Eminem
By: Chad Volmert
Eminem is one of the biggest rappers of all time. Eminem was born in St Joseph,
Missouri on October 17, 1972. In a lot of homes people know him. Everybody knows him.
Everyone did not know him at one time though. He was just a kid who was constantly picked on
and bullied. His family would often move every so months because his mother could only keep a
job for a couple of months. Eminem's father left his mother before he was even born and
Eminem has never met him. With no father it was just his mother trying to take care of their
family. They were constantly moving between Michigan and Missouri trying to make money to
live.
Eminem's name was really Marshall Mathers. His rap name is actually named after his
initials. His first name starts with an M, and his last name starts with an M. He made his name
M and M but then changed the spelling to Eminem. He would often listen to a lot of music in his
younger years and read a lot of comics. He was very creative but not very good at school work.
Marshal ended up failing the ninth grade 3 times.
In 1989 Eminem started his relationship with Kim Scott and they had a kid named Hailie
in 1995. Soon Marshall and Kim got married in 1999. This ended quickly though in 2001. The
couple then got back together on January in 2006. Then shortly after that they got divorced
again in April of 2006.
Eminem's first album was called infinite. This is just something he put together in 1996.
Soon with the creativity that Marshall had he made a character he could be when he rapped. He
would call this character Slim Shady. This was a character that was psychotic. Eminem could
use this character to tell people how he felt about topics or them. Many adults do. Of like this
though because all of slims songs have a lot of profanity and are very crude.
Soon Eminem came out with his first album as slim shady. He called it The Slim Shady
EP. This album got the attention of a lot of people and one famous record producer. This record
producer was Dr Dre. Dre flew Eminem out to Los Angeles and they started working on a new
album called The Slim Shady LP which came out in 1999.
Once Dre signed Marshall he got a lot of hate because he was a white rapper. Dre talked
in an interview and said "I don't give a fuck if you're purple: If you can kick it, I'm working with
you". When The Slim Shady LP was released it sold 1.76 million copies in its first week
breaking records for best selling in first week. His rapping career was looking great and his
future was bright. His life with his family was not so good though.
Marshall had a movie he was in about him called 8 Mile where he was the actor for
himself in the movie. He would be on set 16 hours a day an would have trouble sleeping. One
of his buddies gave him some pills to help him sleep and that was how Eminem got sucked into
the world of drugs in 2002.
In December of 2007 Marshall overdosed on Methadone. He was found collapsed in his
bathroom and rushed to the hospital right away. The doctors told Eminem that he took enough
Methadone t equal four bags of heroine and was "about two hours from dying" Soon Marshall
started to attend church meetings and tried to get sober. he would exercise a lot and by April 20,
2008 he was sober. Soon after this he mad the album Recovery in 2009. This album was about
Missouri on October 17, 1972. In a lot of homes people know him. Everybody knows him.
Everyone did not know him at one time though. He was just a kid who was constantly picked on
and bullied. His family would often move every so months because his mother could only keep a
job for a couple of months. Eminem's father left his mother before he was even born and
Eminem has never met him. With no father it was just his mother trying to take care of their
family. They were constantly moving between Michigan and Missouri trying to make money to
live.
Eminem's name was really Marshall Mathers. His rap name is actually named after his
initials. His first name starts with an M, and his last name starts with an M. He made his name
M and M but then changed the spelling to Eminem. He would often listen to a lot of music in his
younger years and read a lot of comics. He was very creative but not very good at school work.
Marshal ended up failing the ninth grade 3 times.
In 1989 Eminem started his relationship with Kim Scott and they had a kid named Hailie
in 1995. Soon Marshall and Kim got married in 1999. This ended quickly though in 2001. The
couple then got back together on January in 2006. Then shortly after that they got divorced
again in April of 2006.
Eminem's first album was called infinite. This is just something he put together in 1996.
Soon with the creativity that Marshall had he made a character he could be when he rapped. He
would call this character Slim Shady. This was a character that was psychotic. Eminem could
use this character to tell people how he felt about topics or them. Many adults do. Of like this
though because all of slims songs have a lot of profanity and are very crude.
Soon Eminem came out with his first album as slim shady. He called it The Slim Shady
EP. This album got the attention of a lot of people and one famous record producer. This record
producer was Dr Dre. Dre flew Eminem out to Los Angeles and they started working on a new
album called The Slim Shady LP which came out in 1999.
Once Dre signed Marshall he got a lot of hate because he was a white rapper. Dre talked
in an interview and said "I don't give a fuck if you're purple: If you can kick it, I'm working with
you". When The Slim Shady LP was released it sold 1.76 million copies in its first week
breaking records for best selling in first week. His rapping career was looking great and his
future was bright. His life with his family was not so good though.
Marshall had a movie he was in about him called 8 Mile where he was the actor for
himself in the movie. He would be on set 16 hours a day an would have trouble sleeping. One
of his buddies gave him some pills to help him sleep and that was how Eminem got sucked into
the world of drugs in 2002.
In December of 2007 Marshall overdosed on Methadone. He was found collapsed in his
bathroom and rushed to the hospital right away. The doctors told Eminem that he took enough
Methadone t equal four bags of heroine and was "about two hours from dying" Soon Marshall
started to attend church meetings and tried to get sober. he would exercise a lot and by April 20,
2008 he was sober. Soon after this he mad the album Recovery in 2009. This album was about
him getting drugs out of his life. Then in 2012 The Marshall Mathers LP came out. This was
about Marshall as a child and how he would fight with his mother and get bullied on all the time
at school.
Eminem today is still rapping. He just came out with his new album SHADY XV in
2014. He is still sober and still working with Dre. Marshall still loves comics and often reads the
dictionary to find out new words to rhyme. Lately he has been trying to make rap for the radio.
That is Eminem's life up until now. Marshall is very un predictable though so we will have to
wait for the future to see what he will do next
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about Marshall as a child and how he would fight with his mother and get bullied on all the time
at school.
Eminem today is still rapping. He just came out with his new album SHADY XV in
2014. He is still sober and still working with Dre. Marshall still loves comics and often reads the
dictionary to find out new words to rhyme. Lately he has been trying to make rap for the radio.
That is Eminem's life up until now. Marshall is very un predictable though so we will have to
wait for the future to see what he will do next
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Websites:
"Ëminem" Wikipedia, Wkimedia foundation inc, 26 Jan 2015. Article.
"Eminem Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. Article.
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"Ëminem" Wikipedia, Wkimedia foundation inc, 26 Jan 2015. Article.
"Eminem Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. Article.
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