Introduction

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known professionally as Eminem (often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America, Eminem's global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst and the American underclass. He has been influential for many artists of various genres. Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of more than 220 million records. He was the best-selling music artist in the United States of the 2000s and the best-selling male music artist in the United States of the 2010s, third overall. 

Early Life

The Famous rapper Eminem was born on October 17, 1972 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. He is the son of a fifteen-year-old mother at the time of his birth and a father who left 18 months later and never returned. Spending most of his childhood moving back and forth between Saint Joseph and suburban Detroit, Michigan, he finally settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Formerly studying at Lincoln High School in Warren from 1986 to 1989, Marshall often switched schools every two or three months and start from scratch socially, in tough urban neighborhoods, that didn’t take so kindly to new (or white) faces. A lack of stability meant he was always an outsider, struggling to find his identity or any true home base. He was also a target of violent bullying, both in the schoolyard and in the local streets that surrounded him. This tormented existence made Eminem somewhat of a recluse as a child. Em was often staying alone in his bedroom, often sketching his heroes and creating his own realities, in relative peace. It made him difficult to make friends and stay out of trouble. 

Eminem failed 9th grade three times

Failing at the 9th grade three times until finally dropping out, he said he wasn’t stupid. Marshall said he was not interested in school because all he wanted to do was rap. Eminem says that his mother never had a job and that they survived solely on welfare checks and occasional payouts from lawsuits which she would dream-up over minor incidents. Marshall also has a younger brother, Nathan Mathers, now an aspiring rapper, going by the name Nate Kane. Eminem has claimed that he practically raised Nathan himself and that his mother would abuse his little brother, constantly pretending he was ill. 

Career

Marshall started pursuing a career seriously at the age of 14. That was the time when he began performing rap in the basement of his high school friend’s home. At the age of 17, he eventually made a name for himself, Eminem (M&M), which was taken from his initials M(arshall) M(athers). Hip-Hop community, used to a black rapper, refused the white Eminem. In the end, he found the easiest way to win underground hip-hop society by becoming a battle rapper performing in several clubs and forcing himself on radio shows. He wasn’t immediately accepted by the public, but as time went by he proved himself as a qualified rapper. Getting some offers to join several other rappers to start a group, Em joined the New Jacks and then moved to Soul Intent and produced his first recorded single with them in 1995. It was a rapper named Proof who then asked Eminem to start a new group because he enjoyed working with him. With their 4 other friends, Proof and Eminem were both in one group named D12. Each of whom ended up focusing more on their solo careers rather than their collaboration, leading to a career break. It was the birth of Em’s first child, Hailie Jade Scott on December 25, 1995, with longtime girlfriend Kim Scott, that encouraged him to work harder for the money his family needed. It was difficult for him who had nothing except the “sucks” life experiences he used as the topic of his rap lyrics. One year later that was in 1996, Eminem recorded his first album “Infinite”, only to receive few reviews. Learning from his previous failure, he soon introduced Slim Shady, an alter ego that wasn’t afraid to say whatever he felt. Working on the song with all his heart and strength, Em poured his heart out and reflected his feelings toward his mother who was accused of physically and mentally abusing his younger brother. In 1997, Kimberly Ann Scott left him and forbade him to see their child. The frustration sent Eminem to a frequent rate of drug abuse and alcohol that surely affected his composition. Once committing suicide, Eminem finally realized the best and only way to escape from his unhappy life was his musical ambition. Such depression led him to release the brutal “The Slim Shady EP“, which he actually filled with some of the composition he had written a long time before. Due to his distinctly-exaggerated, nasal-voiced rapping style and his skin color, many people named him music’s next “great white hope.” He finally signed a contract with Interscope and was taken under Dr. Dre’s wing, allowing him to record a full-length CD. So, from the day when he signed with Dr. Dre, he is the most successful rapper in the world. 

King of Awards

Life tested him severely but he did not break down. Correspondingly, he has 1 Academy award, 11 Grammy awards, 10 MTV Europe Music and 9 People’s Choice awards coupled with a lot of awards in his name. 

Five crucial lessons world’s greatest rappers

1) Your Economic Background Does Not Matter When It Comes to Achieving Success

Eminem and his mother once lived in a trailer park. Besides the trailer park, they also lived in public housing projects, and they were so poor that they relied on government assistance. However, the poor family background never stopped Eminem from becoming successful. He worked so hard and eventually became one of the richest artists alive. 

2) You Don’t Need To Succeed in School For You To Succeed in Life

Eminem proves that your academic performance does not determine what you will achieve in life because, despite his huge success, Eminem was poor in academics. In an interview, he revealed that he failed 9th grade three times, and he dropped out of school when he was 17. 

3) You Can Defy the Odds

When Eminem entered the rap game, rap was considered an African-American art, and people believed White-Americans couldn’t rap. For this reason, people always laughed at Eminem whenever he went on stage because he was white. In his song, Lose Yourself, he raps that he was often, ‘chewed out, and spit out, and booed off stage.’ Eminem defied the odds and became one of the best rappers in the world although he was white. He has sold more than 200 million records across the world. 

4) You Can Use Pain to Fuel Yourself to Greatness

Most of us succumb to depression, claiming that life is unfair to us, whenever we experience painful situations. However, Eminem is not this type of person. He always used pain to fuel him to greatness. The pain of living in a trailer park and the psychological pain he felt because he lacked enough money to sustain his family made him work so hard. 

5) Never Ever Give Up

Despite being told that he won’t make it in rap because he was white, despite being booed off stage, Eminem never chose to give up. Most of us would give up if we faced such obstacles. However, after being booed, Eminem always upped his game and went back on stage to rap until people loved his rapping style. 

📜Conclusion:-

Never Forever, Give Up..!!!