In the early life of Eminem, before he became famous he was known for winning rap battles. childhood. Marshall Bruce Mathers the third was born on October 17th in 1972 in saint Joseph, Missouri, USA.(aceshowbiz). At the time his father was present,until six months, and his mother However before his music career began he endured a complex was underground only fifteen years old. Marshall was moved often between saint Joseph and suburban Detroit until the age of twelve.(aceshowbiz). He often had difficulties making friends due to switching schools every two or three months. Becoming so involved with rap, Marshall failed the ninth grade three times until finally dropping out. “I’m not stupid, I just wasn’t interested in school”, stated Marshall to AceShowBiz. By the age of seventeen he had made a name for himself as Eminem, which was …show more content…
Which surprisingly the album was very optimistic and upbeat about life. “My Name Is” was the first album Dr.Dre allowed Eminem to produce. As their process continued on Eminem had taken the name of Slim Shady. The origin of that name came about when Marshall was sitting in his house one day and the name popped into his head(aceshowbiz). Slim Shady became Eminems alter ego. As “Slim Shady” began writing lyrics they became very dark, expressing how he felt about his mother, the way she raised nathan(his younger brother) and him, and his wife kim. Even though he was gaining popularity, Eminem pushed himself to work harder due to the birth of his daughter Hailie Jade Mathers. She is written about in many of his songs but little do people know she was involved in some recordings such as ‘97 Bonnie and Clyde”. As Eminem became more popular, a lot of people are unaware that he was falsely reported dead from a car crash four times and an overdose once.(unbelievable-facts). Although he is still living, where is Slim Shady