EMINEM'S GENERAL INFORMATION

Early Life
Moving and school problems
Eminem was born named, Marshall Bruce Mathers III . Eminem is just his stage name . He was born in Saint Joesph, Missouri. Marshall and his mom moved constantly as he was growing up. His dad abandoned him when he was just nine months old. Marshall went to many schools because he moved so often. He attended Lincoln high school in Warren, Michigan. He had to redo the ninth grade three times. He had to redo do ninth grade because he would ditch to go to rap battles and hang out with friends. It may be hard to believe, but he was pretty smart (school smart horrible at making decisions). Eventually he dropped out because he met Kim(his wife later on in life) and had a kid (Hailie). If Eminem didn't drop out of school he probably would have had a good chance of going to college.

Early music groups
Many people don't really know how Eminem's career began. Well it all started when Marshall became interested in hip hop, performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym "M&M". Joining the group "Bassmint Productions also helped him . Bassmint Productions wasn't the only group he was in though. He also joined a group called D12. D12 sold over 10 million albums worldwide!! D12 wasn't always famous though. When they first started they weren't offered a record deal so they went their separate ways. Later on Eminem got discovered and got the group back to together.

Did you know..........
Eminem says that he enjoys the attention, but not all the time
because sometimes he wants to be alone with his family.
He talks about it a lot in the song “The Way I Am”. He
expresses it a lot in his music.

Music career
Eminem has been into music since he was kid. He started with small music groups then got discovered. Eminem's first album was Infinite released in 1996. Then 7 others followed. The names of them are:The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers Lp, The Eminem Show,Encore,Musical Hiatus,Relapse, and Recovery which is the most recent album. Eminem writes all of his music. He gets the ideas from life experiences. Some people think that his music is depressing, but if you really think about it, it's poetry. Eminem has tons of hit singles. If I tired to name them all it would take up the whole page. The first one was,"My Name Is". In the song he is basically introducing his alter ego , Slim shady. Eminem sometimes has trouble releasing albums because the record companies say they aren't good enough or they won't sell. He talks about it In the song "The Way I Am". He never gives up though. He keeps trying. He might get frustrated, but he never gives up.

Acting career
Not many people know about Eminem's acting career. He's been in a total of 8 films. 8Mile is probably one of the more famous ones. In 8Mile he plays Jimmy B-Rabbit. He performed 5 songs in the movie. He wasnominated for over 20 awards because of that movie. He won most of them. Eminem guest stared in a couple of other movies and shows,but none of them were as good as 8Mile.

Family Kids
Marshall has one daughter that he had with Kim, and her name is Hailie. He adopted Kim's sister's daughter. Her name is Alaina. He also adopted Kim's daugher, Whitney that she had before she was with him. Marshall loves his kids a lot. He mentions their names in some of his songs. Mostly Hailie though. Marshall has full custody of the kids because Kim had problems with drugs. He says that he misses them a bunch when he's on tour.

Wife
Marshall married Kimberly Scott in 1999.They had an on and off relationship . They met in high school. He dropped out for her. In 1996 they had Hailie. She sued Marshall for a making a violent song about her called "Kim" . Eventually they got divorced in 2001.In 2006 they got remarried. Then in December of the same year they got a final divorce. Marshall got full custody of the kids because of Kim's drug problems. In some of his songs he still talks about. He probably misses her. Even though it was her fault they got an divorce.

If you could learn anything from Eminem it would be to never give up. He has gone through a lot of things over the past years, but still made his goal to become a famous music artist. If he would have gave up on on his goals, there would never be a Eminem. His life may have had a lot of twist and turns,but he got through them and still succeeded. It is so amazing that he has 8 albums!! Not that many music artist are able to produce that many albums.