Eminem Biography.

On 17th October 1973 one of the biggest hip-hop artist ever was born in Kansas City. Throughout he's life he was beaten by bullies at school, physically and mentally abused at the hands of a pill-popping mum who caused him to become a victim of munchasen syndrome, all living in he's Detroit trailer park home. Marshall Bruce Mathers III's strife-ridden childhood served as a blessing, allowing he's mind to work in a way that produced the razor sharp rhymes and witty wordplay he's famous for today. People who don't take the time to listen to what he is saying in he's lyrics often refer to the misunderstood genius as a misogynistic homophobe.

Marshall's transformation into his million selling alter ego, Eminem, began when he was nine years old and he heard Ice T's 'Reckless.' It was on a soundtrack that his Uncle Ronnie bought him. 10 years later, Ronnie would commit suicide.

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The Real Slim Shady

(A tattoo on Eminem's right arm bears his uncle's name).

Eminem began free styling in his friend's basement at the age of 15. Five years later, Em was becoming well known on the Detroit hip-hop scene as the only white rapper at the city's open mic contests (scenes that would become the inspiration for Eminem's Hollywood movie debut in the film 8 Mile). Eminem cut his first album, Infinite, in 1996 for local label however only 1,000 copies were pressed. The album failed to attract any interest from the major labels. Eminem feared he'd spend the rest of his life working as a cook and he now had new responsibilities. On Christmas Day in 1996 his girlfriend Kim gave birth to a daughter, Hailie Jade (her name is tattooed on his lower arm and her face on he's upper arm). After the promise of another record deal...