Rolling Stone magazine called Eminem "the king of hip-hop" and gave him 83 steps in the hundred greatest artists on the planet. The most influential chart company Nielsen Sound Scan proclaimed the musician the bestseller of the 2000s, because in 10 years the singer's fans bought 100 million albums, which was not possible for any of the artists.

The American rapper, producer, composer and actor has won 15 Grammy and Oscar awards. MTV ranked Eminem 9th on their Greatest MCs of All Time list and 13th on their 22 Greatest Voices in Music list.

Childhood and youth

Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in the provincial town of St. Joseph, Missouri on October 17, 1972. The day the future rap star was born fell on the zodiac sign Libra. He only child singer Debbie Mathers-Briggs, who married at the age of 15 for an 8-year-old musician. Eminem has Scottish, English, German, Swiss and Polish blood in his veins.


When the son was six months old, his father left his 18-year-old wife with a baby. Marshall never saw his dad again. Wanting to get out of poverty, Debbie moved with the boy from state to state. We stopped in the African-American suburb of Detroit, where the future star went to school. Children regularly beat a white-skinned classmate. In the winter of 1983, Marshall got so bad that doctors took him out of a coma for 10 days.

In the mid-80s, the family returned to Kansas City, where Eminem became close to Ronnie's mother's brother. In 1987, an uncle who was a fan of rap gave his nephew a cassette of American musician Tracy Murrow, known as rapper Ice T. Murrow's music changed Marshall Mathers' ideas about rap.


Eminem fell in love with the musical direction so much that he never dreamed of anything else. The musician participated in battles and conquered the audience, overcoming the attacks of black MCs. They argued that rap is the musical direction of blacks, and whites are a priori incapable of becoming rappers.

IN creative biography Eminem's friend and D-12 Proof played a huge role. The 17-year-old guy has a collection of compositions of his own composition, with which he performed in nightclubs. At this time, he took the pseudonym "M & M", which transformed into Eminem ("Em-and-Em").


At the age of 17, Eminem put an end to his school studies and devoted himself to music. To earn a living, the musician washed dishes in the kitchen of a restaurant and performed on the nightly broadcasts of a local radio station.

Music

In 1995, the rapper made his debut as part of the group Soul Intent, which left Proof and DJ Butterfingers. With the team, Eminem recorded the disc Biterphobi, which became a rarity: due to lack of money and sponsors, it was released in a meager circulation. The track Fucking backstabber was dedicated to the African-American rapper Champtown.


In 1996, the musician released his debut solo album Infinite, which, due to the oversaturation of Detroit with rap, the fans did not notice. The failure plunged Eminem into depression - for two years the main place in his life was occupied by alcohol and drugs. The singer was in charge of his wife and one-year-old daughter, whom he could not even buy a diaper. The artist admitted that he was on the verge of suicide and was looking for a "normal" job.

The black rapper Dr. Dre (), Eminem's idol since childhood. The musician found Marshall's demo record and became interested in the young performer.


In 1999 Dr. Dre got Eminem to re-release the Slim Shady EP and it became a hit.

The singer took second place in the Rap Olympics superbattle, held in Los Angeles. Unformatted "white" rapper received an award from the magazine Word Up! and signed a contract with Dr Dre. The venerable musician worked with a young colleague on his first full-length studio album, The Slim Shady LP (1999), which turned Eminem into a world-famous star.

Eminem - Go To Sleep

In the early 2000s, the singer was at the peak of popularity: the albums The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), The Eminem Show (2002), Encore (2004), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005) broke sales records. The most striking hits were Guilty Conscience, 97 Bonnie & Clyde, My Name Is, Role Model, The Way I Am, I "m Back, White America and Mosh.

The sharp lyrics of the compositions caused heated debate: some believed that Eminem reveals the sores of society, others - that it incites hatred towards women, sexual minorities and humanity. The singer admitted that he says shocking words, but does not do anything shocking and does not dream of becoming -2.

Eminem - Im Sorry Mama

The Marshall Mathers LP is oversaturated with texts that have caused controversy. The composition The Real Slim Shady became a hit. Eminem also sang the track "Stan" with the singer. A provocative video was recorded for the composition.

Eminem and Dido - Stan

In one of the album's songs, the musician spoke unflatteringly about his mother, and she sued her son. The Gay Association said it would respond to an artist's Grammy nomination with a boycott. But in 2001, the musician was awarded the award three times.

In the same year, Eminem became a member of the D12 group, which released the Devil's Night album in 2002. Fight Music and Purple Pills instantly gained wild popularity.


In 2002, the video Without Me appeared and the album The Eminem Show was released. The disc became a diamond: 20 million copies were sold around the world.

Due to a 7-year pause in creativity, rumors appeared that the rapper had stopped his career. But in 2009, the artist delighted fans with two solo albums, Relapse and Refill. In 2010, the Recovery album was released, which included a joint composition with Love The Way You Lie, which gained 1 billion 300 million views on YouTube.


In 2013, Eminem worked on the 8th album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which he presented in November. All this time the musician successfully performed with concerts.

In the third single of Rap God's 8th studio album, the rapper speaks 1560 words in 6 minutes and 4 seconds. Eminem is the first person in history to reach over 78 million likes on Facebook.

Movies

In 2001, the singer played a cameo role in the film "Wash", but his full-fledged film debut was the 2002 film "8 Mile", which he called semi-biographical. The film should not be taken as a biography of the artist, the picture gives an idea of ​​the teenage period. Fans saw the star as impoverished rapper Jimmy Smith. The soundtrack to "8 Mile" Lose Yourself earned Eminem an Oscar statuette.


In the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof ("50 cents: Bulletproof"), the artist voiced the corrupt cop McVicar. In the form of a doll, Eminem appeared in the TV show Talking Dolls and the web animated series The Slim Shady Show, shown on television and later on DVD.

The musician performed a cameo in Judd Apatow's tragicomedy "Funny People", starred in the finale of the 7th season of the series "Handsome", called Lose Yourself.

Eminem - Beautiful

In 2012, the actor starred in two documentaries - Rap as an Art and How to Make Money Selling Drugs. Two years later, the action comedy The Interview was released, in which Eminem appeared in the role of himself. Online sales of the film earned Sony Pictures $40 million.

In October 2008, the rapper released his autobiography The Way I Am, openly talking about the fight against poverty, drug addiction, depression and fame. Debbie Nelson's mother also wrote an autobiography titled My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem.

Personal life

Eminem has been married to Kimberly Ann Scott twice. WITH future wife Marshall met at school - at one time, due to problems in the family, Kim, along with her twin sister, lived in the musician's house. Young people met for ten years, after which they got married in 1999. Start family life coincided with the rise of the rapper's career - the marriage lasted until 2001.


Five years later, Marshall and Kim got married again. This time they managed to live together for six months. The couple divorced, unable to save the family. They agreed to co-parent their daughter, Hailey, who was born to the couple in 1995. The rapper tried to show paternal responsibility towards the girl. Interestingly, the artist later also took custody of two more children - the daughter of Kim's sister Alina Scott and Whitney, a girl born to his ex-wife in other ways. Eminem also took care of his half-brother Nathan Kane.


In the early 2000s, the rapper was credited with novels with actresses, singers, and models. An attractive musician of athletic build (with a height of 173 cm, his weight did not exceed 68 kg) aroused the interest of many of the fair sex. There were rumors about the meetings of the scandalous singer with, but the stars deny the connection with Eminem. The artist's romance with porn industry star Brittany Andrews lasted six months.

In 2002, the rapper dated the actress who played in the movie 8 Mile. The lovers tried to live together, but the relationship was not crowned with marriage.


Eminem and Brittany Murphy (frame from the movie "8 Mile")

Marshall, like all members of the hip-hop community, loves to decorate his body with various tattoos. During creative career Eminem has a lot of them. This is a tattoo dedicated to the memory of a beloved uncle and dead friend, daughter and ex-wife. There are also images that do not carry any semantic load.

Eminem's daughter, Hayley Jade Scott, has started an Instagram page where she posts interesting photos.


The only one biological child the singer is not going to follow in the footsteps of her father and has not yet decided on a profession. Hayley is tipped to be a model, but the girl is in no hurry. She graduated with honors from high school and entered the University of Michigan.

In 2017, fans of the star welcomed the release official biography idol Eminem. To the limit of what's possible." The book was presented by the writer Elizaveta Buta, who authored the biographies,.

Scandals

Eminem is a controversial personality and the hero of dozens of scandals. The reason for 90% of the scandalous situations was not the actions, but the words of the songs.


In 1999, Marshall was opposed by mother Debbie Nelson. She was upset that in his songs her son talked about her as an alcoholic, insane and drug addict. For the offensive lines of the track My Name Is, Debbie demanded $10 million in compensation for moral damages, but the court refused the woman.

In 2001, the world followed the skirmish between rapper and singer Mariah Carey. Eminem claimed that he had a sexual relationship with the sweet-voiced diva and now the girl demands attention, but Mariah denied the connection. In the Superman composition, the rapper dedicated several unpleasant lines to the singer. Eminem once again mentioned Carey in the track Bagpipes From Baghdad.


In one of the songs, the musician spoke insultingly about, with whom he had previously maintained friendly relations. The friendship of the stars is over.

Marshall's wife Kimberley Ann fell under the aggressive barrage of her husband's creativity: being married to her, the rapper repeatedly "killed" his wife. Having broken off relations with her, the musician beat the new gentleman Kim with a pistol, for which he received a suspended sentence of 2 years in prison.


Eminem and Christina Aguilera had a fight

In 2009, a scandal involving the rapper erupted at the MTV Movie Awards. Then, dressed in the image of Bruno (TV presenter with gay), soared with angel wings over the stage, after which he "accidentally" landed on Eminem's head, wrapping his legs around his head. The rap artist left the event, scattering in foul language. It turned out that the incident was planned, but no one warned the rapper about the half-naked Baron Cohen.


In the lyrics, Eminem spoke unflatteringly about Britney Spears and. Among the enemies of the rapper were Whitey Ford, Ja Rule and members of the Limp Bizkit group.

Eminem now

Eminem is the founder of Shade 45, an independent non-profit hip-hop radio station. The start date of her work was 2004. In addition to broadcasting records of Eminem himself, the uncensored radio station provides subscribers with the opportunity to listen to modern rap music, including foreign artists.

In 2017, the Russian rapper visited New York, where he gave a big interview on Shade 45. He announced his visit from his personal page

Haley Jade Mathers, the only natural daughter of rapper Eminem, can be called a real Christmas present, because she was born on December 25, 1995, when Catholics and Protestants just celebrate Christmas.

Not much is known about Hailey's childhood, yet in the 90s stars could still have a private life. However, we do know that at the time of her birth, her parents, Kim Scott and Marshall Mathers (future Eminem), were in very tight quarters and lived in a dangerous neighborhood.


With cousin

During this period, Eminem began to seriously pursue his musical career.

Relations in the family were tense, Eminem and Kim diverged and converged more than once, and even officially married twice (the same number of divorces).


Parents' wedding in 1999

Subsequently, for the sake of the children, they decided to maintain friendly relations. Despite the fact that Hailey is their only common daughter and generally the only native child Eminem, the girl has two more sisters, an older and a younger one, and a younger brother.

Fun fact: in his songs, Eminem is often rude and uses obscene language, but no one was allowed to swear in his house, and Hayley grew up to be a very well-mannered girl. And in general, despite the image of a “bad guy”, the rapper turned out to be an excellent father, attentive and caring.


With grandma and dad


With mom

Most often, the children of stars in the United States study in private schools or at home. However, Hailey studied at the regular public school in the state of Michigan. Everyone, of course, knew who her parents were, although she always used and still uses maiden name her mother - Scott, but nevertheless, she managed to lead the life of an ordinary child.


Hailey (left) with a friend

Haley was an excellent student at school and graduated with the best. She received an award for excellence. At the same time, the girl showed herself as an activist and athlete: she was a member of the student council of the school and played volleyball.


Hailey at school

In this video, Haley Scott at the prom:

After school, Haley chose in which area to receive further education - her priorities were psychology and entrepreneurship. But psychology still won, it was she who studied at the University of Michigan, which she graduated in 2018 and also with excellent grades.


In the University

Now Hailey lives with her beloved dog Lottie in a small house near her mother.

She says she's not ready to launch her career yet and isn't sure she wants to be famous. She is not going to do music following the example of her father, she is more attracted to social networks, and she wants to become someone influential in this area.

She has an excellent relationship with her parents. She is often called " daddy's daughter”, and she says that she is very close with her famous father. Eminem himself devotes songs to her throughout his career - he has more than a dozen tracks with her mention - and calls her his inspiration. She also constantly communicates with her mother and often visits her house, where Kim lives with her children.


With a family

Haley considers her parents to be the most influential people in her life and credits their support for achieving everything she has.

Personal life

The fact that Hayley seems to have a boyfriend, everyone learned from Instagram, in which, three days after her 21st birthday, she posted a photo with a handsome guy.

His name was not mentioned. But the ubiquitous journalists unearthed that young man name is Evan McClintock and he studied economics at the University of Michigan. The couple has been dating for over two years.

Eminem approves of this relationship, and Evan is a fan of his work.

Haley herself is not very active on social networks and does not flaunt her life. But on her behalf, fake accounts were created more than once. One day, a Twitter user began to write insults against Taylor Swift on her behalf. At that time, Eminem had to step in to protect his daughter and make an official statement that this account has nothing to do with the real Hailey.

Probably everyone remembers how closely journalists followed Eminem's personal life in the 90s. At the time, the musician was going through a painful relationship with Kimberly Scott, his longtime sweetheart and mother of his only child. Around the same time we last time seen pictures of his daughter Hailey. Today foreign media found new photo Eminem's daughters - now she is 19 years old and, as it turned out, she is very similar to her famous father.

Eminem was the number one idol for millions of teenagers in the 90sThis year, Eminem's daughter will celebrate her 20th birthday, but it is unlikely that journalists will be able to get pictures from her celebration. Eminem and his family lead a closed lifestyle: the rapper's page on the social network is not replenished family photos, and only her friends have access to Hailey's Twitter.

It is known that last year Hayley graduated with honors from Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton, Michigan. A year earlier, she became the beauty queen in her educational institution. Then parents came to support Hailey on stage - Eminem and Kimberly. According to eyewitnesses, the proud father could not restrain joyful emotions. Entering the hall, he loudly shouted: "This is my girl!" As you know, Eminem and his daughter have always been very close, and in 2002 he dedicated the song Hailie's Song to her.

Answering questions on the school website, Hailey wrote:

My mother and father did everything for me to become the person I am. They support me in everything.

Despite her bright appearance and obvious career opportunities, Haley is not going to connect her life with show business. She enrolled at Michigan State University and wants to become a psychologist in the future.

Eminem and Haley, 2005 Recall that the romance of Eminem and Kimberly Scott began in 1989, when they were still teenagers. 16-year-old Kim and her sister left home and moved in with Eminem and his mother. The couple's relationship lasted over 10 years before the lovers got married in 1999. True, a few years later the couple filed for divorce. By that time, Eminem had become a father three times: in 1995, Haley was born, and later he adopted daughter Kim from another man, Whitney, and the daughter of Kim's sister, Alina Scott.

In 2006, Eminem and Kimberly made a second attempt to be together, they officially married again. However, the union collapsed again after just a few months.

Ex-wife of Eminem Kimberly Scott, 2011

Even if you don't like Eminem's music, there's a good chance you know a lot about the man behind Marshall Mathers' music. After all, he is one of the biggest names in rap and one of the most recognizable celebrities in the world. Eminem has been telling the world his story for decades, and people have listened. Over the years, fans have even come to know about Eminem's family through his music. We heard about his volatile relationship with his ex-wife, Kim Scott/Mathers. We also learned about biological daughter, Hayley Scott Mathers.

If you first heard of her in “Just The Two of Us” on the 1997 Slim Shady EP, in the eponymous track “97 Bonnie & Clyde” on the 1999 Slim Shady LP, or in one of the many subsequent songs in which Eminem rapped about his daughters, do you have an idea who Hailey is. While a lot is known about Hailey, little is known about Eminem's two daughters, Whitney and Alain. You may have just now learned that Eminem had two more daughters.

Well, it really is. There are only three of them. While Alena Marie Mathers, 25, and Whitney Scott Mathers, 16, don't get as much attention as Hailey in Eminem's music, they aren't completely absent either. However, the details of their lives are not always available, and there is a good reason for this. In fact, there are several good reasons why we don't hear about them.

It's a long story

While even casual fans know Hailey through Eminem's music, Alena and Whitney are only known to a more exclusive group. One of possible causes This is because their stories are more complex. Alaina (born Amanda) is the daughter of Kim's twin sister, Dawn Scott. Due to Dawn's struggle with drugs, Eminem and Kim took on Alaina. “My niece has been a part of my life since she was born,” the rapper told Rolling Stone in 2004. “Me and Kim pretty much had her, she lived with us wherever we were.”

After adopting Alena in 2002, Eminem introduced her to fans in the 2004 song "Mockingbird", writing, "Lainey Uncle is crazy, isn't he? Yes, but he loves you girl, and you better know that.” Later in the song, Eminem would refer to her as his daughter, stating, “You're almost like sisters now. Wow, looks like you're almost here and dad is still here. Lainey, I'm talking to you too. Daddy is still here.”

Fans might not have known it back then, but Eminem also took care of another little girl during those years. Whitney Scott was born to Kim in 2002 while she was with Eric Hartter. With Hartter and Kim out of jail, Eminem also raised Whitney. Through his music, Eminem introduced the youngest of the Mathers family as Hailey's "little sister" in 2005's "When I'm Gone" and named for the first time in 2009's "Déjà vu."

Hailey is his muse

While Eminem certainly loves and adores all three of his girls equally, we can't expect him to talk about Whitney or Alaina as much as he does about Hailey. After all, Eminem started using Hailey in his lyrics very early, before he adopted Alena and before Whitney was born. But Hailey's connection to Eminem's music goes much deeper. After Eminem's first album, Infinite, flopped and he was fired from his culinary job, his fear of Haley's failure propelled him to new heights. “She was my main source of drive and motivation,” he said in a 2002 interview (via MTV). “I talk about her a lot… the truth is, she is all I have in this world. If it all ends tomorrow, she is all I have.”

From the very beginning, among the rapper's venomous, sadistic and often hated personas, there has always been loving father. This caring side of Eminem showed up in his music and kept him from going too far to the dark side. In many ways, Haley became a useful musical device - the light and love of his life. For his devoted fans, Eminem could evoke very specific images and emotions through no more than Hailey's name. Years later, he simply stuck Alaina and Whitney to Hayley's functions in his songs, merging them all into a three-headed metaphor.

Eminem learned from his mistakes

In another 2017 song, “In Your Head,” he claims he didn’t want to do Hailey “80 percent of what he rapped about.” Although it was too late in his career for Hailey at this point, these feelings and regrets give us a glimpse of why Eminem might not include his other daughters. The rapper is so pushy that he keeps his superstardom at bay in his kids' lives that when Hailey was named homecoming queen in 2013, he calmly watched from another room "because he didn't want to cause a scene," according to another parent .

Other rappers have sent Haley off

While it may seem like a stretch to suggest that Ja Rule was an influence on how Eminem goes about his work, it's likely that the 2002 diss track "Loose Change" helped shape how much Eminem would involve Whitney and Alaina in his music moving forward. . After all, it was the same year that Eminem adopted Alayne, and hearing Ja Rule publicly insult his daughter, Hailey, is not light. In addition to several other offending tracks he made in response, Eminem addressed Hailey's animosity and insult in the "Like Toy Soldiers" rap, "I heard him say Hailey's name in a song and I just lost him."

Unfortunately, Ja Rule isn't the only rapper to insult Hailey in a song. In 2013, rap trio Hotstylz rapped about Hailey on their track "Rap Fraud", stating "I see Hailey with knee pads - is that C**ch clean?" And she's the prom queen. The king was fat, so congratulations. I think your daughter just became a rat.” When asked about their decision to abuse a young girl, Hotstylz told Rolling Stone that they “don’t think it’s below the belt because we basically imitated him and that’s what he is will do it himself.” It's true. Indirectly, Eminem put his Hailey in the line of fire by incorporating her into his music. He may have shrugged it all off, but it's possible that Eminem decided to keep Whitney or Alaina away from any such cheap shots.

Eminem the Recluse

Despite the fact that Eminem is one of the most famous rappers and recognizable stars on the planet, he is very closed person. He is considered a recluse, and people close to him express concern about how he is forced to live his life. Friend and collaborator Skylar Gray said: “I feel sorry for them. It is sad. I see a lot of isolation.” She added, “I think he's afraid to go out the front door because someone is always waiting for him. Everyone wants something from him… seeing him so isolated behind so many protectors, I feel sorry for him.”

However, Eminem is very secretive when it comes to his children. In 2011, when Eminem sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss his return to superstardom after the release of Recovery, he stated that while he no longer lives on the downsides of fame, there are negatives. For example, he cannot “take [his] children to a haunted house.” But Eminem doesn't even like to talk about his kids in interviews. In this part of Rolling Stone, Eminem made it clear that he “prefers not to discuss his family.” Describing his overdose in 2007, he said that there are some details I should leave out because they involve my children.” No wonder we we know so little about children.

A life of glory has consequences

Perhaps no one knows better than Eminem what the consequences could be. loud life for a person. He was sued by several people he rapped about, including his mother. His ex-wife attempted suicide after he sang a song about her abuse and his best friend Deshawn Dupree Holton was shot, killed and allegedly robbed in 2006. Eminem's fame rippled through almost everyone in his life.

In addition to attempting suicide, Eminem's ex-wife and occasional target in his music, Kim, has experienced the challenges of living in the public eye. “[People think] just because we have money that it makes us happy,” she said in a radio interview (via the Daily Mail). “Yes, I can pay bills. Yes, I can give my children whatever they ask for, and it's great to see them happy. But you're losing friends, you're losing family, you don't have anyone you can trust to talk to. Eminem also shares these sentiments. “I have trust issues,” he told Rolling Stone. “With women, friends, anyone. You always wonder what their real motives are.”

Since both Whitney and Alaina's parents are open about the complexities and dangers of fame, it makes sense that they would grow up sheltered from it. Not only will their privacy be protected by their parents, but they themselves are likely to be more careful with a public persona.

Girls live a different life from Hailey

In addition to the fact that Hayley has attracted public attention from the very early age She is more visible than her sisters because now she wants to be. She is currently aiming to become a social media influencer, which is why it is important for her to be seen and heard, especially online. However, even Hayley isn't very approachable. According to the Daily Mail, she "avoided" social networks until 2016 when she created an Instagram account. As soon as she signed up, Hailey was overwhelmed with offers to work with big brands. “People contacted through because I don't have [management],” she said in an interview.

According to a Daily Mail source, "Haley wanted to test the water by sharing part of her life on Instagram, but isn't ready to fully expose herself there yet." That's probably why she still keeps her Twitter account private.

Alaina's Twitter account is not private and has been active since 2009, but she seems to be less interested in promoting herself than just using the account as an emotional sound board. Also, Alena can hide in plain sight a little easier than Hailey since Eminem didn't make her a spectacle. Whitney may also keep a discreet profile online, but that's likely more to do with her young age than any personal choice.

Girls don't live with Eminem.

One of the main reasons the world doesn't hear about Eminem's daughters as much as we think is because they don't live with a star. Even if they lived together, it's unlikely that Eminem's privacy rules would allow them to be seen and heard. However, Eminem, Kim and Hailey live very close to each other. Alena, now a 25-year-old college graduate, likely lives on her own (although she hasn't made the location of her residence public), while Whitney, at just 16, lives with Kim. The distance from dad, although small, keeps a little wall in front of Alena and Whitney.

However, the girls are not hiding. In June 2018, while Eminem was performing at the Governor's Ball in New York, Whitney, Hayley and her boyfriend Evan McClintock were spotted in New York to see the show. The visit didn't make much of a fuss because the girls just went shopping, watched their father perform in front of a sold out crowd, and then went home. Good behavior does wonders for keeping the tabloids quiet, especially since the world is simply not interested in inconsistent celebrity children. In the past, Eminem and Kim's tumultuous relationship has made them almost constant headlines, which is why Hayley's name has popped up here and there. The family works like a well-oiled machine these days. “He was really supportive,” Kim said of the rapper. “We are really close. We're just trying to raise our kids together and make it as normal for them as possible.”

He makes no distinction

Barring a strange interview from Eminem's more talkative past, everything we've learned about Hailey has been through his music. Although the rapper mentions each of his daughters by name in his songs, he rarely gets into the details. He doesn't even rap about Hailey as an adult very often, except for a weird passing remark. While he still reflects on Hailey's childhood, as he did on "Castle," Eminem seems to actively avoid making distinctions between girls. Sure, he may be looking at a specific point in time when neither Whitney nor Alena were in attendance, but he mostly stays fairly balanced. True parent.

After all, if he started explaining who Whitney's father is, or if he got into the finer details of her childhood, it would set her apart as something different from Hailey. The same goes for Alaina, whose biological mother died of a drug overdose in 2015. Not only will digging up his girls' past give public access to private information, but it will create distance between his daughters, making Thanksgiving rather uncomfortable around Mathers' house.

Eminem is a rap music legend, a talented singer, songwriter, producer and actor. Most of the rapper's songs are autobiographical and talk about his difficult path to glory.

Childhood

Marshal Bruce Mathers III is Eminem's real name. At 15, his mother, aspiring singer Debbie Nelson, married musician Marshal Bruce Mathers Jr.

On October 17, 1972, in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, the couple had a boy, who was named after his father - Marshal Bruce Mathers III.

When Marshall was 8 months old, his father left, leaving eighteen-year-old Debbie alone. It was very difficult for a young mother to raise a child alone.

As a child with mom

Looking for a better life the family constantly moved from state to state. Because of this, the boy had no friends, he changed schools very often and spent most of his childhood living with his mother in a travel trailer.

When Marshall was 12 years old, his family finally settled in the African-American quarter of Detroit. Besides them, there were only two white people in the block, so the family got in trouble.

Coma and relocation

At school, the boy had no friends, all his classmates were black and constantly mocked and humiliated him because of the color of his skin. His main enemy was DiAngelo Bailey, a student 2 classes older than Marshal.

In the winter of 1983, Bailey and his friends severely beat Marshal on the street. The boy fell into a coma and lay in the hospital for 10 days until the doctors brought him to his senses.

After that, Marshal's mother seriously thought about moving. A year after the incident, Debbie and her son moved to Kansas City.

In childhood and youth

In 1985, the younger brother of Marshal was born, the boy was named Nathan. Soon the stepfather left his mother, and Debbie raised two sons herself.

In Kansas City, Marshal became friends with Ronnie's mother's brother, who became the boy's best friend. Ronnie loved rap music, and once brought nine-year-old Mathers a record of Ice T's "Reckless".

Marshal absolutely loved the record and decided he wanted to be a rap artist too. At the age of 13, Marshal began writing his own rap.

Despite the humiliation of black MCs, who believed that “whites” had no place in rap, Marshall began to win rap battles and eventually gained respect from his peers. Then the boy came up with the pseudonym "M&M", which transformed into famous nickname Eminem.

At school, Eminem failed 5 retakes of transfer exams, after which the future star was expelled from the ninth grade. Then Mom told Mathers to look for a job.

Marshal tried many professions, trying to somehow help his mother: he worked as a waiter, cook, seasonal worker. The boy even performed at night in live local radio station.

At the age of 19, Eminem experienced a bereavement - his uncle Roni, who had long been Marshall's best friend, committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun.

The beginning of a musical career

In 1995, Eminem became a member of Soul Intent, which also included his best friend Proof and DJ Butterfingers.

The beginning group did not find sponsors, so the circulation of the disc with the first tracks was negligible, and now this disc is almost impossible to find.

IN next year Eminem recorded the first album "Infinite", which, however, did not please the listeners.

It was replicated by an independent studio. The studio managed to sell about a thousand copies of the album, then the contract with the performer was terminated.

The failure of the album, which Eminem later called only a demo album, hurt the young artist. Marshal became addicted to alcohol and drugs.

Then Mathers was on the verge of suicide: he was desperately trying to find a normal job. The rapper had no money at all, so Marshal's clothes were bought by his friends.

Hoping to win, Marshal went to the Rap Olympics in Los Angeles. Having failed, Mathers was already thinking about quitting rap.

Desperate, Eminem made one last attempt to get recognition - he smashed his demo tape "The Real Slim Shady LP" to recording studios in Los Angeles.

The idea of ​​​​creating the character "Slim Shady" came quite unexpectedly - the rapper came up with bright rhymes under his pseudonym "Eminem", but nothing worked.

Then suddenly he had an insight - he came up with an alter ego and called him Slim Shady. Slim, according to Marshal, was the dark side of the rapper - he read bold, immoral texts.

Resounding success

Luck smiled at Marshal in 1999. Quite by accident, the famous producer and musician Dr. Dre found The Slim Shady EP in Jimmy Iovine's garage.

After listening to the compositions, the producer was amazed by the talent of the young rapper. He called Marshal back and offered to re-release the record under his label.

In the same year, the official album "Slim Shady LP" was released, which made a splash in rap culture: the white-skinned rap artist had incredible talent and read shocking lyrics about violence and racial discrimination.

Following the disc, the first video clip "My Name Is" was released, which was constantly played on all music channels.

In 2000, Eminem's second studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was released, in which the rapper sang on his own behalf.

In songs, Eminem was not afraid to make fun of modern society, to sing about racial and sexual incorrectness, so there were always heated debates around his songs.

His mother sued the singer because in one of the songs he spoke very rudely about her. Then the LGBT community came out against Eminem.

In the summer of the same year, Eminem participated in the recording of the debut album of the D12 group called Devil's Night.

In the spring of 2002, Eminem released the clip "Without Me", after which the third album "The Eminem Show" was released. The album sold over 20 million copies, becoming a diamond.

In April 2004, Eminem again acted as a member of the group "D12", recording the album "D12 World" and releasing the video "My Band".

Career break

In November of the same year, the fifth collection of songs "Encore" was released. Unlike previous albums, "Encore" did not receive a single Grammy statuette, in almost all nominations the white-skinned rapper lost to Kanye West.

Critics considered the album unsuccessful, and soon there was a rumor that this was the artist's last album. In 2005, Eminem's collection of hits "Curtain Call: The Hits" was released, it included only 3 new compositions.

Of these, "Shake That" and "When I'm Gone" were released as singles.

A year later, another collection "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up" was released. The rapper recorded this collection at his own studio "Shady Records", which he founded back in 1999.

In 2007, the artist recorded a joint song with rapper 50Cent and the song "Touchdown" with T.I. After that, Eminem went on a "sabbatical" for more than a year and a half, the reason was the singer's drug addiction.

Return of the legend

In early 2008, together with Dr. Dre and 50Cent, Eminem recorded the song "Crack The Bottle", at the same time the rapper announced that work on a new album would soon be completed.

Already in the spring, the clip "We Made You" was released, the singles "Beautiful", "Old Time's Sake" and "3 a.m." In May 2009, the sixth album was released under the name "Relapse".

In December of the same year, the rapper released a reissue of the album called "Relapse: Refill", it included 7 songs, including the composition "Forever", recorded with Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye West.

Initially, the release of the second part of the album "Relapse" was reported, but then information appeared that there would not be a second part, instead the rapper recorded a new album "Recovery".

The album became the best-selling album in the States in 2010. Eminem recorded some tracks in the album together with other equally popular artists: Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Pink and Kobe.

In 2013, the world saw the rapper's eighth album called The Marshall Mathers LP 2. Among the songs was the famous composition "Rap God", in which Eminem set a new world record. In 6 minutes and 4 seconds, Eminem managed to say 1560 words.

In 2015, the rapper released 4 tracks, of which he recorded 2 as a member of the Bad Meets Evil group. At the moment, the release of a new album by the artist is expected. In the piggy bank of Eminem's awards, there are 15 Grammy statuettes, an Oscar award.

Sound recording studio

In 1999, Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg founded Shady Records.

D12, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater, Cashis recorded their tracks under the label of this studio. In December 2006, the studio released a compilation album titled Eminem Presents: The Re-Up.

The album, according to Eminem, turned out so good that the rapper released this mixtape as a full-fledged album.

Movies

In 2001, Eminem played a cameo role in the film The Wash. However, the rapper's real debut is the film "8 Mile" in 2002, which, according to the performer, is semi-biographical.

The film provides insight into the legendary rapper's life in Detroit, his rise as a performer, and the challenges Eminem faced.

Eminem recorded the song "Lose Yourself" for the film. For her, the rapper was awarded the Oscar film award in the Best Song for the Film nomination.

Eminem voiced a cop in the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof and Billy Fletcher in Talking Dolls.

Most often in films, the rapper plays himself: he played the role of a cameo in the films "Funny People", "Handsome", "Rap as Art", "Detroit Rubber" and "Interview".

Books and charity

In 2001, the rapper wrote the book "Angry Blonde", which included all the freestyles released at that time, as well as comments on them.

In 2008, the autobiography “The Way I Am” was released, in which the singer talks in detail about his life troubles, drug addiction, fame, and depression. The book became a bestseller that year.

Following Eminem's memoirs, his mother Debbie released the book "My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem", in which she talked about her acquaintance with the rapper's father, about Eminem's childhood, his rise to fame, and then his struggle with popularity.

Eminem also created his own charitable foundation, the money from which goes to help disadvantaged families state of Michigan.

In 2015, Eminem visited a fan with cancer. 17-year-old Gage was incredibly happy to meet the performer, but the day after the visit, the boy was gone.

Personal life

Marshal met his chosen one at school. At that time, the boy was 15 years old, and Kimberly Ann Scott was only 13.

At 15, Kim ran away from home with her twin sister Dawn and began living with the Mathers. In 1989, Kim and Marshal began dating, in 1999 the lovers legalized their relationship.

By that time, they had already raised their daughter Haley, who was born in 1995. However, the marriage did not last long, and in 2001 the couple divorced.

C Kimberly Ann

5 years after the divorce, Marshal and Kim got married again, but the marriage lasted only six months. The couple broke up again, agreeing on the joint upbringing of Hailey.

Eminem loves his daughter very much and has repeatedly mentioned her in songs, the song "Mockingbird" and "Hailie's Song" was dedicated to the girl.

After the divorce, Eminem was credited with novels with many celebrities: Beyoncé, Tara Reid and Mariah Carey, but all this turned out to be rumors.

For several months, the rapper met with actress Brittany Andrews, in 2002 he began a relationship with Brittany Murphy, but this relationship did not last long.

Hailey's own daughter

In addition to his own daughter, Eminem has two foster child. Marshal adopted Kimberly's sister's child Alana Scott and first daughter Kim Whitney. Marshal is also the legal guardian of his younger brother Nathan.

Scandals

Eminem was often the culprit of scandals, in most cases the reason was not his actions, but the lyrics of his songs.

In 1999, the artist's mother sued him for defamation: the woman claimed that in the songs from the album "The Slim Shady LP" her son spoke negatively about her.

In June 2000, Marshal was arrested due to a quarrel with Douglas Dale. The day after the incident, the performer saw his wife kiss John Guerrera.