Eminem Presentation

EMINEM

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born in Detroit Michigan on October 17, 1972) better known by his stage name Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. After obtaining a copy of the album Licensed to III, from the Beastie Boys group, as a teenager , Marshall became interested in hip hop, doing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym "M & M"

RISE OF FAME

Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next work, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the best-selling solo album in the United States history. That album made him known worldwide, and helped to propagate his label, Shady Records, and his group, D12.

ALBUMS

• Infinite (1996) The Slim Shady LP (1999) The Marshall Mathers LP (2001) The Eminem Show (2003) Encore (2005) Relapse (2009) Recovery (2011)

Awards

Eminem was the first the first artist to win 3 consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album with The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show. Eminem won the Oscar for best original song with "Lose Yourself," which was present in his semi-biographical film 8 Mile. "Lose Yourself" turned out to be the the single which occupied the first position of the hip hop charts for the most time.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Including his work with D12, Eminem has 9 albums on top of the Billboard Top 200, 7 solo (6 studio, 1 compilation) and 2 with D12. He has 13 singles in the first position in the world. Such success awarded Eminem with the Artist of the Decade by Billboard. According to Billboard, the rapper had two of the five best-selling albums between 2000 and 2009 (The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers Lp).