Eminem is a legend of rap music, a talented singer, composer, producer and actor. Most of the rapper's songs are autobiographical and tell about his difficult path to fame.

Childhood

Marshall Bruce Mathers III is Eminem's real name. At the age of 15, his mother, aspiring singer Debbie Nelson, married musician Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.

On October 17, 1972, in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, the couple gave birth to a boy, who was named after his father - Marshall Bruce Mathers III.

When Marshall was 8 months old, his father left, leaving eighteen-year-old Debbie alone. It was very difficult for the young mother to raise her child alone.

As a child with my mother

Looking for better life the family constantly moved from state to state. Because of this, the boy had no friends, he changed schools very often and lived with his mother in a travel trailer for almost his entire childhood.

When Marshall was 12 years old, his family finally settled in the African-American neighborhood of Detroit. Apart from them, there were only two white-skinned residents in the block, so the family got into trouble.

Coma and moving

At school, the boy had no friends; all his classmates were dark-skinned and constantly bullied and humiliated him because of the color of his skin. His main enemy was DiAngelo Bailey, a student 2 grades older than Marshall.

In the winter of 1983, Bailey and his friends brutally beat Marshall on the street. The boy fell into a coma and lay in the hospital for 10 days until doctors revived him.

After this, Marshall’s mother seriously thought about moving. A year after the incident, Debbie and her son moved to Kansas City.

In childhood and youth

In 1985, Marshall's younger brother was born, the boy was named Nathan. Soon, her stepfather left her mother, and Debbie raised her two sons herself.

In Kansas City, Marshall became friends with Ronnie's mother's brother, who became a best friend. Ronnie loved rap music, and one day brought nine-year-old Mathers Ice T's "Reckless" record.

Marshall really liked the record and decided that he also wanted to become a rap artist. At the age of 13, Marshall began writing his own rap.

Despite the humiliation of black MCs who believed that “whites” had no place in rap, Marshall began to win rap battles and over time gained the respect of his peers. At the same time, the boy came up with the pseudonym “M&M”, which transformed into the famous nickname “Eminem”.

At school, Eminem failed 5 transfer exams, after which the future star was kicked out of the ninth grade. Then his mother told Mathers to look for a job.

Marshall tried many professions, trying to somehow help his mother: he worked as a waiter, a cook, and a seasonal worker. The boy even performed live at night on a local radio station.

At the age of 19, Eminem suffered a bereavement - his uncle Roney, who had long been Marshall's best friend, committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun.

The beginning of a musical career

In 1995, Eminem became a member of the group Soul Intent, which also included his best friend Proof and DJ Butterfingers.

The beginning group did not find sponsors, so the circulation of the record with the first tracks was negligible, and now this record is almost impossible to find.

The following year, Eminem recorded his first album, “Infinite,” which, however, was not to the taste of listeners.

It was replicated by one independent studio. The studio managed to sell about a thousand copies of the album, then the contract with the performer was terminated.

The failure of the album, which Eminem later called only a demo album, hurt the young artist. Marshall became addicted to alcohol and drugs.

Then Mathers was on the verge of suicide: he was desperately trying to find a normal job. The rapper had no money at all, so his friends bought clothes for Marshall.

Hoping to win, Marshall went to the Rap Olympics competition in Los Angeles. Having failed, Mathers was already thinking about quitting rap.

Desperate, Eminem made one last attempt to gain recognition - he distributed his demo tape “The Real Slim Shady LP” to recording studios in Los Angeles.

The idea of ​​​​creating the character “Slim Shady” came completely unexpectedly - the rapper came up with bright rhymes under his pseudonym “Eminem”, but nothing worked.

Then suddenly he had an epiphany - he came up with an alter ego and called him Slim Shady. Slim, according to Marshall, was dark side rapper - read daring, immoral lyrics.

A stunning success

Luck smiled on Marshall in 1999. Quite by accident, the famous producer and musician Dr. Dre found The Slim Shady EP in the garage of Jimmy Iovine, head of Interscope Records.

After listening to the compositions, the producer was amazed by the talent of the young rapper. He called Marshall back and offered to re-release the record under his label.

The same year, the official album “Slim Shady LP” was released, which created a real sensation in rap culture: the white-skinned rap artist had incredible talent and read shocking lyrics about violence and racial discrimination.

Following the record, the first video clip “My Name Is” was released, which was constantly played on all music channels.

In 2000, Eminem's second studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was released, in which the rapper sang on his own behalf.

In his songs, Eminem was not afraid to make fun of modern society, sing about racial and sexual political incorrectness, so there were always heated debates around his songs.

His mother sued the singer because he spoke very rudely about her in one of his songs. Then the LGBT community came out against Eminem.

In the summer of the same year, Eminem participated in the recording of the debut album of the group “D12” entitled “Devil’s Night”.

In the spring of 2002, Eminem released the video “Without Me”, after which the third album “The Eminem Show” was released. The album sold more than 20 million copies, becoming diamond certified.

In April 2004, Eminem again performed as a member of the group “D12”, recording the album “D12 World” and releasing the video “My Band”.

Career break

In November of the same year, the fifth collection of songs, Encore, was released. Unlike previous albums, “Encore” did not receive a single Grammy statuette; the white-skinned rapper lost to Kanye West in almost all nominations.

Critics considered the album unsuccessful, and soon rumors spread that this was the artist's last album. In 2005, Eminem’s hit collection “Curtain Call: The Hits” was released; it included only 3 new compositions.

Of these, "Shake That" and "When I'm Gone" were released as singles.

A year later, the next collection “Eminem Presents: The Re-Up” was released. The rapper recorded this collection at his own studio, Shady Records, which he founded back in 1999.

In 2007, the performer recorded joint song with rapper 50Cent and the song “Touchdown” with T.I. After this, Eminem went on a “sabbatical” for more than a year and a half; the reason was the singer’s drug addiction.

Return of a Legend

At the beginning of 2008, together with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, Eminem recorded the song “Crack The Bottle”, at the same time the rapper announced that work on a new album would soon be completed.

Already in the spring, the video “We Made You”, the singles “Beautiful”, “Old Time’s Sake” and “3 a.m.” were released. In May 2009, the sixth album entitled “Relapse” was released.

In December of the same year, the rapper released a reissue of the album called “Relapse: Refill”, which included 7 songs, including the song “Forever”, recorded with Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.

Initially it was reported that the second part of the album “Relapse” would be released, but then information appeared that there would be no second part; instead, the rapper recorded a new album “Recovery”.

The album became the best-selling album in the States in 2010. Eminem recorded some tracks in the album together with other equally popular artists: Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Pink and Kobe.

In 2013, the world saw the rapper’s eighth album, entitled “The Marshall Mathers LP 2.” Among the songs was the famous composition “Rap God”, in which Eminem set a new world record. In 6 minutes and 4 seconds, Eminem managed to say 1,560 words.

In 2015, the rapper released 4 tracks, 2 of which he recorded as a member of the group “Bad Meets Evil”. On this moment The artist's new album is expected to be released. Eminem's collection of awards includes 15 Grammy statuettes and an Oscar award.

Sound recording studio

In 1999, Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg founded Shady Records.

D12, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis recorded their tracks under the label of this studio. In December 2006, the studio released a compilation album entitled “Eminem Presents: The Re-Up”.

The album, according to Eminem, turned out so good that the rapper released this mixtape as a full-length album.

Movies

In 2001, Eminem played a cameo role in the film “The Wash.” However, the rapper's real debut is considered to be the 2002 film 8 Mile, which, as the performer states, is semi-biographical.

The film provides insight into the legendary rapper's life in Detroit, his development as a performer, and the challenges Eminem faced.

Eminem recorded the song “Lose Yourself” for the film. For it, the rapper was awarded an Oscar film award in the category “Best Song for a Film.”

Eminem voiced a cop in the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof and Billy Fletcher in the Talking Dolls show.

Most often, the rapper plays himself in films: he played a cameo role in the films “Pranksters”, “Beautiful Men”, “Rap as Art”, “Detroit Rubber” and “Interview”.

Books and charity

In 2001, the rapper wrote the book “Angry Blonde,” which included all the freestyles released at that time, as well as comments on them.

In 2008, the autobiography “The Way I Am” was released, in which the singer talks in detail about his life troubles, drug addiction, fame, depression. The book became a bestseller that year.

Following Eminem’s memoirs, his mother Debbie released the book “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem,” in which she talked about her acquaintance with the rapper’s father, Eminem’s childhood, his rise to fame, and then his struggle with popularity.

Eminem also created his own charitable foundation, money from which goes to help disadvantaged families in Michigan.

In 2015, Eminem visited a fan who was suffering from cancer. 17-year-old Gage was incredibly happy from meeting the performer, but the next day after the visit the boy died.

Personal life

Marshall met his chosen one at school. At that time, the boy was 15 years old, and Kimberly Ann Scott was only 13.

At age 15, Kim ran away from home with her twin sister Dawn and began living with the Mathers. In 1989, Kim and Marshall began dating; in 1999, the lovers legalized their relationship.

By that time, they were already raising their daughter Hayley, who was born in 1995. However, the marriage did not last long, and the couple divorced in 2001.

C Kimberly Ann

5 years after the divorce, Marshall and Kim got married again, but the marriage lasted only six months. The couple separated again, agreeing on co-parenting Hayley.

Eminem loves his daughter very much and has repeatedly mentioned her in songs; the songs “Mockingbird” and “Hailie’s Song” were dedicated to the girl.

After the divorce, Eminem was credited with having affairs with many celebrities: Beyoncé, Tara Reid and Mariah Carey, but all this turned out to be rumors.

The rapper dated actress Brittany Andrews for several months; in 2002 he began a relationship with Brittany Murphy, but this relationship did not last long.

Haley's own daughter

Besides my own daughter Eminem has two adopted child. Marshall adopted Kimberly's sister Alana Scott's child and Kim's first daughter Whitney. Marshall is also the legal guardian of his younger brother Nathan.

Scandals

Eminem has often been the culprit of scandals, in most cases the reason was not his actions, but the lyrics of his songs.

In 1999, the performer’s mother sued him for libel: the woman claimed that her son spoke negatively about her in songs from the album “The Slim Shady LP.”

Eminem (Eng. Eminem, real name Marshall Bruce Mathers III, English. Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is an American rapper, music producer and composer. One of the best-selling musical artists in the world, winner of fifteen Grammy awards and an Oscar for best song for the film “8 Mile,” where he played the leading role.

Childhood

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972 in small town Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. His parents, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. (born 1947) and Deborah Ray (Nelson) Mathers-Briggs (born 1955), were musicians who played in the Ramada restaurants. They married when Deborah was 15, and she soon gave birth to a son.

The birth was difficult and long - it lasted 73 hours and almost ended in the death of the mother. Six months after this, Marshall's parents separated, his father moved to California, got a new family with two children - Michael and Sarah - and completely forgot about the eldest son. Later, as a teenager, Marshall tried to contact his father and wrote him several letters, but he did not even print them and sent them back.

Trying to arrange her personal life, the mother, following her father, left her son when he was not yet a year old, and from 1973 to 1977 the boy was raised by his great-aunt Edna. Then Deborah returned, but during her travels she became addicted to alcohol, and later brought home new stepfathers several times, none of whom stayed for long.

Marshall and Deborah moved constantly from place to place, mostly staying with relatives, and rarely stayed in the same house for more than a year. A few years later, the mother gave birth to another son, Nathan. Finally, when Marshall was 12, the family settled in the suburbs of Detroit. Acquaintances of that time remembered Eminem as “a generally happy child, but withdrawn.”

Life in the new place was complicated by the fact that the teenager was not accepted by local children, mostly black children from working families. The boy was constantly teased, he was attacked and beaten almost every day. Subsequently, these sad moments were reflected in the lyrics of Eminem, in particular, in the song “Brain Damage”: “I was harassed every day by fat DeAngelo Bailey - he was an eighth grader and behaved arrogantly because his dad was a boxer.”

In 1983, it was this teenager who once hit Marshall in the head so hard that he lay in a coma for 10 days, and doctors had little hope of his recovery. “Glorified” in the song, Bailey later admitted in an interview: “We had a whole gang, and we took him in... You know, bullied him and everything. One day we hit him right on the head, on the back of the head. When we saw that he was not moving, we ran away. And then they lied and said that he slipped on the ice.”

First creativity

Marshall was introduced to rap by his uncle Ronnie Polkinghorne, who was only a few months older than him and became his first mentor in music. “My uncle was actually my best friend,” Eminem said gratefully.

Ronnie recorded several of his tapes for his nephew. “And I thought: damn, this is what I can do!” the artist recalled. In addition to rap, the boy liked to write stories and draw homemade comics.

The teenager created his first rap duet at the age of 14 together with his friend Mike Ruby, and at the same time he came up with the pseudonym “M&M” (based on the first letters of his first and last name), which later transformed into “Eminem”.

Teenagers regularly participated in local unofficial freestyle competitions. Gradually gaining a place for themselves in a field that had previously been considered a 100% prerogative of blacks, they gained more and more fans.

Youth

Marshall did poorly in school, especially in high school, not because he lacked ability, but because he was not interested in school at all. All he needed to do was rap. Having failed to complete the 9th grade, even after spending 3 years in a row at the Lincoln School, at the age of 17 he dropped out of school forever.

In 1991, Uncle Ronnie shot himself because of unhappy love, and for Eminem it was such a shock that he was speechless for several days.

The young man's mother, Deborah, was constantly in conflict with him. Marshall with early age she had to earn extra money to help her support her family, and yet she very often kicked him out of the house. She had a difficult character, which one of the social workers described as “increased suspicion, close to paranoia.” However, in 1987, she sheltered her son's runaway friend, Kimberly Scott, who later became Eminem's wife.

Later, the singer released information that Deborah, in addition to everything else, suffered from Munchausen syndrome - mental disorder, in which a person invents or deliberately causes a serious illness in someone close to him in order to benefit from increased attention, sympathy and help from others. For this reason, his perfectly healthy 9-year-old brother Nathan spent a whole year in the hospital. In the end, in order to stop this bullying and provide his mother with qualified help, Marshall was forced to testify against her in court, and then he began to raise his brother on his own. Difficult childhood and the trials of youth gave a strong impetus to Eminem’s creativity.

Music career

In 1995, Eminem made his debut as a professional musician with the New Jacks, and then, when they broke up, with the group Soul Intent, which also featured his friend Proof and DJ Butterfingers.

Unreleased New Jacks album + photo of young Eminem

However, he was more interested in his individual career, and already in 1996 he recorded his first solo album, Infinite. This disc did not arouse much interest from listeners, because Detroit at that time was already oversaturated with hip-hop.

Eminem was very upset by the failure of his debut album, but later he himself admitted that his own style had not yet developed at that time, and that recording was just a test of the pen. In addition, the main lyrical theme of this work was the singer’s worries about how to raise his newborn daughter with very little money - to which he received the response: “Maybe you’d be better off going into rock and roll?” And Eminem realized that the lyrics of his compositions should become sharper, caustic and with a hint of anger.

The singer's new mood led to the creation of a new stage image, a kind of alter ego under the pseudonym Slim Shady. Slim literally glorified violence, drugs and even murder with sadistic pleasure, but under this outer shell he also touched on deeper themes of social injustice, poverty, love and family problems.

This was the mood of his new album “Slim Shady EP”, recorded in the spring of 1997. The disc was ready, but lay without promotion, and Eminem went to the “Rap Olympics” - an annual national competition in the rap battle format, which took place in Los Angeles. In this largest battle, the artist took second place, and the organizers drew attention to the talented young man.

Eminem – The Real Slim Shady

One of them, Jimmy Iovine, listened to the album “Slim Shady EP” and gave it to the famous rapper and rap producer Andre Romell Young, better known under the pseudonym Dr. Dre. He immediately took Eminem “under his wing,” and in 1999, the album “The Slim Shady LP” was successfully re-released and became a bestseller: it managed to become triple platinum before the end of the year and brought the artist his first Grammy award.

Dr. Dre later recalled: “In all my time in the music industry, I never came across anything worthwhile on demos or CDs. But when Jimmy played it, I immediately said: Find him, now." Colleagues tried to reason with the producer and warn him against working with a white-skinned, that is, “fake” rapper, to which he replied: “I don’t care if he’s even purple. If he raps well, I'll be with him."

Eminem was shocked by this turn of fate, because Dr. Dre had been one of his idols for many years: “I didn’t want to act like a fan or suck up to him too much... I was an ordinary white kid from Detroit, and before I met Dr. Dre, I generally I’ve never seen any of the stars.” And in one of the later interviews, the artist admitted that if it were not for the fateful participation of Dr. Dre and the sudden rise in popularity, he, in principle, was ready to despair and leave music in order to build a career in some other, less creative industry: his The daughter was only a year old, and the family desperately needed a stable income.

At the end of 1999, Interscope Records provided the artist with his own record label, under which not only he himself subsequently released works, but also artists friendly to him, such as Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Stat Quo, Cashis, Bobby Creekwater, Yelawolf, bands D12 and "Slaughterhouse", etc.

The next album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was released in 2000 and sold 1,760,000 copies in its first week. The disc received the title of the fastest-selling hip-hop album, breaking previous records of the albums “Doggystyle” by Snoop Dogg and “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.

The lyrics of some singles from this disc have drawn serious criticism for being homophobic, as well as for insulting famous artists: in particular, the song “The Real Slim Shady” contains controversial information about the sex life of Christina Aguilera, and the song and especially the video released shortly “ “My Name Is” Eminem harshly parodied the rock singer Marilyn Manson, with whom he, however, is on good terms.

Eminem – My Name Is

The most controversial was the video for the song “Stan” - Marshall played on the theme of his sudden popularity, depicting a crazy fan who killed his pregnant girlfriend and committed suicide. This composition received the title of “third best song in the style of rap" according to Q magazine, and in the ranking of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" by Rolling Stone magazine, it took 296th position. As a result, at the 43rd Grammy ceremony, Eminem and “Stan” won in three categories at once.

Eminem ft. Dido – Stan (full version)

In 2001, the artist took part in the large-scale Up in Smoke Tour along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, rappers Xzibit and Ice Cube. Following this, he focused on releasing his next album, The Eminem Show, which was released in May 2002 and again rocketed to number one on the charts. And although the disc also attracted the now-familiar criticism for its "angry mood", for insulting women and for its abundance of dirty language, it sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and became the best-selling album of 2002.

After this, Eminem released the disc “D12 World” together with the rap group “D12”, and the next solo disc “Encore” was released in November 2004. By all accounts, this work was less successful than the previous one: sales in the first week were only about a third of those of previous albums. One of the reasons for the lukewarm reception was perhaps the more comical mood of the album and softer, not at all “evil” lyrics without the usual cruelty.

Eminem's intention to rid himself of his evil alter ego Slim Shady is emphasized by the design of the album's cover, which depicts his farewell bow. True, there was still some ridicule of the stars: the video for the song “Just Lose It” shines with satire of Michael Jackson.

Eminem – Just Lose It

While working on the Encore album, Marshall frequently used drugs, and then became somewhat confused about his creative plans. After recording this work, he decided to take a creative break. The calm was broken only by the re-release of past compositions in the disc “Curtain Call: The Hits” and the release of the collection “Eminem Presents: The Re-Up”, in which the artist introduced new musicians Boby Creekwater and Cashis to the public.

In 2007, Eminem recorded the song “Peep Show” for the new album “Curtis” by the famous rapper 50 Cent, and then disappeared again from musical life for a full year and a half.

The silence was broken in February 2009 with the release of the song "Crack a Bottle" featuring 50 Cent and Dr. Dre; Following this, several more singles were released, and in May, Eminem’s new full-length album, “Relapse,” was finally released. Key theme This disc and its advertising campaign served to free Marshall from drug addiction. The artist himself described this work as a return to the “good old days.”

Dre and I locked ourselves in the studio again, just like before. Dre would end up producing most of the tracks on Relapse. We're having fun again... So be it.

The album was generally warmly received by the music audience and turned out to be quite successful, although criticism towards it was restrained: “Eminem had the opportunity to give his music a new quality. What he has now presented is still powerful, but very narrow in form.” Some noted that "... the album leaves an aftertaste of joyless fatigue - too noticeable for it to signify a return to form for the artist."

However, there were no less positive reviews, and the album brought the artist another Grammy Award. At the end of the year, the second part was released - “Relapse: Refill”, which included both already known compositions and completely new ones, including the track “Forever”, performed together with rappers Drake, Kanye West and Lil Wayne.

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem – Forever

In June 2010, another “sequel” was released - the “Recovery” disc. It turned out to be noticeably more successful than the previous one, and critics finally recognized the return of the “old” Eminem with his “dark, dramatic beat”, “trademark acrobatic rhymes” and “a growing quality of anger”.

After this, the artist recorded the album “Hell: The Sequel” together with his friend from his youth, rapper Royce da 5"9", teaming up with him in the duet “Bad Meets Evil” - with this composition they had already worked together once in 1997, but then their joint creativity was not widely known. The new album instantly took off in the charts and elevated both performers to a new round of fame.

The next album, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” was released in August 2013 and became one of the most anticipated discs in several years. It is called the most “atmospheric” of Eminem’s albums - it is permeated with the spirit of nostalgia for youth. Many famous artists were invited to record it, not only rappers, but also singers of other genres, including r’n’b singer Rihanna. The disc was again successful, and even the most demanding critics did not find any flaws in it.

In 2014, the recording company Shady Records, founded by the artist, released the double collection “Shady XV”. The first disc contains fresh tracks by Eminem himself, as well as groups with his participation and his friends: “Slaughterhouse”, “Yelawolf”, “D12”, “Bad Meets Evil”, etc. The second disk collected all the best hits over its 15-year history label: artists such as Obie Trice, 50 Cent, Bobby Creekwater, Ca$his and Stat Quo are featured here. In 2015 – 2017, Eminem released several hits: “Campaign Speech”, “Kill For You”, etc.

In 2017, Eminem worked on a new album, Revival, his first solo disc since The Marshall Mathers LP 2, released in 2013. Earlier in 2017, he released a video in which he rapped with harsh criticism of US President Donald Trump.

Eminem launches his own line fashionable clothes, which can be purchased through his official website. One of his latest collections, “Camp Shady,” also contains equipment for hiking and sports tourism.

Film career and other works

Eminem made his film debut, playing a cameo role in the comedy “The Wash” (2001), in which all the main roles were played by his colleagues, including Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. The film was not widely known - critics considered it “amateurish and not funny.”

His most significant film work was the main role in the Curtis Henson drama 8 Mile (2002) starring Kim Basinger and Brittany Murphy. This film is about a young Detroit rapper nicknamed Rabbit, and for Eminem it is largely autobiographical.

Eminem – Lose Yourself (cut from “Eight Mile”)

The audience liked the film, and the artist’s performance was especially praised: “The genius of the Rabbit’s image is that he recognizes his own weaknesses,” and Eminem’s work is “pure magic.” Eminem also wrote and performed 5 songs for this film, including the title track "Lose Yourself", for which he was awarded an Oscar. In addition, for his work on the film, he received two MTV Movie Awards – in the categories “Male Breakthrough of the Year” and “Best Actor”.

Eminem's personal life Haley Jade Scott was born in 1995

The couple officially got married in 1999, but divorced in 2001. In an interview at that time, Eminem swore: “I would rather give birth to a child through my penis than agree to marry again.”

However, in January 2006, she and Kim re-entered into a legal marriage, but in April of the same year they separated again and finally divorced in December. Former spouses agreed on co-parenting common daughter Haley, and in addition, Marshall took sole custody of two other children whom he adopted: Alaina Scott (Kim's niece, her sister's daughter) and Whitney Scott (Kim's daughter from another man).

After the divorce was final, he repeatedly stated that he no longer wished to enter into any relationship with anyone. love relationship because he can't trust anyone completely. Marshall fears that women may have ulterior motives for relationships, will not be completely honest with him and will not be able to remain faithful. In 2008, he briefly dated Tracy McNew, an employee of Shady Records, but nothing is known about his subsequent relationship.

Eminem's half-brother Nathan Kane, over whom he had custody, followed in his footsteps and also became a famous rapper. The artist is still with his mother difficult relationships: she repeatedly sued him, and then published a book about him, “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem,” in which, in particular, she said that he had suffered from bipolar mental disorder all his life.

Eminem now

The summer of 2018 ended with the release of Eminem’s tenth anniversary studio album “Kamikaze”, which included 13 new tracks by the rapper. One of them, the most recent one, was included in the soundtrack of the film “Venom” with Tom Hardy. The performer generously criticized everyone: mumble rap (Lil Pump and others like him), who disliked his last album music critics, Donald Trump, the band Die Antwoord (their vocalist Yolandi Visser made fun of his name in one of the tracks), as well as his former group D12.

In parallel with working on his material, he helped singer Nicki Minaj with the recording of her album “Queen”. Around the same time, Eminem broke his record for the fastest rapping, reading 123 syllables in 12 seconds. He rapped faster on Nicki's "Majesty" than on his own track "Rap God."

Eminem's daughter opened an Instagram account: she looks like a sex bomb, but lives like “the girl next door”

If Eminem's daughter, 21-year-old Haley Jade Scott, wanted to become famous, all doors would probably open for her. A spectacular appearance is a potential guarantor of modeling contracts, and his father’s connections in show business are the key to the successful development of a musical career. Another possible option is to launch your own reality show. The daughter of one of the most popular rappers in the world grew up as a “girl next door” - why not? new story about Cinderella?

However, Hayley is in no hurry to use any “options” for her own promotion. Long years the girl had a single Twitter account, which she kept closed, avoiding associations with her father. Only today the media managed to find out about the existence of her Instagram page (@hailiescott1), on which she, although quite rarely, aptly posts new photos.

Hayley doesn't tend to "post" stories from her life without a break. Here's the little that we managed to find out thanks to Instagram: Haley has a beloved dog, a handsome boyfriend and the status of a student at Michigan State University, where she entered with honors after graduating from school.

Recall that Haley Scott is the only one biological child Eminem. Haley's mother is Kimberly Scott, with whom Eminem had a long and complicated affair. The story of Eminem and Kimberly Scott began in 1989, when they were still teenagers. 16-year-old Kimberly and her sister left home and began to live with Eminem and his mother. The couple's relationship lasted more than 10 years before the lovers got married in 1999. True, a few years later the couple filed for divorce. By that time, Eminem had become a father three times: Haley was born in 1995, and later he adopted Kim’s daughter from another man, Whitney, and the daughter of Kimberly’s sister, Alaina Scott.

Eminem was born in the small town of Kansas City, Missouri, into a dysfunctional family. Eminem's parents were members of a local music group. Marshall's father left him with his mother when the boy was about six months old, and Eminem has never seen him since.

Marshall's mother, Debbie Nelson, constantly moved from one place to another, so Eminem spent his childhood in a trailer on endless trips from Missouri to Michigan. Eminem often lived with relatives, with his mother's brother Ronnie, to whom he became very attached. The uncle was actually not much older than Eminem himself.

Eminem and his mother settled in Detroit, in the Eastside area with a predominantly African-American population. Marshall had difficulties communicating with black peers: due to constant clashes and bullying, Eminem had to change schools every two to three months. Marshall was once beaten so severely that he lay in a coma for several days. Of course, this whole experience could not help but affect the rapper’s further work.

In 1984, Marshall and his mother returned to Kansas City, where he again met with Uncle Ronnie, who was a rap fan. It was he who provided big influence on Eminem's subsequent work. In 1987, Marshall's uncle presented his nephew with Ice T's Reckless cassette, which changed Marshall's entire understanding of music. He became seriously interested in rap music and realized that he would devote his life to it. Marshall takes the name Eminem - a combination of the first letters of his first name and the surname of Marshall Mathers - and at the age of 15 he founded his first rap group.

Star Trek

Eminem, one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s and one of the most popular rappers, has sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Eminem was discovered in big show business by rapper and producer Dr. Dre. Since the musicians began working together, things have gone uphill for the novice Eminem, hiding under the pseudonym Slim Shady. Slim Shady was born unexpectedly. Eminem picked the first thing that came to his mind. Slim Shady is a vile provocateur, dark side Marshall's soul, which arose from the confluence of tragic circumstances of his life.

In 1996, Eminem recorded his first album, Infinite. However, it did not bring success. Eminem explained that Infinite was a work in which he wanted to figure out what style he would perform in and what he would sound like.

Eminem's second album, The Marshall Mathers LP, appeared in the spring of 2000. The rapper dedicated this album to the memory of his beloved friend, Uncle Ronnie, who committed suicide.

In 2002, the autobiographical film 8 Mile appeared, in which Eminem plays poverty-line rapper Jimmy Smith. The film was a success both financially and in terms of audience response, and the Lose Yourself soundtrack earned Marshall an Oscar.
In 2011, Eminem became one of the most viewed artists on YouTube. At the moment, his total views are almost 2,000,000,000. In addition, the rapper became the first person in history who managed to receive more than 61,000,000 human “likes” in social network Facebook, beating out Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga.

Personal life

At the age of 15, in the school corridor, Marshall saw her - the girl who was destined to become his wife and the mother of his child twice. Kimberly Scott became the love of his life. After Ronnie's uncle shot himself with a shotgun, Marshall gave up music and fell into a deep depression. But after some time, Kim announced that she was expecting a child, and this brought the rapper back to life.

On Catholic Christmas, December 25, 1995, Eminem's daughter Hailey was born (at that time Eminem and his wife were not registered, they got married only in 1999).

The couple filed for divorce for the first time a year after the secret wedding, and five years later, in January 2006, they got married again. However, in December of the same year, the couple separated completely, and Eminem in one of his interviews vowed never to marry again.
Previously, Eminem adopted two children: daughter Kimberly Whitney from another man and Alaina, daughter of Kimberly's sister.

Marshall Mathers (Eminem) was born in the small town of Kansas City, Missouri, into a dysfunctional family. Eminem's parents were members of a local music group. Marshall's father left him with his mother when the boy was about six months old, and Eminem has never seen him since.

Marshall's mother, Debbie Nelson, constantly moved from one place to another, so Eminem spent his childhood in a trailer on endless trips from Missouri to Michigan. Eminem often lived with relatives, with his mother's brother Ronnie, to whom he became very attached. The uncle was actually not much older than Eminem himself.

Eminem and his mother settled in Detroit - in the Eastside area with a predominantly African-American population. Marshall had difficulties communicating with black peers: due to constant clashes and bullying, Eminem had to change schools every two to three months. Marshall was once beaten so severely that he lay in a coma for several days. Of course, this whole experience could not help but affect the rapper’s further work.

In 1984, Marshall and his mother returned to Kansas City, where he again met with Uncle Ronnie, who was a rap fan. It was he who had a great influence on Eminem's subsequent work. In 1987, his uncle presented his nephew with a cassette by Ice T - Reckless, which changed Marshall's entire understanding of music. He became seriously interested in rap music and realized that he would devote his life to it. Marshall takes the name Eminem - a combination of the first letters of his first name and the surname of Marshall Mathers - and at the age of 15 he founded his first rap group.

• Full name: Marshall Mathers
• Date of birth: October 17, 1972 (age 43)
• Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
• Libra
• Height: 172 cm

Star Trek

Eminem, one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s and one of the most popular rappers, has sold more than 90 million albums worldwide. Eminem was discovered in big show business by rapper and producer Dr. Dre. Since the musicians began working together, things have gone uphill for the novice Eminem, hiding under the pseudonym Slim Shady. Slim Shady was born unexpectedly. Eminem picked the first thing that came to his mind. Slim Shady is a vile provocateur, the dark side of Marshall's soul, which arose from the tragic circumstances of his life.

In 1996, Eminem recorded his first album, Infinite. However, it did not bring success. Eminem explained that Infinite was a work in which he wanted to figure out what style he would perform in and what he would sound like.

Eminem's second album, The Marshall Mathers LP, appeared in the spring of 2000. The rapper dedicated this album to the memory of his beloved friend, Uncle Ronnie, who committed suicide.

In 2002, the autobiographical film 8 Mile appeared, in which Eminem plays poverty-line rapper Jimmy Smith. The film was a success both financially and in terms of audience response, and the Lose Yourself soundtrack earned Marshall an Oscar.

In 2011, Eminem became one of the most viewed artists on YouTube. At the moment, his total views are almost 2,000,000,000. In addition, the rapper became the first person in history who managed to receive more than 61,000,000 human “likes” in social media. Facebook networks, beating Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga.

Personal life

At the age of 15, in the school corridor, Marshall saw her - the girl who was destined to become his wife and the mother of his child twice. Kimberly Scott became the love of his life. After Uncle Ronnie shot himself with a shotgun, Marshall gave up music and fell into a deep depression. But after some time, Kim announced that she was expecting a child, and this brought the rapper back to life.

On Catholic Christmas, December 25, 1995, Eminem's daughter Hailey was born (at that time Eminem and his wife were not registered; they got married only in 1999).

The couple filed for divorce for the first time a year after the secret wedding, and five years later, in January 2006, they got married again. However, in December of the same year, the couple separated completely, and Eminem in one of his interviews vowed never to marry again.
Eminem previously adopted two children: Whitney, Kimberly's daughter from another man, and Alaina, the daughter of Kimberly's sister.

9 Interesting and Little-Known Facts About Eminem

To his family he is Marshall Mathers, but to us this white rapper with blond hair and caustic lyrics is known as Eminem. He received several Grammys and even an Oscar, and some of his records have platinum status, which allows Eminem to be called a star of the first magnitude. Despite his fame, Marshall's personal life is a closed book for many. The article provides 9 facts that you may not know:

He was once a target for intelligence agencies

After recording the song "We As American" about former President George W. Bush, Eminem is rumored to have received some attention from American intelligence agencies.

Elton John helped him overcome his addiction

When Eminem was trying to overcome his Vicodin addiction, he asked none other than Elton John for help. Elton spent 18 months helping the artist.

He had a hard time as a child

Eminem grew up in a rough neighborhood in Detroit and was often punched. The singer was short, which made him a prime target for hooligans. At the age of nine, he was beaten so badly that he was in a coma for just over a week.

Eminem didn't want to be a rapper

At a young age, he was not interested in rap or other music, but wanted to become a comic book artist. He often painted and enjoyed art. This hobby influenced the videos of the singer and alter ego Slim Shady.

Marshall's mother sued him

The rapper's mother did not like the lyrics of the song My Name Is, and she filed a libel suit against him, wanting $10 million as compensation. She stated that she suffered emotional turmoil and spent many sleepless nights.

He has an Oscar

Some people take multiple attempts to win an Oscar, but Eminem won the Oscar for best song for the film 8 Mile. Eminem was not present at the ceremony, and the fact of winning the award began to be forgotten.

He is very generous

Although the artist is often described as an angry, self-centered person, he is actually a cool guy who has created a number of foundations that contribute to various charities around the world. In his home state, he is focused on helping young people.

He took part in the Rapper Olympics

This happened in 1997 in Los Angeles. Eminem captivated the audience with the way he competed for the prize with the famous freestyler Otherwize, as well as with his style and self-confidence. Then he met producer Jimmy Iovine, who helped Eminem reach the top.

Eminem didn't finish school

Looking at Eminem’s witty and talented lyrics, you wouldn’t guess that they were written by a man who didn’t graduate from school. But this is true. He attended ninth grade three times and eventually left school at age 17. Eminem claims that the reason is not stupidity, but boredom.