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Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, October 17 1973, Kansas City, Missouri,USA.
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Mathers was born into a poor, working-class family on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri, though he spent
much of his youth in Detroit, the city he would eventually put on the rap map. Originally taking on the stage name M&M
(later changed to its current spelling), at age 14 he became a battle rapper, competing against other Detroit MCs in local
clubs. After a short stint with a rap act called New Jacks, in 1995 he made his recording debut with a group called Soul Intent,
which introduced him to a rapper named Proof, who appeared on that single's B-side. Eminem and Proof soon started a new group
called D12 with four other MCs (Bizarre, Kon Artis, Swift, and Kuniva), while Eminem simultaneously launched his solo career
with two independent releases, 1996's Infinite and 1997's The Slim Shady EP, which featured his trademark dark, disturbing,
angry lyrics. Eminem drew from his troubled personal life when penning such bleak words: He had just had a daughter with his
on/off girlfriend, Kim, with whom he had a very tumultuous relationship; he was estranged from his mother, with whom he also
frequently butted heads; he was abusing alcohol and drugs with alarming frequency; and he had attempted suicide on at least
one occasion. Though these harrowing experiences provided inspiration for some brilliant if nasty and offensive lyrics, Mathers
was at such a low point in his life that it seemed there was nowhere to go but up.
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