Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known professionally as Eminem and considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, has a birthday this October 17.
Although his flow and physique do not show it, the singer reached the 5th floor. From a very young age he was looking for success in music, specifically in hip-hop.
We take advantage of this date to remember the career and personal life of this award-winning American artist, native of Missouri.
From the beginning, the creator of songs like “Stan” and “Rap God” had only one goal: to succeed as a musical performer. In fact, according to the Britannica site, Marshall repeated the third year of high school three times, because at the age of 14 she lived skipping classes to rap in clubs in Detroit, a town where she lived for much of her youth.
Family life
Eminem is the only son of the union between Debbie Nelson and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr, his birth exceeded 72 hours and his mother almost died in childbirth. He has three half-siblings, Sarah and Michael (on his father’s side) and Nate (on his mother’s side).
The interpreter, born under the sign of Libra, has three daughters, but only one of them carries his DNA, this is Hailie Jade, product of his union with Kim Scott, with whom he had an intermittent relationship from 1989 to 2006. Currently, The young woman is 26 years old, she is a fashion and beauty influencer. In addition to that, she graduated as a psychologist in 2018, according to the MamaMia site. Her famous father was inspired by her to compose songs like “Hailie’s Song” and “mockingbird«.
His other daughters, Alaina Marie (29) and Stevie (20), were welcomed by the singer. The youngest of the three is the product of another relationship with her ex Kim Scott after separating from the interpreter, but as with Alaina, daughter of Kim’s sister, he assumed paternity of him because his biological parents were drug addicts. .
Substance abuse
The also businessman and music executive went through a real personal challenge after suffering an accidental overdose in 2007 by methadone. “I didn’t know it was methadone, I just took any pill they gave me,” he told The New York Times in 2011. In this way, it all started on the recording set of “8 Mile” (2002), a film in which he starred. and part of his narrative is based on his own life.
“We were shooting 16 hours on the ‘8 Mile’ set and one day someone gave me an Ambien, and it knocked me out. I loved it! I was like ‘I need this at all times’ »he told Rolling Stone about the moment he got hooked on drugs.
In 2019, the rapper detailed to the men’s magazine GQ that his dependence altered his feelings, thus detailing that he entered a “vicious circle” of depression. Later this year he also referred to the subject in the podcast of Paul Rosenberg, his representative for years. “When I was in rehab, it was very difficult for me to focus on solving my problem, people used to come up to me to ask for autographs, they stared at me, they stole my notebooks, pens and caps,” was part of what he said.
did not give up
Before winning awards and building a successful discography over the years, Eminem fought tooth and nail to position himself and succeed as a rapper. Also, keep in mind that his critically acclaimed and world-famous work is largely attributed to the fact that as a white male he entered a genre largely dominated by dark-complexioned artists, who at first used to underestimate him due to the racial barrier. that existed and exists in the United States.
However, little by little he was earning the respect of his colleagues, but not before taking several disappointments. About this, music producer Dr. Dre told in the HBO docuseries “The Defiant Ones”, that his associates at Aftermath Entertainment, a label with which Marshall would later sign, criticized him for hiring a white boy, but he was dazzled for the talent of the then beginner.
In 1996, at the age of 24 and with a newborn daughter, he debuted with the album “Infinite”, which was a complete failure. In 1999, with Dre as his mentor, he released “The Slim Shady LP,” a 20-track record that sold like hotcakes with more than 18 million copies worldwide, according to the DiscoverMusic site. As if that were not enough, he won two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards thanks to him.
Slim Shady is an alter ego created by the singer in 1997, with a sadistic and violent character, which allowed him to address controversial issues in his songs such as drug use and criminal acts. Songs like “My Name Is”, “Bitch” and “I’m Shady” were included in the aforementioned title.
hit after hit
Since 2000 the vocalist was determined to take on the world. At that time he published “The Marshall Mathers LP”, two years later “The Eminem Show” followed, both albums were successful throughout the world, the second was the best-selling of 2002, according to information published on the web.
After taking a break to recover from his addiction, he came back with all the iron in 2009 to update his catalog with «Relapse» and in 2010 with «Recovery» he published again a work that became the best-selling of the year. Other of her albums are «Kamikaze», «Revival» and «Curtain Call 2». In 2022, Eminem was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Oddly enough, everything that has triumphed, the musician is even an Oscar winner, which he brandished in 2003 after his musical contribution to “8 Mile” with “Loose Yourself”, a single that rose as the Original Song of the Year. . At the same time, he currently has 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, and 17 Billboard Awards, among others.
Eminem currently has a fortune valued at $630 million, according to Forbes magazine. With global sales of more than 220 million green discs.
Fun facts
Before turning to hip-hop, at one point during his childhood he aspired to create comics. This was detailed by the Lad Bible site. Somehow, this dream, small compared to all his achievements, came true in 2009 when he appeared in the Marvel anti-hero comic The Punisher, as part of a publicity strategy for the album he published that year.
During the pandemic he launched his own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), “Shady Con”, an animation where the main character is himself.
Apart from “8 Mile”, he almost ended up starring in “Training Day” (2001), along with Denzel Washington, because its director, Antoine Fuqua, was interested in the singer for the role of policeman Jake Hoyt, who ended up taking him Ethan Hawke, as well It was published on the Hip-Hop 24×7 web portal.
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