Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (/ˌɛmɪˈnɛm/; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, film producer, and actor. He is consistently cited as one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time in hip hop, with Rolling Stone placing him in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and labeling him the "King of Hip Hop".
After his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP, which earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two releases, 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002's The Eminem Show, were worldwide successes, with each being certified diamond in U.S. sales and both winning Best Rap Album Grammy Awards—making Eminem the first artist to win the award for three consecutive LPs. They were followed by Encore in 2004, another critical and commercial success. Eminem went on hiatus after touring in 2005 partly due to a prescription drug addiction. He released Relapse in 2009 and Recovery in 2010. Both won Grammy Awards and Recovery was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide, the second time he had the international best-selling album of the year (after The Eminem Show). He then released the US number-one albums “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” (2013), “Revival” (2017), “Kamikaze (2018)”, “Music to Be Murdered By” (2020), and “The Death of Slim Shady” (Coup de Grâce) (2024).
Eminem was also a member of the hip hop group D12, and has collaborated with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9" as the duo Bad Meets Evil. Eminem played a dramatized version of himself in the 2002 musical drama film 8 Mile. "Lose Yourself", a song from its soundtrack, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks—the most for a solo rap song—and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making him the first hip hop artist ever to win the award. He also co-founded Shady Records, which helped launch the careers of artists such as D12, 50 Cent, and Obie Trice, and established his own Sirius XM Radio channel, Shade 45. Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million records. He was the best-selling music artist in the United States for the 2000s, placing third for the 2010s. He was the first artist to have ten albums consecutively debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and has had five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits(2005), "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie", and "Not Afraid" have all been certified Diamond or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 BillboardMusic Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award. Billboard named him the "Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)", and Rolling Stone named him one of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". In 2022, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Dating Rumors[]
In 2018 on Instagram, when a fan asked Nicki if she and Eminem were dating, Nicki jokingly answered "Yes." When Eminem saw the comment he replied "Girl, you know it's true." Nicki responded with "Babe, I thought we were gonna keep it on the low til the wedding. Yikes. I'll talk to you when I get home."
Later Eminem gave Nicki a shout out at a concert and asked the audience, "Boston, how many of you want me to date Nicki Minaj?" "Well, god dammit, me too," he said. "Nicki, if you get this message, just text me later, we'll talk about it."
Nicki responded with a tweet saying "LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The fact that he’s silly & a goof just like me. Love him so much. Em we need you on the #Queen album. That’s where our 1st date will be; at the studio while I gaze into ur beautiful eyes as u write ur verse."
Slim Shady[]
Slim Shady is Eminem's alter-ego. He has appeared in Nicki's song "Roman's Revenge". He is the evil side of Eminem. Martha said, in "Moment 4 Life", that Shady and Roman went to a boarding school.
From 2008 to 2013 Eminem went back to his natural brown hair but in late 2013 he bleached it back blond. But in 2016 he back to brown hair and later grown beard in 2017.
Collaborations with Minaj[]
| Song | Artists | Writers | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Majesty" | Nicki Minaj & Labrinth ft. Eminem |
Luis Resto Eminem Nicki Minaj Labrinth |
Queen | 2018 |
| "Roman’s Revenge" | Nicki Minaj ft. Eminem |
Swizz Beatz John Davis James Jackson Busta Rhymes Bryan Higgins Ali Shaheed Muhammad Nicki Minaj Eminem |
Pink Friday | 2010 |
A Nod to Nicki[]
In 2014 Eminem released a diss track titled "Vegas". The song was a diss at Australian Femcee, Iggy Azealia. In the song the rapper briefly used Nicki's flow from her song "Lookin Ass".
Pics Together[]
