Eminem was born outside of Kansas City. His name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III. He grew mostly in Detroit. He had to move a lot and was always the outcast to all his new schools. He was bullied every day. He got pushed into a locker and got brain damage. His mom sued the school for his brain damage. As a kid, he loved language and reading comic books. He loved to study the dictionary.(Eminem Biography) He failed ninth grade three times before dropping out. He dropped out at the age of seventeen.
His first album was named Infinite. Infinite didn’t do good and was only bought by local people in his town. He made an alter ego named Slim Shady. Dr. Dre signed him after hearing him rap. My Name Is was his first song to go on the charts. His next album The Marshall …show more content…
He signed his old childhood friends and made D12. Curtain Calls was his next album and were suppose to be his last.( Eminem Wikipedia) He performed at The 2010 BET Awards. He played himself in a movie about him called 8 Mile. The song Lose Yourself was from the movie. Lose Yourself was number one on the Charts.(Eminem Biography Rolling Stone) He got a drug addiction from taking sleeping pills to help him sleep from working late. The addiction stopped his career for awhile. He went to rehab for the addiction. Elton John helped him with his problem while he was in rehab. He made a new album and sold 45.1 million copies. He owns 15 Grammys in total. 2014 was his record label 15th