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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), commonly known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. Having sold seventy million albums worldwide, Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of the early 2000s, and one of the best-selling rappers of all time.
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Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has praised Mathers for his "verbal energy" and for arousing popular interest in poetry and lyrics.[4] Eminem is infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics. With the success of his highly acclaimed album,[5] The Marshall Mathers LP and its subsequent nomination for four Grammy awards including Album of the Year,[6] critics such as GLAAD denounced his lyrics as homophobic and misogynist, while others claimed that it promoted violence. [7] In 2002, he starred in the semi-autobiographical movie 8 Mile.
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Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1974) was drawn to rap as a teenager in Detroit, where he fought to overcome the stereotypes associated with being a white rapper by winning MC battles in local clubs. He released his first solo album in 1996, Infinite, which didn’t garner much attention. That year he ... broke up with his girlfriend, Kim, who forbid him to see their daughter, Hailie. These events ultimately fueled the creation of his dark, uncensored alter ego, Slim Shady. The Slim Shady EP, released in 1997, was a raging, violent, and often funny album that caught the attention of Interscope label president Jimmy Iovine at a freestyle competition. Iovine passed his tape along to Dr. Dre, who agreed to produce Eminem’s first major-label album.
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Eminem's raves are bizarre, given the vileness of his lyrics. He is an acolyte of the gangsta rap tradition, which means his songs honor the socially unacceptable (but beloved by 14-year-old boys) principles of violence, rape, misogyny, homophobia, more violence. Every woman is a "bitch," and there's no problem that can't be solved with the right gun. Even by the dismal standards of the genre, Eminem is foul, out-bitching and out-killing all of his rap colleagues. On his new album he describes raping his mother, arranging the gang rape of his sister, murdering his wife, and lurking in your backseat to kill you. The album opens with the song whose chorus is "Bitch, I'm gonna kill you."
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Born Marshall Mathers, Eminem, raised by his mother as a single parent, spent much of his childhood shuttling between St. Joseph, Missouri and Detroit, Michigan. He became attracted to rap as a young teen and began performing in a friend's basement. He took the name 'M&M' from his initials but soon changed it to Eminem. After performing with a number of rap groups, Eminem released his first album Infinite in 1996.
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady,[1] is an Academy Award-[2] and multiple Grammy Award-winning American rapper, record producer, and actor. Having sold over seventy million albums worldwide,[3] Eminem is one of the highest-selling musicians of the early 2000s... making him one of the highest-selling rap artists of all time.[3] Eminem was discovered by rapper and producer Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre later signed Eminem to his record label, Aftermath Entertainment.
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