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15 Things you don’t know about Eminem
- Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III
- As a child, Eminem developed an interest in storytelling and aspired to become a comic book artist before discovering hip hop
- 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”
- He was performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym “M&M” and joined a local hip hop group called “Bassmint Productions”
- After repeating the ninth grade three times due to truancy and near-failing grades, he dropped out of high school at age 17.
- He was criticized to sounding too much like Nas and AZ on his album Infinite,
- In 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be featured on the cover of The Source magazine.
- In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg’s book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked No. 58
- 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
- BET also named Eminem the number one rapper of the 21st century
- 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
- He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999, and he has Eminem’s uncensored show Hip Hop Channel (Shade 45)
- Eminem has also founded his own charity named The Marshall Mathers Foundation, assisting disadvantaged youth
- Eminem has adopted two other daughters: Alaina “Lainie” Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott’s sister
- 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.
