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Eminem: The Vocalist that Changed the Music Industry
“The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” That was one of Eminem’s most popular quotes. This quote applies to Eminem’s complicated childhood, as though things seemed bad, he ended up being one of the most recognizable vocalists. Eminem is most commonly seen by others as a normal rapper making it big, but in reality nothing came easy to him and Eminem is an example of success after failure. October 17th, 1972 was when Eminem, or Marshall Bruce Mathers’ was born at Kansas City, Missouri. His mother, Deborah R. Nelson Mathers-Briggs was only 17 years of age at the time of Eminem’s birth. When he was only 18 months old, his …show more content…

In the fall of 1997, Eminem’s first debut album, “Infinite” was released. Unfortunately, the album wasn’t a big hit and was received poorly by critics. However, this didn’t stop Eminem, as he kept on making music, and he even won the Wake Up Show’s freestyle performer of the Year award. Dr. Dre remembered Eminem’s rapping and found potential in it, leading to him signing Eminem a record. The two began to work on an album that would hopefully sky-rocket Eminem’s career as a rapper. After about two years of planning and recording, the album was finally done and released under the name of “The Slim Shady LP”. The album sold 283,000 copies and was debuted at the number two spot on the Billboard 200 for 100 weeks, as well as reaching number one on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart for 92 weeks. However, the song was considered controversial and contained hurtful lyrics towards his ex-wife Kim and homosexuals. But in late 1999, Eminem’s mom attempted to sue him for $10 million because his new song “My Name Is…” was about the complicated relationship between him and his mom and left a bad impression on her. However, she only won nearly $1,000 out of the …show more content…

Kim arrived at the concert too, and told Eminem not to play ‘Kim’, the song with lyrics about violence aimed towards her. Eminem agreed, however he still played the song, which made Kim feel embarrassed left the concert early. She later got into a car crash and by the time she got back to her detroit home, she attempted suicide by cutting her wrist, and was driven to the hospital the next day and made a full recovery. Eminem’s next album debuted in May 23rd, 2000 under the title of The Marshal Mathers LP, and was met with huge success, with it being ranked as number one on US Album Chart that same month, as well as winning Best Rap Album at the Grammy’s. Then in 2002, Eminem’s own movie titled “8 Mile” was released, then along with his new album “Encore” in 2004. At this time, Eminem still wasn’t sure if he wanted to continue his music industry or find an new job. In this confusion, he stepped out of music for a while leaving fans confused and worried. Also during this time in 2005 - 2007, Eminem was going through another tough relationship with Kim. He proposed to Kim in 2005, then remarried on January 24, 2006, their 17th anniversary of when they started dating, then divorced again on December 19th, 2006. The world wouldn’t get another taste of Eminem’s new music until 2008, where he announced in an interview that there will be another album, which was later released in 2009 and was called

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