. Renegades)
- Soundbombing II (3. Any Man)
- Sticky Fingaz - Black Trash: The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones (15. What If I Was White)
- Sway & King Tech featuring DJ Revolution - This Or That (5. The Anthem - 22. Get You Mad)
- Terror Squad - True Story (4. Lean Back : remix)
- The Game - The Documentary (14. We Ain’t)
- The Game - Niggaz Wit A Additude Vol. 2 (7. Encore)
- This That Gangsta Thug Shit (9. Rock City)
- Tupac Resurrection soundtracks (3. One Day At A Time)
- Tupac - Loyal To The Game (1. Soldier Like Me (AKA Return Of The Soulja) - 5. Black Cotton)
- Obie Trice - Cheers (4. Lady - 8. Shit Hits The Fan - 10. We All Die One Day - 13. Hands On You -17. Outro)
- Kanye West - I’m Good (27. Stir Crazy)
- Wild Wild West soundtracks (07. Bad Guys Always Die)
- Xzibit - Restless (10 Don’t Approach Me)
- Xzibit - Man vs. Machine (11. My Name)
- Lloyd Banks - The Hunger For More (9 Warrior Part 2)

Eminem Lyrics

Eminem Books :

- "Eminem" by Angry Blonde
- "Eminem : Crossing the Line"by Martin Huxley
- "Whatever You Say I Am" by Anthony Bozza
- "Cleaning Out My Closet" by David Stubbs
- "The Dark Story of Eminem" by Nick Hasted

Eminem Dvds :

- 8 Mile
- The Slim Shady World Show
- Eminem "All Access Europe"
- Eminem The Glory Years
- The Wash
- Da Hip Hop Witch

Links :
Eminem Official Eminem website
Official Aftermath Records website
Official Shady Records website

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