The real reason you have never heard of the other two daughters of Eminem. Eminem's personal life Marshall Bruce
American singer, composer and actor Eminem is considered one of the greatest musicians of our time, and in rap he has no equal in the world. Despite the general adoration of Eminem, he rarely gets into a relationship, he himself has repeatedly stated this in interviews. Every step he takes on the musical Olympus is "documented" and fully covered by the media, which cannot be said about his relationship.
Eminem was born on October 17, 1972, and his serious musical career began in 1996 (read also: Eminem's biography). He is unusually talented and attractive, which is why he is often credited with relationships with famous singers and actresses.
Wife and kids
The famous rapper was married twice, and both times - to the same girl, whom he met back in school. Kimberly Scott (born 1975) is considered Eminem's greatest love.
They met at a party where Eminem performed, after which they began a relationship. She lived for some time with her twin sister in his mother's house.
They dated for ten years before getting married in 1999!
The marriage fell on the beginning of the rapper's fame, and their marriage could not stand such a test. In 2001, they separated. True, five years later they made up and even got married again.
The new marriage did not last even several months. The couple divorced again, agreeing to joint custody of their daughter Hayley, who was born to them in 1995.
"We both tried to give our marriage another chance, but quickly realized that a wedding cannot solve all problems," the rapper commented on his hasty divorce.
The constant spat between Eminem and Kim was for several reasons. They both abused alcohol and drugs, and besides, they often cheated on each other.
“This is a love-hate relationship, and it will always be that way. We're talking about a woman who has been a part of my life ever since I can remember, ”Eminem says of Kim.
Who would have thought that a rude, harsh, drug addicted rapper is a caring and loving father?
His daughter is mentioned in many of his songs. Hailey which he is very proud of. In fact, it was for the sake of Hayley that Eminem recorded his first album, wishing to provide his daughter with a decent future.
Hailey
“If I had to choose between music and my daughter, I know exactly which one I would choose. If it were necessary, I would give it all up. For my little girl, ”he said in an interview in 2004.
But besides Hayley, Eminem has two more adopted daughters: Lanie Mathers and Whitney Mathers.
Laney- the daughter of his ex-wife's twin sister Kim. Sister from adolescence suffered from drug addiction, so Eminem and Kim adopted her and treated her like their own. In 2016, her mom died of an overdose.
Whitney- the daughter of his wife Kimberly from a short romance with Eric Harterr.
Despite the fact that Kim is Whitney's own mother, after the second divorce of Eminem and Kim, the girl remained under his parental care.
Whitney (left), Hayley (center), Elaine (top right)
Whitney and Elaine
He loves all three daughters equally and often pampers them: for example, once at Christmas he gave each of them a diamond necklace worth 375 thousand dollars.
Eminem also raised his younger half-brother Nathan... He took the boy away from his mother, who tortured him with treatment for non-existent diseases.
Eminem's fatherly philosophy is extremely simple, when asked what it means to be a good father, he answers as follows:
“Always be there. Don't miss anything. If something important happens, whatever it is, I am always there. Help them with homework whenever possible. This is difficult considering what grade my older children are in. I couldn't even finish ninth. They are already smarter than me. "
As a father, Eminem succeeded no less than a musician. All children adore him and this is not surprising.
“I do my best to teach my children to distinguish right from wrong. I try not to get angry, I try to establish some kind of framework and rules. I never hit them. So that they know: it is wrong when a man hits a woman. Despite what people think of me and what I write in my songs. You know, there was a lot between me and Kim, I try to teach them from my mistakes. It's like juggling, juggling between rap and fatherhood. "
Numerous novels
After the divorce from Kim, almost nothing is known about the relationship of the famous rapper with women. Although rumors of his romance with famous singers, actresses and random women appear regularly.
Eminem rarely talks about women, the only exception being his wife Kim. He is famous for the fact that in his compositions and video clips he likes to mention certain famous women, his relationships with them, and it is not always pleasant for them to hear about this. Because of this, scandals occur in his life.
Consider his most famous relationship.
Kesia Alvarez
An unknown beauty from Brazil has repeatedly stated that in 1999-2000, when the rapper was still living with his wife, they had a relationship. Later, she began to talk about the singer in rather intimate details. There was no confirmation or denial on his part, so maybe she just wanted to get a few minutes of fame.
Joy McAvoy
American actress and rapper (1982). In an interview, Joy admitted that in the early 2000s she had a short relationship with a famous rapper, but Eminem did not comment on this in any way. Maybe because he had not yet divorced his wife at this time.
Britney Spears
Famous American singer born in 1981. Both Eminem and Britney peaked in the late 90s, and their success continued into the 2000s. Observing their habits and antics, viewers constantly compared them and even claimed that they were one and the same person.
According to the Who’s Dated Who website, they met in secret in the early 2000s, although both did not comment on the rumor in any way.
Mariah Carey
The famous American singer, producer, actress (1970) had a long tense relationship with Eminem. The confrontation between the two stars lasted more than 10 years, after which Mariah announced that she wanted to make peace with the enemy.
In 2010, in his music video "The Warning," Eminem practically admitted that he had been dating Carey for six months. However, the singer persistently denied this romance.
Brittany Murphy
American actress and singer (1977). Brittany and the famous musician co-starred in the movie Eight Mile (8 Mile) in 2002 and rumors of their romance immediately surfaced. In one of the TV shows, Brittany hinted that there was something between them, but there was no official confirmation.
Gina Lynn
American pornographic actress, porn director, TV presenter (1974). She starred in Eminem's music video for "Superman" in 2003, after which the two were rumored to have a secret relationship. Both did not confirm their connection, although Lynn once noticed that during filming, Eminem was very polite.
Karrin Steffans
The famous American author of books (born in 1978), starred in the videos of many American rappers. She made a splash when she released a list of all her past partners. Among them were several famous personalities and rappers. Of course, Eminem was also among them. Their relationship, according to Karrin, began in 2003 .. The singer did not comment on this information in any way.
Tara Reed
American actress born in 1975. Media sources give different dates for her relationship with the rap star, but in all likelihood, this happened in 2004.
A couple of times, Eminem admitted that he had a relationship with Tara. He even inserted some harsh lines about this connection in his single "Kamikaze". It was a short novel, and he doesn't like to talk about it.
Marnie Bright
In 2007, the rapper was rumored to have a relationship with music editor Marnie Bright. They worked together for a long time in a music studio in Michigan on the recording of the disc. Marnie looks a lot like his ex-wife, which makes the situation intriguing.
You can talk endlessly about him and his work, in some of his songs you can hear a lot of anger and hatred, while other songs take your soul so that tears welling up in your eyes. Fate has played a cruel joke with him more than once and sent him many sudden unpleasant surprises ... But nevertheless, he managed to get out of all this shit, and moreover, so that now you can hardly scare him with anything.
His real name - Marshall Bruce Mathers III, he was born in the small town of Kansas City, Missouri, October 17, 1972 years in a not very prosperous family. His father and mother were part of a show group performing in pubs along the state borders. However, after the birth of Marshal, they did not live together for long - after five or six months, the father collected his belongings and left the family. Although Marshall was still young, and did not understand that his father no longer lived with them, nevertheless, a childhood without a father was a bad childhood.
His Debbie's mother I could not sit still, and Marshal's childhood was spent in a trailer on endless travels from Missouri to Michigan. Of course, with this lifestyle, he had no opportunity to make friends and go to school normally. His only friend was his uncle Ronnie, who introduced him to hip-hop: Eminem recalls that the first rap album he heard was Ice-T's "Rhyme Pays", which his uncle gave him in 1987. Then the teenager decided that it would be nice to become a rapper. When the boy turned twelve, his mother decided to calm down and settled in Detroit - in the black quarter, where, according to Eminem's recollections, except for the three of them (in 1986 he was born brother nathan) there were only two other whites - a couple of crazy bikers next door. I am indifferent to skin color, - my mother explained her choice of residence. “But the teenagers on the block were causing us trouble,” she added innocently.
The troubles were of this kind:
Once I was returning home from a friend, - recalls Eminem. - Then three black guys drove past me in a car. They showed me a finger, I answered them, well, that's all. But they stopped the car ... One came up and pushed me in the face so that I fell. Then he pulled out the cannon. I literally jumped out of my sneakers. I thought they needed sneakers. But they did not need sneakers: returning the next day, Marshal found them in the same place, stuck in the mud.
The school, which consisted mostly of black teenagers, was also full of troubles. One of the first songs Eminem wrote was "Brain Damage"- "Brain damage". Fully autobiographical, she talked about his relationship with his main enemy, a teenager two grades older named DiAngelo Bailey.
I was in the fourth, and he was in the sixth, - recalls Eminem. - One day he came to the toilet while I was writing. He stabbed me in the back so that I fell and doused myself.
Another time in the winter, Eminem laughed at one of Bailey's young friends. Then he went up to him, knocked him down and began to beat his head on the ice. When Eminem's ear began to bleed and he passed out, Bailey got scared and fled. Eminem spent five days in the hospital in a coma.
It was at school that Eminem began to participate in the so-called "battles" - competitions that young MCs organized among themselves. There he determined himself a suitable nickname - he simply read his initials, written as “ M&M". He had problems with competitions - as soon as he took up the microphone, they started shouting to him: "Hey, you white bastard, get out and play your rock and roll!" He was saved by the fact that by that time he had several faithful friends among the blacks. In addition, it was difficult to dispute his exceptional talent - few people could rap as artistically as he did.
At first, - recalls Eminem, - people said: "And you are cool for a white man," - and I regarded it as a compliment. Then I grew up and thought: "What the hell does that mean?" No one asked to be given birth, no one had a choice of what color it would be. And I had to work hard before people stopped noticing my skin color. And the best thing a bob could tell me was a woodpecker in Detroit once said. Like, "I don't give a shit if he's green or orange, this dude is cool!"
Eminem flew out of ninth grade after five retakes of the transfer exams. Mom was extremely pleased with this. She told her son: "Get out into the street and help me pay the bills, or I'll throw you out of the house." Eminem went to work.
He was a seasonal laborer, waiter and restaurant chef. The owner of the restaurant recalled that he was a good worker, only rapping incessantly, shoving everything into the text, right down to the dishes listed on the menu. I had to shout to him to do it more quietly - the restaurant was a family one.
At the same age, he began to participate in more serious "battles" in independent rapper competitions. According to eyewitnesses, in "freestyle" (ie, in speech improvisation), he almost always won. Later, he liked to talk about it, because he did not want to be considered " battle mc"- in his opinion, this narrows down the idea of the artist.
Then he met the future mother of his child, his future wife and, in some way, the lyrical heroine of his future albums. Kimberly Scott... A little later, they began to live together in the same trailer as the one in which he spent his childhood. In one of the walls of the dwelling there was a hole for a long time from a bullet that accidentally flew through the window. For two years, the young family had to buy four televisions and five video recorders, which were regularly stolen from them. Worst of all, the thief was a real nutcase: one day he showed up when Kim was alone, and brought sandwiches and peanut butter, without taking anything. But in the other, he pulled out everything except the bed and couch, including clothes and dishes.
At the age of 19, Eminem suffered the greatest sorrow in his life: his beloved shot himself with a shotgun uncle ronnie... It was the most difficult time for him. Then he recorded his disc " Infinite", Absolutely untenable and of little interest to anyone. An independent studio that contacted him sold just over 1,000, destroyed the rest of the print run, and broke up with him.
I had no money at all, recalls Eminem, sometimes my friends bought me clothes.
His last hope was the annual rapper competition - Rap olympics taking place in Los Angeles. The night before leaving, Eminem came to the house and found a locked door and a note that he had been evicted for non-payment.
I had to knock down the door, ”he says. “I had nowhere else to go. There was no heating, no water, no electricity. I slept on the floor, woke up and drove to Los Angeles. I was up to my ears in shit.
He didn't win the Olympics. His manager, Paul Rosenberg, recalls that as he sat in the audience, he heard a black neighbor yelling, “Give the prize to the white guy! Give the prize to the white man! " According to Rosenberg, it looked like Eminem was about to cry.
However, the victory came from an unexpected direction. Eminem smashed several cassettes of what would become “ The Real Slim Shady LP". Legend has it that the great Doctor dre, a singer and one of the best rap producers, found a cassette on the floor of the company's chief's garage Interscore Jimmy Iovina. Together they listened to the recording.
Throughout my career, says Dre, I have never seen anything worthwhile on demo tapes. When Jimmy lost this one, I said, "Find him immediately."
« Slim shady"Was born unexpectedly. Once, Eminem practiced in front of the mirror and tried to rimf his nickname, but it turned out badly. And then he picked up the first thing that was spinning in his head: “Slim Shady, vile bastard, the dark side of Eminem's soul. It was like an inspiration.
Slim Shady- these are all those evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about. I think it is necessary for people to be able to determine when I am serious and when I am fooling. Because most of my songs are funny. I have a generally deformed sense of humor.
First album, "The Slim Shady LP" produced the effect of a bomb exploding. First, because of the exceptional talent of a little-known performer. Secondly, because of the color of his skin. And thirdly, because of the absolutely extreme content of the disc. A fragile white-haired man with bright blue eyes spat out into the world an absolutely obscene text of monstrous content: stories of violence, racial and sexual political incorrectness, unbridled dreams of a spoiled urban teenager. The song “ 97 ′ Bonnie And Clyde- a conversation between a father and a little daughter, whom he asks to help him throw the corpse of his mother into the river. Here is a small excerpt:
Mom says she wants to show you how far she can swim. And don't worry about the little bo-bo on her throat. It's just a little scratch, it doesn't hurt at all. She was just having dinner while you slept. And spilled ketchup on my shirt. Mom had a name - Kim... The audience was shocked: this mocking text told about real people. Eminem was declared a devil in the flesh, not paying attention to the subtlety: the text was read not on his behalf, but on behalf of Slim Shady, who allows himself to perform those actions that an ordinary person only dreams of in moments of rage. Slim Shady is the American Mr. Hyde, with the country's inherent scope.
Eminem became famous and again faced the problem of color, only now from an unexpected side: everyone who came to interview him first asked how he dared, being white, rap. Very soon it began to piss him off. All my life I've had problems with race, from where I grew up to being a rapper. I've reached the boiling point. Anyone who pulls this card again will get it back in his face, ”he said in an interview.
At first glance, it may seem that after a long period of life as a national minority, a person has developed a corresponding complex, but this is not entirely true. It's just that, having learned about racial issues from an unexpected angle, Eminem became sensitive to any manifestation of racism, not particularly bothering with political correctness.
In a sense, by unleashing all the subconscious fears and complexes of a young man and doing it with exceptional ingenuity, Eminem became the voice of his generation. At least the thinking part of him. Meanwhile, everything is not so innocent: according to eyewitnesses, at his concerts, the underage audience with a special roar of approval meets the dirtiest passages. Eminem, however, refuses to take responsibility for this.
There is a censor stamp on my records, so let the parents take care of their children now, ”he says. - Those who copy their idiots are idiots. Even if a normal person jumps off a bridge, it is only because he wanted it, and not because Dre advised him in his rap. The opinion is controversial, but not hypocritical.
In all interviews, Eminem makes the same impression: surprisingly polite and quiet person. His modesty played a cruel joke with him more than once: witnesses talk about how the guards did not let him into the dressing room intended for him, how in the restaurant where he once worked, the waitress demanded from him a document certifying his age in order to give him alcohol. The most typical case happened in San Francisco: there, on the street, Eminem ran into a teenager, who demanded a payment from him to enter the territory. He at first thought it was a joke, but then the kid pulled out something that looked like a cannon. And then the "Detroit thug" was locked up: when he was dragged away from the teenager, he was literally smeared on the asphalt.
His second album, " The Marshall Mathers LP”, Eminem dedicated the memory of his beloved uncle Ronnie, but did not change one iota of his attitude to life and material. The album immediately hit # 1 on Billboard, surpassing Britney Spears.
On the night of June 4th, Eminem with a friend, to whom he told that his wife was dating some man, drove up to the parking lot of one of the bars in Warren, from which Kim and her friends were just leaving. Kim in a friendly hug and kissed a certain John Guerra, when an enraged Eminem ran up to them with a pistol in his hand and pointed a weapon in Guerra's face, threatening to kill him. There was a short fight, during which the pistol fell to the ground, it was picked up by Eminem's companion and handed over to the approaching patrol. The pistol was not loaded. The police arrested both of them, then Kim stepped forward and sent a patrol. They grabbed her too. Guerra immediately filed a lawsuit. The court charged Eminem with armed assault and possession of unregistered weapons. And the journalists were sophisticated in their assumptions: was Eminem going to make art a reality, because on his second disc there was a song “ Kim"- a kind of prologue to" 97 ′ Bonnie And Clyde ", a monstrous dialogue between quarreling wife and husband, full of threats and hysteria.
The situation was further complicated by the fact that a week later a letter came to Warren's city court, in which an unknown person promised to burn the entire city if Eminem was not acquitted. Eminem's lawyer said his client had nothing to do with the author of the letter. So is Eminem really, according to detractors, achieving fame in every possible way? In one interview, he was asked the question: does he want fame?
Will it sound ok if I say no? he asked, hesitating. And then he explained:
“Glory is not what I'm looking for. I want to be respected. But, you know, fame is what comes with respect. And I agree to her, because, you see, you cannot feed my daughter with respect. So let there be glory. "
And somehow it is believed that he is not a fool. Because dudes don't survive in a war environment - where real hip-hop is born. Marshall went through fire, water and copper pipes, endured many unpleasant moments in his life (for example, the death of Uncle Ronnie, Proof's best friend ...), but still it proves once again that God exists! All the efforts, labors and efforts - all this is rewarded to Em to this day. Therefore, guys, take an example from him, do not miss, trust me!
If you hear the word "rap" somewhere, who comes to mind first? Of course, Eminem. Yes, maybe Guf comes to someone's mind, but I still suggest that you also read the facts about Eminem.
1. Eminem liked Madonna when he was 11 years old.
2. When Eminem was young, his relatives called him Mickey because the boy had protruding ears. A sort of Mickey Mouse.
3. Few people know that Eminem's real name is Marshall Bruce Meters III.
4. Marshall constantly reads various dictionaries, he devotes several hours to this and his free time in the evening - so he expands his vocabulary for rhymes.
5. Eminem suffers from myopia.
6. Eminem loves the Matrix movie.
7. In the winter of 1983, Marshall was beaten so severely that he remained in a coma for ten days. In general, Eminem lived in a dangerous area where whites were not liked.
Once I was returning home from a friend. Then three black guys drove past me in a car. They showed me a finger, I answered them, well, that's all. But they stopped the car ... One came up and pushed me in the face so that I fell. Then he pulled out the cannon. I literally jumped out of my sneakers. I thought they needed sneakers. But they didn't need sneakers.
8. Eminem is left-handed.
9. Eminem took a break from his career for four years because he was addicted to drugs.
10. Elton John dedicated his song Rocket Man to Eminem.
11. Eminem entered the Guinness Book of Records as "the fastest selling rap musician." It is noteworthy that he is the only rap musician to make it into the book of records.
12. He usually wears a platinum ring and bracelet that says “DAD” - “daddy”.
13. The song is about an imaginary Eminem fan Stan, who is tired of waiting for an answer to his letters to his idol, puts his pregnant girlfriend in a truck and drives off the bridge. In the song, Eminem writes a response to Stan and, having finished writing, realizes that Stan is the suicide he heard about on the news. By the way, in 2001, Eminem performed this song with Elton John, who sang for Dido. The Gay and Lesbian Rights Association (GLAAD) protested the performance because it believed the song had anti-gay hints: in response to a fan's phrase, "We could be in a place," Eminem says, "This is why we shouldn't be dating." ...
14. When Eminem drives through Moby, he drops the phrase "Nobody listens to Techno!" (Nobody listens to techno!). The phrase has become a popular sample in the techno community. In general, Moby and Eminem do not really like each other.
15. Em usually buys clothes in XXL size.
16. The stage name of Marshall Meters is derived from the first letters of his initials - “M&M.
17. From 13-14 years old Em started to participate in local battles, where he was the only white one. They said to him:
Hey you white stinking bastard get out and play your rock and roll!
18. Eminem met his ex-wife Kimberly Scott when he was 15 years old.
19. Eminem has a daughter who is now 15 years old. Eminem loves her very much and dedicated 3 songs to her (Hailie’s song, Mockingbird & When I’m gone). Em wanted to be a better father to Haley than his own father was to him. In some of her songs, Em asks Hayley for forgiveness.
19. Slim Shady is a character invented by Eminem, a vile bastard, Em's dark side. He burst onto the stage in 1997.
Slim Shady - these are all those evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about. I think it is necessary for people to be able to determine when I am serious and when I am fooling. Because most of my songs are funny. I have a generally deformed sense of humor.
20. When just Eminem became a superstar, his own dad suddenly appeared, whom Eminem had never seen before, and his own mother filed a lawsuit in the amount of 10 million dollars, citing the fact that Eminem's songs “plunged her into emotional stress, damaged her reputation and led to her loss of self-esteem. " The mother lost the court, having received only 25 thousand dollars.
21. During the interview, Eminem comes across as a very polite and quiet person. They say that the guards did not let him into the dressing room designated for him several times, that he was so modest.
22. Eminem doesn't smoke and loves Mountain Dew. By the way, “PEPSI Co”.
23. Rumor has it that all Shady Records applicants go through freestyle battles with Eminem.
24. He starred in the famous "8 Mile". In 2013, presumably with the participation of Em, 2 more films will be released.
25. At school, Eminem was bullied also because he often hummed a melody to himself under his breath, but did not notice it. This habit has remained with him to this day.
Fame is not what I'm looking for. I want to be respected. But, you know, fame is what comes with respect. And I agree to her, because, you see, you cannot feed my daughter with respect. So let there be glory.
Eminem, an American rapper, music producer and actor, is considered one of the most controversial and successful artists of the early 21st century.
He was born on October 17, 1972 in Missouri. The rapper's real name is Marshal Bruce Mathers, and when he came up with a stage name for himself, he decided to beat the first letters (M&M), and this is how the nickname Eminem appeared.
Childhood
His father left his family when Eminem was still a child. As a child, he tried several times to meet with his father, but to no avail: he was not interested in his former family. The boy was raised by his mother, Deborah Mathers. She could not get a permanent job, moving from place to place every few months, so they often had to wander between Missouri and Detroit.
“I had to change schools two or three times a year,” recalls Eminem. "It was the worst."
Since Deborah had very little money, they were forced to live in the poorest neighborhoods. Despite the fact that Eminem was constantly bullied and offended by local bullies, he still managed to sometimes make friends who admired his ability to rhyme words.
Such a nomadic life left a strong imprint on the personality of the artist. He did not have any really close friends, at school he was constantly an outcast newcomer, so most of the time he was left on his own.
“I was beaten in the bathroom, in the corridors, locked in closets,” he recalls.
Added to this were problems with the mother, who abused drugs and was often not herself. Already being famous, Eminem accused her in one of his songs that she bullied him as a child. Deborah Mathers filed a lawsuit against her son, demanding $ 10 million in compensation for false accusations. Eminem chose to avoid legal squabbles by paying his mother $ 250,000.
Education
At the age of 17, after several unsuccessful attempts to pass the school exams, Eminem decided to quit school. Despite his poor studies, he was always interested in the language: avidly read comics and studied the dictionary.
“I realized that no matter how bad I studied, no matter how bad grades I got, I speak good English. I felt that I would like to be able to manage all these words, to know all of them, so that I can use them at any time. You know, sometimes they are just stored somewhere in the depths of memory, like in a locked cabinet, ”he says.
An out-of-school street teenager found an opportunity to express his passion for language through music, in a genre that has always been dominated by black performers. In Detroit, Eminem became a regular participant in the so-called "rap battles" - competitions in which two rappers took turns insulting each other with improvisations of their own composition. Pale and blue-eyed Eminem looked very peculiar at these performances, but despite his race, he quickly became one of Detroit's most respected rappers, showing extraordinary skill in these rap skirmishes.
Now he believes that this was a turning point in his life, thanks to which he came up with his pseudonym - Eminem:
“I finally found something. You know, sometimes one guy has more girlfriends, another guy has better clothes, but none of them can do what I do. Do you understand what I mean? That guy can't write like me. And then I thought: maybe now Marshal will begin to be respected? "
This period in life - having to do all the dirty work to make ends meet, rap competition and desperate attempts to sign a record deal - was then reflected in Eminem's half-autobiographical film 8 Mile.
Personal life and career
At the same time, Eminem began dating Kimberly Scott.
In 1995, the couple had a daughter, Hayley Jade Scott. Inspired by the birth of his daughter, in 1996 Eminem recorded his first independent album, Infinite. Although this album amply demonstrated the brilliance of his talent for handling words, prickly wit and storytelling skills, the low-budget recording brought neither profit nor fame.
But success was just around the corner. In 1998, Eminem released his second album Slim Shady, which impressed producer Dr. Dre so much that he signed a contract with the white rapper. The album Slim Shady, produced by Dr. Dre, burst into the top positions in the world music charts in 1999 and sold three million copies. Moreover, he brought Eminem two Grammy awards - for the single My Name is and for the best album. The triumph of his next album was already expected. Marshal Mathers debuted on the charts in 2000 and sold nearly two million copies in its first week alone.
But alas, creative and commercial success was accompanied by troubles in his personal life. Following Eminem's mother, his wife Kim (whom he “killed” twice in his songs) filed a lawsuit. The couple later reconciled, but in 2001 they still divorced. In 2006, Eminem and Kim reunited and divorced again the same year.
Having achieved success in music, Eminem decided to try his hand at cinema. In 2002, he actually played himself in the movie 8 Mile. He also wrote the soundtrack for this Oscar-winning film.
“I needed this movie,” he said after filming. - This film gave me a slightly different inspiration, from a different angle, this I have not had a very long time. It was great because working on this film got me in shape. For some reason, he made me feel hungry again, the atmosphere of rap competitions, everything that was with me then. "
Eminem admitted that he was not sure about a repetition of such a project:
“When you are filming a film like this, you have to give everything to work. I have no problem giving in when I need it, but it should be something special that I will be crazy about. This means that I will not have problems with this kind of work, but at the same time I should be aware of "okay, my music, which I love to do, until it fades into the background." This has to be what prevents me from giving myself over to my main passion - music. Music is everything to me. This is where it all begins. That's the whole point - in me. It should be something that I can do and that will be interesting enough for me. "
Eminem conquered the listener in many ways by the fact that he did not hesitate to tell personal and even intimate stories from his life.
Including those that concerned his closest people. Let's remember them by name.
Mother
Deborah Nelson is probably the main irritant for our hero. Having encroached on the main American virtue - love for his own mother - he was known as the number one troublemaker in the United States. In his songs, the mother appears to be extremely alcohol and drug addicted, and in the film "8 Mile" her heroine has sex with a classmate of the protagonist. Deborah did not remain in debt and filed a lawsuit against her son - the amount of the claim was $ 10 million.
Quote from the song:"Mom, are you there? I love you. I didn't mean to hit you in the head with a shovel."
In the song "Role Model", Eminem violates almost all the norms of American morality (including speaking badly about his mother), and in 2009 he records a song that puts all the points in their relationship.
Father
Marshall Bruce Mathers. This is all we know about him: when his son was one and a half years old, the parent left the family, which the rapper still remembers to this day.
Quote from the song:"He left me and I don't even know if he kissed me goodbye. Even then I secretly hoped that this goat would die" (Cleanin Out My Closet)
"Cleanin Out My Closet" - a statement on the theme of all members of the Marshall family at once: got both the mother, and Kim, and the father.
Wife
He met his future wife Kim Eminem at the age of 15. At 27, he got married, then divorced and repeated the whole procedure again. In between, he got on the pages of the tabloids for rushing at his wife's boyfriend with a pistol, and at the same time attended court hearings, figuring out what he said about Kim in his songs that, having heard them, she tried to open her veins ...
Quote from the song:"For so long - bitch, for so long you hurt me! I don't want to continue living in this world without you" (Kim).
The very first song about Kim Marshall wrote for his debut album "Infinity": in it, he and his daughter are driving Kim's corpse in the car. The second is also related to the automotive theme: a very drunk character Eminem takes Kim into the night, promising to "return her in the trunk."
Daughter
Eminem is raising two daughters: in addition to Hayley Jade Mathers, Laney, the daughter of Kim's sister, is under his care. Haley herself is now 16 years old, the latest news about her was that she appeared on Twitter last year. There are no photographs of condoms there yet, but there are, for example, pictures with a bottle of vodka.
Quote from the song:"My God, I'm a father, and I'm so glad this girl's mom didn't have an abortion" (Hailey's Song).
On the album "The Eminem Show" there are two whole songs about Haley: in one of them, Marshall appears as a loving father, in the other, he sneers at the prevailing opinion of him as a drug addict and a dangerous pervert who should not be allowed to children.
Uncle
"Uncle Ronnie" was only two months older than Marshall himself and remained his best friend in childhood (it was he who gave the future rapper his first hip-hop album - the soundtrack to the film Breaking). When Marshall was 19 years old, Ronnie committed suicide. According to Eminem himself, he wanted to do the same, but then decided, on the contrary, to change something in his life. The name Ronnie is found only in a few of his songs; he is reluctant to talk about this topic.
Quote from the song:"Do you remember when Ronnie died, you said it was better it was me. So: for you I am deader than all the dead" (Cleanin "Out My Closet).
“I know about your uncle and I am sorry for you,” a fan writes to Emu in one of his most famous songs. In addition, Ronnie's name is mentioned in two or three tracks.