Birth
Name
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Nickname
Slim Shady
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini
Biography
Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in
Missouri. Spent childhood moving back and forth between Kansas City and Metro
Detroit. Attended Lincoln High School in Warren 1986-89. Hustled self-made
cassettes of his work to places like Record Time in Roseville. His girlfriend
(now wife) Kimberly gave birth to daughter Hailie Jade on Dec. 25, 1995. He
worked at Gilbert's Lodge (a family restaurant) in St. Clair Shores from
1996-1998. Full-length debut, Infinite, released in 1996. The Slim Shady
EP was released in 1998. Later that year, Dr. Dre
signed Eminem to his Aftermath label after hearing the rapper free styling on a
Los Angeles radio station. The Slim Shady LP was released on Feb. 23, 1999 and
hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts within weeks. The Slim Shady LP was 3 times
platinum. Eminem has now put out his second full length CD, entitled The
Marshall Mathers LP.
Mini Biography
Marshall
Bruce Mathers III 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. He settled on the Eastside
of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it
difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Being a rap fan
for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming
words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was
otherwise a painful existence.
At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M& M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. 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. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash price which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo. Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in the their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album.
Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and 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. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Currently working on his third LP, Em has made a movie, 8 Mile (2002), and has gone back and brought his friend with him; D-12. Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall explains his life today in one word. "Claimer".
At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M& M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. 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. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash price which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo. Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in the their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album.
Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and 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. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Currently working on his third LP, Em has made a movie, 8 Mile (2002), and has gone back and brought his friend with him; D-12. Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall explains his life today in one word. "Claimer".
Spouse
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Kimberly Anne Scott
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(14 January
2006 - 19
December 2006) (divorced)
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Kimberly Anne Scott
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(14 June
1999 - 11
October 2001) (divorced) 1 child
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Trade
Mark
Spells "Eminem" with the
second "e" backwards
Trivia
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
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
In his 2004 song, "Like Toy
Soldiers", he stated he no longer wants 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.
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.
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.
His ancestry is partly German and
Swiss-German.
Son of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.
and wife Deborah R. Nelson (later remarried).
His maternal grandmother Betty
Hixson was married five times. He is her grandson from her first marriage.
Ranked #6 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip
Hop Artists.
Is good friends with Jay-Z.
January 2008 - Released from a
Detroit hospital after being rushed there during Christmas 2007. His publicist
attributed this to a bout with pneumonia.
Lives in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
His album "Recovery" was
the best-selling album in the US in 2010.
Admitted on 60 Minutes that he would
never have imagined writing lyrics about helping others before he became sober
(based on his song Not Afraid on Recovery).
In his interview with Anderson
Cooper on 60 Minutes, he admitted he does not allow the same amount of
profanity he uses in his songs in his house.
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