Eminem

Eminem: Biography in Details

Who is Eminem?

Eminem is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the United States.

His real name is Marshall Mathers III. His latest album is Revival, which was released in the year 2017. The album is breaking the records to date.

Throughout his career, he has had 10 number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

He won the Best Rap Album Grammy for three consecutive albums; The Slim Shady LP (1999), The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), and The Eminem Show (2002).

He also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Lose Yourself” in 2002.

Globally, he has sold more than 172 million albums and he is one of the world’s best-selling artists. He is called the King of Hip Hop.

Eminem: Birth, Age(50), Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings

Eminem was born on 17 October 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. His nationality is American and he is of English, German, Swiss-German, and Scottish ethnicity.

His birth name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. He is the only child of Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. and Deborah Rae Nelson. His parents were in a band called Daddy Warbucks.

His father left the family when he was a small kid. He has three half-siblings named Nathan Kane Samara, Michael Mathers, and Sarah Mathers.

As a teenager, Eminem wrote letters to his father, but never got any reply. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12 years old.

Education History

He attended different schools to complete his education.

Eminem also attended Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan. At age 14, Eminem began rapping with high-school friend Mike Ruby.

He competed in the 1997 Rap Olympics, where he was placed second.

Eminem: Career, Profession, Awards

Eminem began rapping when he was in high school. Shortly, his reputation grew among the people and he was recruited by several rap groups.

After that, he signed with Jeff and Mark Bass’s FBT Productions and recorded his debut album Infinite for their independent Web Entertainment label.

He released his debut album, Infinite in 1996. His life at that time was in shambles.

He released his second album titled Slim Shady EP in 1997. After that, he signed with Aftermath Entertainment.

Next, he released his album The Slim Shady LP in 1999. The album Marshall Mathes LP (May 2000) sold 1.76 million copies in the first week of release.

For The Slim Shady LP, he won his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The Eminem Show (2002) was a worldwide success.

Eminem’s 2004 Encore was also a success. Its first song Just Lose it became controversial due to some slurs in it about Michael Jackson. He did several US tours in 2005 with other artists.

There were speculations around the time that Eminem was quitting the rap scene.

But in 2008, he made a comeback and released his album titled Relapse in 2009 and Recovery in 2010. Both won Grammy Awards.

His album Recovery was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide. He reached new fame heights and was much in demand.

His eighth album, 2013’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 won two Grammy Awards.

In 2017, he released Revival. He has won 16 Grammy Awards till now. In addition to his solo career, Eminem is part of the Midwest hip-hop groups Soul Intent and D12.

He has his own channel, Shade 45 on Sirius XM Radio. In 2002, he starred in the hip-hop film 8 Mile and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for “Lose Yourself“.

He is the first rap artist to win the award. Eminem has appeared in the films Wash (2001), Funny People (2009), The Interview (2014), and the television series Entourage (2010).

Eminem is one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. He ranked 83rd on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

US Nielsen SoundScan labelled him as the best-selling artist from 2000 to 2009. Globally, he has sold more than 245 million albums and he is one of the world’s best-selling artists.

He is called the King of Hip Hop. He was placed ninth on MTV’s Greatest MCs of All Time list. In 2008, readers of Vibe Magazine named Eminem the Best Rapper Alive.

Eminem: Salary and Net Worth

As of 2023, Eminem has a net worth of $630 million but his salary is not revealed yet.

He bought a house in 2000 at $1.483 million. This home is spread over 8,900 square-foot in Clinton Township, Michigan.

Again in 2003, he bought a 15,000-square-foot house for $4.8 million. But he sold it for $1.9M in 2017.

More Details on Eminem’s Net Worth.

Eminem: Rumors and Controversy

In 1999, Eminem’s mother sued him for about $10 million for slandering her on The Slim Shady LP.

In 2000, he was arrested during an altercation with Douglas Dail at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan.

He was arrested when was arrested during an altercation with Douglas Dail at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan.

The next day, he has arrested again for assaulting John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Café when he saw him kissing his wife.

In October 2000, he had a concert in Canada. At that time, Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty said that Eminem should not be allowed to enter the country.

On June 28, 2001, Eminem was sentenced to one year’s probation and community service and was fined about $2,000 on weapon charges stemming from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records.

He has also been in several controversies in his life. However, his fans and audience love him a lot due to his legacy in the music field.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

This rapper has a good height of 5 feet 8 inches with a body weight of 68kg.

He has dark brown hair colour and his eye colour is blue. His shoe size is 10(US).

Social Media Profile

Eminem is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

He has around 84.7M followers on Facebook, more than 30.8M followers on Instagram, and more than 22.8M followers on Twitter.

He is also active with 25M subscribers on Youtube.

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