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15 Things you don’t know about Eminem

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  1. Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III
  2. As a child, Eminem developed an interest in storytelling and aspired to become a comic book artist before discovering hip hop
  3. In 1982 his mother sued his school over the bullying Eminem received from D’Angelo Bailey, the bully he discusses on the song “Brain Damage”
  4. He was performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym “M&M” and joined a local hip hop group called “Bassmint Productions”
  5. After repeating the ninth grade three times due to truancy and near-failing grades, he dropped out of high school at age 17.
  6. He was criticized to sounding too much like Nas and AZ on his album Infinite,
  7. In 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.
  8. In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg’s book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked No. 58
  9. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 Mile. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award
  10. BET also named Eminem the number one rapper of the 21st century
  11. Both The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA. This makes Eminem the only rapper to have two diamond-certified albums
  12. He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999, and he has Eminem’s uncensored show Hip Hop Channel (Shade 45)
  13. Eminem has also founded his own charity named The Marshall Mathers Foundation, assisting disadvantaged youth
  14. Eminem has adopted two other daughters: Alaina “Lainie” Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott’s sister
  15. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s (decade) on the US Nielsen SoundScan, and has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has totalled over 2 billion views on his music videos on his official Vevo page on YouTube.

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