Marshall Bruce Matters lll
Nascut pe 17 octombrie 1972
este cunoscut de altfel sub numele Slim Shady.
A devenit popular cu albumul The Slim Shady, care a fost si albumul de debut al artistului.
Cel m-ai bun rapp-er in viata Eminem, sesizari facute de un studiu din New York.
Eminem cumpara ”Adapostul” (8 mile)
Noul album va sosi pe piata muzicala in 2009, sub numele de The Re-Up, albumul contine rmx-uri dar si piese noi.
Actorul a colaborat cu Cashis, Obi Trice, Stat Quo, Dr. Dre, Akon, Proof , 50 Cent.
In September 2007, Eminem called into New York radio station
Hot 97 during a
50 Cent interview and said he is "in limbo" and "debating" about when and if he would release another album. He said, "I'm always working -- I'm always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn't want to go back to the studio ... I went through some personal things. I'm coming out of those personal things [and] it feels good." And though he jokingly said he'd release the new CD "tomorrow", there is no official release date, according to
Interscope.
[51]The same month,
Dr. Dre confirmed in an interview for the
Los Angeles Times that he would be devoting two months to work on Eminem's new album, stating that the two planned to complete the album and at the same time work on other of Dr. Dre's projects.
[52]Interscope finally confirmed that a new Eminem album was being released and could possibly be in stores before the end of the year.
[53] The announcement coincided with Eminem's September 2008 appearance on Shade 45 in which he said, "Right now I'm kinda just concentrating on my own stuff, for right now and just banging out tracks and producing a lot of stuff. You know, the more I keep producing the better it seems like I get 'cause I just start knowing stuff." Eminem had reportedly spent the last month in Florida working with Dr. Dre on the album.
[54]The next month, Eminem announced that the title of his next album would be Relapse and that it would be released by the end of the year. He stated this on his Shade 45 radio station as they broadcasted live from a party that was celebrating the release of his book.
[55][56] However, Eminem later refuted his statement on the
TRL finale, instead saying that the album would be released in the first quarter of 2009.
[57]Other projects
D12
Main article:
D12Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem and rappers Proof and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in the group D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or "Dirty Dozen", performing in the manner of the multi-man group
Wu-Tang Clan.
[58] In 2001, Eminem brought his rap group,
D12, to the popular music scene, and the group's debut album
Devil's Night came out that year.
[59] The first single released off of the album was "
Shit on You", followed by "
Purple Pills", an ode to recreational drug use. For radio and television, the censored version "Pills" was heavily rewritten to remove many of the song's references to drugs and sex and was renamed "Purple Hills". While that single was a hit, the album's second single, "
Fight Music", was not as successful.
[60]After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio, later regrouping to release their second album,
D12 World, in 2004, which featured the popular hit single release "My Band".
[59] In April 2006 D12 member Deshaun "
Proof" Holton was killed in a club brawl involving U.S. military veteran Keith Bender Jr, who was killed by Proof. The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument over a game of pool. Proof was then allegedly shot by the bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was then taken by private vehicle to St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, an outpatient emergency treatment site, and was pronounced dead on arrival shortly thereafter. Eminem and fellow Detroit
Shady Records artist
Obie Trice spoke at the funeral.
[61]D12 member
Bizarre said that Eminem is not featured on his new album
Blue Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy doing his thing".
[62] In a December 2007 interview with the website DefSounds.com, Bizarre confirmed that the group is working on its third studio album, tentatively titled The Ambition, which he said was "halfway finished" at the time of the interview. Producers include Dr. Dre, Eminem, Luis Resto, and Hi-Tek.
[63]Featurings and productions
See also:
Eminem production discography and
Eminem discography#Guest appearancesAlthough he typically collaborates with various rappers under
Aftermath Entertainment and
Shady Records, such as
Dr. Dre,
50 Cent,
D12, Eminem has collaborated with many other artists, including,
Redman,
Kid Rock,
DMX,
Missy Elliott,
Jay-Z,
Method Man,
The Notorious B.I.G.,
Jadakiss,
Fat Joe,
Sticky Fingaz,
T.I. and others.
Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of
Busta Rhymes' "
Touch It" remix at the 2006 BET Music Awards on June 27, 2006. Eminem was featured on
Akon's single "
Smack That" which appeared on
Akon's album
Konvicted.
Eminem is also an active rap
producer. Besides being the executive producer of D12's two albums,
Devil's Night and
D12 World, he has executive produced Obie Trice's
Cheers and
Second Round's on Me as well as 50 Cent's
Get Rich or Die Tryin' and
The Massacre.
[64] In addition, Eminem has produced and appeared on several songs by other famous rappers, such as
Jadakiss' "Welcome To D-Block",
Jay-Z's "Renagade" and "Moment of Clarity"
Lloyd Banks' "Warrior Part 2", and "Hands Up",
Tony Yayo's "Drama Setter", Trick Trick's "Welcome 2 Detroit", and Xzibit's "My Name" and "Don't Approach Me".
[65] Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Eminem himself, with co-production from longtime collaborator
Jeff Bass.
[66] He split the production with Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Eminem was the Executive Producer of
2Pac's posthumous album
Loyal to the Game with 2Pac's mother
Afeni Shakur.
[67] He produced the UK #1 single "
Ghetto Gospel" which featured
Elton John.
[68] He has produced "The Cross" off
Nas's album
God's Son.
[69] On August 15, 2006,
Obie Trice released
Second Round's on Me. Eminem produced 8 tracks on the album. He was featured in the song "There They Go".
[70] Eminem has produced some tracks on the new
Trick Trick album, The Villain; he's featured in "Who Want It".
[71]Shady Records
Main article:
Shady RecordsAs Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales, Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his manager
Paul Rosenberg created
Shady Records in late 2000. He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective
D12 and rapper
Obie Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed on
Atlanta rapper
Stat Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster.
DJ Green Lantern, the former
DJ for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to depart from the label; he is no longer associated with Eminem.
The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005, Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to his label along with West Coast rapper
Cashis.
[11]On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation album entitled
Eminem Presents: the Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape but Eminem found that the material was better than expected and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.Also ranked Eminem at #9 on their list of "The Greatest MCs of All Time" that year.
Personal life
Family
Marshall Mathers has often been subject of much scrutiny as a rapper as well in his personal life.
[25] Kimberly Anne Scott is the doubly divorced ex-wife of Mathers. The couple met in high school, beginning their on-and-off relationship in 1989 and getting married by 1999; however they then divorced in 2001.
[78] In 2000, Scott attempted suicide and sued the rapper for defamation after he depicted her violent death in his song "
Kim".
[78][79] They remarried in 2006 but divorced again less than three months later, agreeing to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Scott.
[78][79][80] Hailie Scott has often been referenced or featured on various songs of Eminem, such as "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", "Hailie's Song", "
My Dad's Gone Crazy", "
Mockingbird" and "
When I'm Gone". She was born on December 25, 1995.
[78] As well, Alaina is Marshall Mathers's adopted daughter from Kim Scott's sister.
[78]Legal troubles
In 1999 Mathers' mother sued him for an around
US$ 10 million over alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP; she won about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.
[81]Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car audio store in
Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground.
[82] The following day, in Warren, Michigan, he allegedly saw his then wife, Kim, kiss bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Café and assaulted him.
[78][79][82] He was given two years probation for both the episodes.
[83]In the summer of 2001, Mathers' legal troubles continued, as he was given
probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of
Psychopathic Records, giving him a fine around $2,000 as well as several hours of
community service.
[84]Drug dependence
His group-mate
Proof from
D12 stated that Mathers "sobered up" in 2002 from drug and alcohol dependence.
[85] However, he did turn to
Zolpidem sleeping pills for relief of sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel in August 2005 the European leg of the
Anger Management Tour and eventually go into rehab for treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".
[50][86]Discography
Main article:
Eminem discographyInfinite (1996)
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
The Eminem Show (2002)
Encore (2004)
Relapse (2009)
Filmography
Da Hip Hop Witch (2000), himself
The Wash (2001), Chris
8 Mile (2002), Jimmy "B. Rabbit" Smith, Jr.
Have Gun – Will Travel (2010), Paladin
