His true name is Marshall Bruce Mathers 3 . He uses the name »Eminem« because his initials are »M and M«. He sometimes uses the nickname »Slim Shady« to express the bad side of his personality. He was born on 17th October 1973 in Kansas City (USA). In his childhood he lived with his mother in various states before ending up in Detroit. After that he had a lot of problems with his mother because she didn’t like the lyrics of his songs. A lot of people are shocked by his music and say that he has a bad influence on young people, but he has a lot of fans. He was married twice to Kimberly Scott, whom he met in high school. They began their on-and-off relationship in 1988. Their daughter Hailie was born on Christmas Day 1955. The couple married in 1999 and first divorced in 2001. They remarried in January 2006, but they soon ended their second marriage in April 2006. The couple agreed to share custody of Hailie. Eminem has also custody of Kimberly’s niece Alaina, of Whitney, a child Kimberly had with another man. He has legal custody of his young half-brother Nate. They are all mentioned by name in some of his songs. In 1996, Eminem released his first independent rap album »Infinite«. A year later he released The Slim Shady. It was an instant success and it sold over three million copies. After that he released many hit albums: The Marshall Mathers, The Eminem show, D12 World, Recovery and recently The Marshall Mathers LP2….that soon became the fastest-selling solo album in the United States History. He ha salso acted in various films…the most famous ones are: 8 Mile at first, The Slim Shady Show, then Hip Hop Witch…He has also got thirteen Grammy Awards and in the future he wiil be the number one rap artist in the world!

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