Yo
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now
The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow!
That is the famous verse from the song 'Lose Yourself' by
Eminem and he is who i am going to speak about today. He is like an idol to me,
my favourite artist, my favourite rapper.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972,
known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American
rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor.His mother nearly died during
her 73-hour labor with him. Eminem's parents were in a band called Daddy
Warbucks, playing in Ramada Inns along the Dakotas–Montana border before their
separation. Bruce left the family, moving to California and having two other
children: Michael and Sarah. Debbie later had son Nathan "Nate" Kane
Samara. During his childhood, Eminem and Debbie shuttled between Michigan and
Missouri, rarely staying in one house for more than a year or two and living
primarily with family members. In Missouri, they lived in several places,
including St. Joseph, Savannah, and Kansas City. As a teenager, Eminem wrote
letters to his father; according to Debbie, all came back marked "return
to sender".Friends and family remember Eminem as a happy child, but
"a bit of a loner" who was often bullied. One bully, De'Angelo
Bailey, severely injured Eminem's head (mentioned in his song "Brain
Damage"); Debbie filed a lawsuit against the school in 1982, which was
dismissed the following year. Eminem spent much of his youth in a
working-class, primarily black, Detroitneighborhood. He and Debbie were one of
three white households on their block, and Eminem was beaten by black youths
several times.
Eminem's home life was seldom stable; he frequently fought
with his mother, whom a social worker described as having a "very
suspicious, almost paranoid personality". When her son became famous,
Debbie was unimpressed by suggestions that she was a less-than-ideal mother,
contending that she sheltered him and was responsible for his success. In 1987,
Debbie allowed runaway Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott to stay at their
home; several years later, Eminem began an on-and-off relationship with
Scott.After spending three years in ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades,
he dropped out of Lincoln High School at age 17.
Eminem went to Los Angeles to compete in the 1997 Rap
Olympics, an annual, nationwide battle rap competition. He placed second, and
Interscope Records staff in attendance sent a copy of the Slim Shady EP to
company CEO Jimmy Iovine. Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre,
founder of Aftermath Entertainment and founding member of hip-hop group N.W.A.
Dre recalled, "In my entire career in the music industry, I have never
found anything from a demo tape or a CD. When Jimmy played this, I said, 'Find
him. Now.'" Although his associates criticized him for hiring a white
rapper, he was confident in his decision: "I don't give a f**k if you're
purple; if you can kick it, I'm working with you."Eminem had idolized Dre
since listening to N.W.A. as a teenager, and was nervous about working with him
on an album: "I didn't want to be starstruck or kiss his a** too much ...
I'm just a little white boy from Detroit. I had never seen stars, let alone Dr.
Dre." He became more comfortable working with Dre after a series of productive
recording sessions.
Eminem released The
Slim Shady LP in February 1999. Although it was one of the year's most popular
albums (certified triple platinum by the end of the year), he was accused of
imitating the style and subject matter of underground rapper Cage. The album's
popularity was accompanied by controversy over its lyrics; in "'97 Bonnie
and Clyde" Eminem describes a trip with his infant daughter when he
disposes of his wife's body, and in "Guilty Conscience" which
encourages a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty
Conscience" marked the beginning of a friendship and musical bond between
Dr. Dre and Eminem.
Now to talk about his family life, Eminem has been
scrutinized, as a rapper and personally. The rapper was married twice to
Kimberly Anne "Kim" Scott. He met Kim in high school while he stood
on a table with his shirt off rapping LL Cool J's "I'm Bad". Kim and
her twin sister Dawn had run away from home; they moved in with Eminem and his
mother when he was 15, and he began an on-and-off relationship with Kim in
1989. Their daughter Hailie was born on December 25, 1995. The two were married
in 1999 and got divorced in 2001. Although Eminem told Rolling Stone in 2002,
"I would rather have a baby through my penis than get married again",
he and Kim briefly remarried in January 2006. He filed for divorce in early
April, agreeing to joint custody of Hailie. He also has custody of Dawn's
daughter Alaina and Whitney, Kim's daughter from another relationship. In early
2010, Eminem denied tabloid reports that he and Kim had renewed their romantic
relationship, however in the same statement his representative also confirmed
that they now maintain a friendly relationship. He had legal custody of his
younger half-brother Nathan. In his 2014 song "Headlights", Eminem
apologized to, and reiterated his love for, his mother.
After Eminem's Multi-Platinum record sales, Interscope
offered him his own label; the rapper and Paul Rosenberg founded Shady Records
in late 1999. Eminem signed his Detroit collective, D12, and rapper Obie Trice
to the label and signed 50 Cent in a 2002 joint venture with Dr. Dre's Aftermath
label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre added Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the
Shady-Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, Eminem's former DJ, was with Shady
Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent-Jadakiss feud forced him to
leave the label. The Alchemist is currently Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005 Eminem
signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, and West Coast rapper Cashis
to Shady Records.
On December 5, 2006, the compilation album Eminem Presents:
The Re-Up was released on Shady Records. The project began as a mixtape, but
when Eminem found the material better than expected he released it as an album.
The Re-Up was intended to introduce Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.
While he was recording Infinite, Eminem, Proof and Kon Artis assembled a group
of fellow rappers now known as D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or
"Dirty Dozen", who performed in a style similar to Wu-Tang Clan. In
2001 D12's debut album, Devil's Night, was released. The first single from the
album was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills" (an ode
to recreational drug use) and "Fight Music". "Purple Pills"
was rewritten for radio and television, removing many of the song's references
to drugs and sex, and renamed "Purple Hills".
After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the
studio. They reunited in 2004 for their second album, D12 World, which included
the hit singles "My Band" and "How Come". "American
Psycho 2" featuring Cypress Hill member, B-Real, was another popular hit.
According to D12 member Bizarre, Eminem was not featured on his album Blue
Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy doing his thing".
In January 2014, Bass Brothers announced that D12 had
returned to record at F.B.T. Studio and they were working on an album with
Eminem on at least three songs. Bizarre reported that he was still part of the
group and that the album was scheduled for a 2014 release.
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