Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1974 in Kansas City, Missouri. He created his own nickname, Eminem, which is pronounced M&M, from his initials, M.M. Marshall had a harsh and cruel childhood, where he constantly moved between Kansas City and Metro Detroit.

When he was a child, he lived with his mother. His mother's name is Debbie Mathers-Briggs. Eminem has never even seen a picture of his father in his life.

Eminem and his mother continued moving and never stayed in one place longer than six months. His mother worked very hard and many jobs to provide for herself and Marshall.

When Eminem was in school, he used to get beat up every day. There wasn't one day when he didn't get beat up by the same group of kids, just for being himself. One day those kids almost killed

Soon, he found the love of his life, Kim. They had a baby girl together, named Hailie Jade, on December 25, 1995. Eminem decided to release his first full-length album in 1996 called Infinite. It was somewhat of an experimental thing, but the record did not sell any copies. Eminem was forced to pull all of the CD's off the shelves and he lost a lot of money by doing this. Because of the major set back, Kim took Hailie and left Eminem because he did not have any money to buy and provide for them. Eminem was frustrated, but the disappointment drove him to try harder to succeed and fulfill his dreams and hopes of becoming a rapper.

him, and Eminem went into a coma. The day after he got out of the hospital, they moved again.

Once Eminem got going again, and was successful, Kim came running back with Hailie in her arms. She just wants his money and fame, and if I were he, she would be sitting on the doorstep, and not getting inside! However, he was stupid, and they got married.

Marshall first started to get into rap when he was 14. Some of his musical influences growing up were the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Run DMC.

Eminem overcame the obstacles, and in 1998, he came out with the underground hit, The Slim Shady EP. Also, in 1998, he took second place in the Rap Olympics. While Eminem was performing on a live radio station in California, rapping legend Dr. Dre heard and discovered Slim Shady, and quickly signed him to Dre's Aft

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