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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1]  known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor from Detroit, Michigan. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12, and with Royce da 5'9" is one half of the hip-hop duo Evil. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the United States. Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the in popular music. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the popular_music. Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. He has sold more than 172 million albums, making him one of themusic artists. As of June 2014, Eminem is the second-bestselling male artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, the sixth-bestselling artist in the United States and the bestselling hip-hop artist, with sales of 45.1 million albums and 42 million tracks (including 31 million digital single certifications).

After his debut album Infinite (1996), Eminem achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with his Shady LP, which earned him his first Album. His next two releases, 2000's LP and 2002's The Eminem Show, were worldwide successes, with each being Diamond certifications in US 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, releasing album) 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). Eminem's eighth album, 2013's 2, won two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album; it expanded his record for the most wins in that category and his by_Eminem to 15.

Eminem has developed other ventures, including Shady Records with manager manager). He has his own channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM Radio. In November 2002, Eminem starred in the hip hop film (film). He won the Best Original Song for "Original Song for "Lose Yourself", the first rap artist to win the award.Albums_2-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-British Hit Singles_.26_Albums-2]  Eminem has made cameo appearances in the films film)(2001), Funny People (2009), film) (2014) and the television series Entourage (2010).

1972-1992:  Early Life
Mathers was born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is the only child of Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. (born June 30, 1951, and known as Bruce) and Deborah Rae Nelson (born January 6, 1955, and known as Debbie).ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-3] [4] 5-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-MySonMarshall-5]  Eminem is of English, German, Scottish and Swiss descent.[6]  Debbie was 14 when she met 18-year-old Bruce;5-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-MySonMarshall-5]  at age 17, she nearly died during her 73-hour labor.7-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]  Eminem's parents were in a band called Daddy Warbucks, playing in Ramada Inns along the Dakotas-Montana border before their separation. Bruce left the family, moving to California8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  and having two other children: Michael and Sarah (born c. 1982).[9]  Debbie later had a son, Nathan Kane Samara, born February 3, 1986 also known as Nate.5-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-MySonMarshall-5]  During his childhood Eminem and Debbie shuttled between Missouri and Michigan, rarely staying in one house for more than a year or two and living primarily with family members. In Missouri they lived in several places, including Saint Joseph, Savannah and Kansas City,ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-10]  before settling inWarren, Michigan when Eminem was eleven.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[11]  As a teenager, Eminem wrote letters to his father; according to Debbie, all came back marked "Return to sender."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">8-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  Friends and family remember Eminem as a happy child, but "a bit of a loner" who was often bullied. One bully, De'Angelo Bailey, severely injured Eminem in the head; Debbie Nelson filed a lawsuit against the school in 1982, which was dismissed the following year.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00 7-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">7-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem spent much of his youth in a lower-middle-class, primarily African-American Detroit neighborhood.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS99_8-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[8]  He and Debbie were one of three white households on their block, and Eminem was beaten by African-American youths several times.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">8-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  As a child he was interested in storytelling, aspiring to be a comic-book artist before discovering hip hop.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Noshame.3F 12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-Noshame.3F 12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Noshame.3F-12] Eminem heard his first rap song ("Reckless", featuring Ice-T) on the Breakin' soundtrack, a gift from Debbie's half-brother Ronnie Polkinghorn, who later became a music mentor to him. When Polkinghorn committed suicide in 1991, Eminem stopped speaking for days and did not attend his funeral.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-RS99-8] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem's home life was seldom stable; he frequently fought with his mother, whom a social worker described as having a "very suspicious, almost paranoid personality". When her son became famous, Debbie bristled at suggestions that she was a less-than-ideal mother contending that she sheltered him and was responsible for his success. In 1987, Debbie allowed runaway Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott to stay at their home; several years later, Eminem began an on-and-off relationship with Scott.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SL00_7-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[7]  After spending three years in ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Britannica 14-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-Britannica-14]  he dropped out of (Warren, Michigan) at age 17. Although he was interested in English, he never explored literature (preferring comic books) and disliked math and social studies.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS10 15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS10-15]  Eminem worked at several jobs to help his mother pay the bills, later maintaining that she often threw him out of the house anyway. When she left to play bingo, he would blast the stereo and write songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">8-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">At age 14, he began rapping with high-school friend Mike Ruby; they adopted the names "Manix" and "M&M," the latter of which evolved into "Eminem".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusicbio_1-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[1] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00 7-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">7-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]  Eminem snuck into neighboring Osborn High School with friend and fellow rapper Proof for lunchroom freestyle rap battles.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-16]  On Saturdays they attended open-mic contests at the Hip-Hop Shop on West 7 Mile, considered ground-zero for the Detroit rap scene.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[8]  Struggling to succeed in a predominantly African-American industry, Eminem was appreciated byunderground hip hop audiences.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-allmusicbio 1-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-allmusicbio 1-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-allmusicbio-1] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Fox News 17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Fox News-17] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Fox_News_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-60 mins Eminem 18-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem-18]  When he wrote verses, he wanted most of the words to rhyme; he wrote long words or phrases on paper and, underneath, worked on rhymes for each syllable.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS10_15-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-RS10_15-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS10-15]  Although the words often made little sense, the drill helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS10 15-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">15-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS10-15]

1992-1999:  Early Career, Infinite, and The Slim Shady LP
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">As Eminem's reputation grew, he was recruited by several rap groups; the first was the New Jacks. After they disbanded he joined Soul Intent, who released a single on their 1995 self-titled EP featuring Proof.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-allmusicbio 1-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-allmusicbio 1-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-allmusicbio-1]  Eminem and Proof then teamed up with four other rappers to form The Dirty Dozen (D12), who released their first album Devil's Night in 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-RS99 8-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  Eminem had his first run-in with the law at age 20, when he was arrested for his involvement in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun. The case was dismissed when the victim did not appear in court.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00_7-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">8-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  Eminem had his first run-in with the law at age 20, when he was arrested for his involvement in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun. The case was dismissed when the victim did not appear in court.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SL00_7-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem was soon signed to Jeff and Mark Bass's FBT Productions, and recorded his debut album Infinite for their independent Web Entertainment label.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-19]  One lyrical subject of Infinite was his struggle to raise his newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, on little money. During this period Eminem's rhyming style, primarily inspired by rappersNas, Esham and AZ, lacked the comically violent slant for which he later became known.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[20]  Detroit disc jockeys largely ignored Infinite, and the feedback Eminem did receive ("Why don't you go into rock and roll?") led him to craft angrier, moodier tracks.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-RS99 8-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  At this time Eminem and Kim Scott lived in a crime-ridden neighborhood, and their house was robbed several times.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-RS99 8-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]  Eminem cooked and washed dishes for the United States at Gilbert's Lodge, a family-style restaurant at United States at Gilbert's Lodge, a family-style restaurant at St. Clair Shores, Michigan.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">States at Gilbert's Lodge, a family-style restaurant at St. Clair Shores, Michigan.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  His former boss described him as becoming a model employee, as he worked 60 hours a week for six months after Hailie's birth.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00 7-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">7-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]  He was fired shortly before Christmas, and later said, "It was, like, five days before Christmas, which is Hailie's birthday. I had, like, forty dollars to get her something."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[8]  After the release of Infinite, his personal problems and substance abuse culminated in a suicide attempt.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-allmusicbio 1-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">1-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-allmusicbio-1]  By March 1997 he was fired from Gilbert's Lodge for the last time, and lived in his mother's mobile home with Kim and Hailie.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00 7-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">7-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;"> Eminem attracted more attention when he developed   Slim Shady, a sadistic, violent   alter ego. The character, "a drug-dealing, bloodthirsty thug who spits furious rhymes about murder, rape, drugs and living by the law of the urban jungle", <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;white-space:nowrap;">[attribution needed]   allowed him to express his anger. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-SL00 7-7" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">7-7" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-SL00-7]   In the spring of 1997 he recorded his debut EP, the   Slim Shady EP, which was released that winter by   Web Entertainment . <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-12" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">ref-RS99 8-12" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-RS99-8]   The EP, with frequent references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability and violence, also explored the more-serious themes of dealing with poverty and marital and family difficulties and revealed his direct, self-deprecating response to criticism. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-allmusicbio 1-5" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">ref-allmusicbio_1-5" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-allmusicbio-1] Hip-hop magazine   The Source   featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in March 1998. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Bozza 81 22-0" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">81-22]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">After he was evicted from his home, Eminem went to Los Angeles to compete in the 1997 Rap Olympics, an annual, nationwide battle rapcompetition. He placed second, and Interscope Records staff in attendance sent a copy of the Slim Shady EP to company CEO Jimmy Iovine. Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr. Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment and founding member of hip-hop groupN.W.A. Dre recalled, "In my entire career in the music industry, I have never found anything from a demo tape or a CD. When Jimmy played this, I said, 'Find him. Now. ' " Although his associates criticized him for hiring a white rapper, he was confident in his decision: "I don't give a fuck if you're purple; if you can kick it, I'm working with you."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS99 8-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-RS99-8]  Eminem had idolized Dre since listening to N.W.A as a teenager, and was nervous about working with him on an album: "I didn't want to be starstruck or kiss his ass too much ... I'm just a little white boy from Detroit. I had never seen stars, let alone Dr. Dre."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Bozza24 23-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[23]  He became more comfortable working with Dre after a series of productive recording sessions.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Stubbs58 24-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">24-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Stubbs58-24]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem released LP in February 1999. Although it was one of the year's most popular albums (certified triple platinumby the end of the year),<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-rotn 25-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">25-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-rotn-25]  he was accused of imitating the style and subject matter of underground rapper Cage.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-27]  The album's popularity was accompanied by controversy over its lyrics; in "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" Eminem describes a trip with his infant daughter when he disposes of his wife's body, and in "Guilty Conscience" which encourages a man to murder his wife and her lover. Guilty Conscience marked the beginning of a friendship and musical bond between Dr. Dre and Eminem. The label-mates later collaborated on a number of hit songs ("Dre" and "What's the Difference" from Dr. Dre's album album), "Bitch Please II" from Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show, "Encore/Curtains Down" from album), and "Old Time's Sake" and "Bottle" from Relapse), and Dre made at least one guest appearance on each of Eminem's Aftermath albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-28]  The Slim Shady LP has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

2000-2002:  The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It sold 1,760,000 copies in its first week, breaking US records held by Snoop Dogg'sDoggystyle for fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears' Time (album) for fastest-selling solo album.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-MMLP 29-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-MMLP_29-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-MMLP-29] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-criminal 30-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">30-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-criminal-30]  The first single from the album, "Shady", was a success despite controversies about Eminem's insults and dubious claims about celebrities (for example, that Christina Aguilera had performed oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[31]  In his second single, "song)", he reveals the pressure from his record company to top "My Name Is". Although Eminem parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the music video for "My Name Is", they are reportedly on good terms; Manson is mentioned in "The Way I Am", appeared in its music video and has performed a live remix of the song with Eminem.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-32]  In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "song)") Eminem tries to deal with his new fame, assuming the persona of a deranged fan who kills himself and his pregnant girlfriend (mirroring "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" from The Slim Shady LP).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Fox News 17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Fox News-17]  Q magazine called "Stan" the third-greatest rap song of all time,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-33" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-33" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-33]  and it was ranked tenth in a Top40-Charts.com survey.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-34" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[34]  The song has since been ranked 296th on Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[35]  In July 2000, Eminem was the first white artist to appear on the cover of The Source magazine.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Bozza 81 22-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">81-22]  The Marshall Mathers LPhas been certified 11× platinum by the RIAA.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem performed with Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2001,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-36" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-36" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-36]  with the Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD, an organization which considered Eminem's lyrics Against Defamation (GLAAD, an organization which considered Eminem's lyrics Homophobia) condemning John's decision to perform with Eminem.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-37" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[37]  Entertainment Weekly placed the appearance on its end-of-decade "best-of" list: "It was the hug heard 'round the world. Eminem, under fire for homophobic lyrics, shared the stage with a gay icon for a performance of "Stan" that would have been memorable in any context."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-38]  On February 21, the day of the awards ceremony, GLAAD held a protest outside the Staples Center (the ceremony's venue).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-39" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[39]  In 2001 Eminem appeared in the Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Ice Cube<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-up in smoke 40-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">smoke-40]  and the Family Values Tour with Limp Bizkit,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-41]  headlining the Anger Management Tour with Papa Roach, Ludacris and Xzibit.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Eminem Show was released in May 2002. It was another success, reaching number one on the charts and selling over 1.332 million copies during its first full week.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rotn_25-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[25]  The album's single, "song)", denigrates boy bands, Limp Bizkit, Dick and Lynne Cheney, Moby and others. The Eminem Show (certified 10× platinum by the of America) examines the effects of the rapper's rise to fame, his relationship with his wife and daughter and his status in the hip-hop community, addressing an assault charge brought by a bouncer he saw kissing his wife in 2000. Although several tracks are clearly angry, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found The Eminem Showless inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-eminem show 42-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-eminem_show-42]  III, who had criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for misogynistic lyrics, noted The Eminem Show ' s extensive use of obscenity and called the rapper "Eminef" for the prevalence of the word "motherfucker" on the album.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-tasteless 43-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-tasteless-43]  The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-44" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[44]

2003-2007:  Encore and Musical Hiatus
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On December 8, 2003, the Service said that it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-45" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[45]  The cause for concern was the lyrics of "We As Americans" ("Fuck money / I don't rap for dead presidents / I'd rather see the president dead / It's never been said, but I set precedents"), which was later released on a bonus CD with the deluxe edition of Encore.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-encore amg 46-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">amg-46]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Encore, released in 2004, was another success. Its sales were partially driven by the first single, "Just Lose It", which contained slurs aboutMichael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson phoned the Los Angeles-based Steve Harveyradio show to report his displeasure with its video (which parodies Jackson's abuse trial, plastic surgery and the 1984 incident when Jackson's hair caught fire during the filming of a commercial). In the song Eminem says, "That's not a stab at Michael / That's just a metaphor / I'm just psycho". Many of Jackson's friends and supporters spoke out against the video, including Stevie Wonder (who described it as "kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit")<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-MJ 47-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">47-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-MJ-47]  and Steve Harvey (who said, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back").<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-MJ 47-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[47]  The video also parodied Pee-wee Herman, MC Hammer and Madonna during her Tour period.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-48" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[48]  "Weird Al" Yankovic, who parodied the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" on "Couch Potato" for his 2003 album Poodle Hat, told the Chicago Sun-Times about Jackson's protest: "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the video for my 'Lose Yourself' parody because he somehow thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. So the irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-losing it 49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-losing it-49]  Although Black Entertainment Television stopped playing the video, MTV announced that it would continue to air it. The Source, through CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, called for the video to be pulled, the song removed from the album and Eminem to apologize publicly to Jackson.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-50" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[50]  In 2007 Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music from Viacom, giving him the rights to songs by Eminem, Shakira, Beck and others.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-2007 music deal 51-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">deal-51]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Despite its lead single's humorous theme, Encore explored serious subject matter with the anti-war song "Mosh". The song criticized President George W. Bush as "This mass destruction that we call our president", with lyrics including "Fuck Bush".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-52" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-52" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-52]  On October 25, 2004, a week before the election, 2004, Eminem released the video for "Mosh" on the Internet.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-53" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-53" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-53]  In it, Eminem gathers an army (including rapper Lloyd Banks) of W. Bush victims and leads them to the White House. When they break in, it is learned that they are there to register to vote; the video ends with "VOTE Tuesday November 2". After Bush's reelection, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the protesters invading the White House during a speech by the president.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-54" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[54]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 2005, industry insiders speculated that Eminem was considering ending his rapping career after six years and several multi-platinum albums. Rumors began early in the year about a double album to be released late that year, entitled The Funeral;<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-55" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[55]  the album, entitled Hits, was released in December. In July the Detroit Free Press reported a possible final bow for Eminem as a solo performer, quoting members of his inner circle as saying that he would embrace the roles of producer and label executive. The day of Curtain Call: The Hits ' s release, Eminem appeared on WKQI's "Mojo in the Morning" show. Denying that he was retiring, he suggested he would take a break as an artist: "I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going ... This is the reason that we called it 'Curtain Call', because this could be the final thing. We don't know."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-56" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-56]  The following year, Eminem released Re-Up on Shady Records.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 2005 the rapper was ranked 58th in Bernard Goldberg's book, America.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-57" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[57]  Goldberg cited a 2001 column by Bob Herbert of Times, in which Herbert wrote "In Eminem's world, all women are whores and he is eager to rape and murder them",<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-58" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[58]  and the song "No One's Iller" from the EP as examples of the rapper's misogyny.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-59" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[59]  That summer Eminem began his first US concert tour in three years, with the Tour featuring 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice and The Alchemist. In August he canceled the European leg of the tour, later announcing that he had entered drug rehabilitation for treatment of a "dependency on sleep medication".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-abc 60-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-abc 60-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-abc-60]  Curtain Call: The Hits was released December 6, 2005 by Aftermath Entertainment.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-61" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-61" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-61]  During its first week it sold nearly 441,000 copies in the US, and was Eminem's fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard Hot 200.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-62" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[62]  The album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RIAA-CC 63-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">63-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite_note-RIAA-CC-63]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In September 2007 Eminem called New York radio station WQHT during an interview with 50 Cent, saying that he was "in limbo" and "debating" about when (or if) he would release another album: "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."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-dreproduce 64-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-dreproduce-64]

2008-2009:  Relapse and Refill
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem appeared on his Shade 45 Sirius channel in September 2008, saying: "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."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[65]  Interscope confirmed that a new album<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-66" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[66]  would be released in spring 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-67" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-67" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-67]  In December 2008 the rapper provided a few more details about the album, entitled Relapse: "Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man. Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on 'Relapse'. We are up to our old mischievous ways ... let's just leave it at that."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-68" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[68]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">According to a March 5, 2009 press release, Eminem would release two new albums that year. Relapse, the first, was released on May 19; its first single and music video, "We Made You", had been released on April 7.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-69" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-69" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-69]  Although Relapse did not sell as well as the rapper's previous albums, it was a commercial success which received positive reviews and re-established his presence in the hip-hop world.Relapse was named one of the top albums of 2009, and has sold more than five million copies worldwide. During the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Cohen descended on the audience in an angel costume. He landed buttocks-first on Eminem, who stormed out of the ceremony; three days later, the rapper said that the stunt had been staged.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-70" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[70]  On October 30 he headlined at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, his first full performance of the year.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-71" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[71]  Eminem's act included several songs from Relapse, many of his older hits and an appearance by D12. On November 19, he announced on his website that Relapse: Refill would be released on December 21. The album was a re-release of Relapse with seven bonus tracks, including "song)" and "Taking My Ball". Eminem described the CD: <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned ... Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2next year ... I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[72]

2010-2011:  Recovery and Bad Meets Evil reunion
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On April 14, 2010, Eminem tweeted: "There is no Relapse 2". Although his followers thought he was not releasing an album, he had changed its title to Recovery and confirmed this by tweeting "RECOVERY" with a link to his website. According to the rapper: <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-recovery_73-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[73] <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">His seventh album was released on June 18.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-recovery_73-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[73]  In the US Recovery sold 741,000 copies during its first week, topping the Billboard 200chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-74" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[74] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-75" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-75" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-75]  Eminem's sixth consecutive US number-one album also topped the charts in several other countries. Recovery remained atop the Billboard 200 chart for five consecutive weeks of a seven-week total.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-RS-Rec5 76-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[76] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-77" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-77" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-77]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Billboard reported that it was the bestselling album of 2010, making Eminem the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history with two year-end bestselling albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[78]  Recovery is the bestselling digital album in history.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-79" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[79]  Its first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29 and debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100; its music video was released on June 4.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-80" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-80" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-80] "Not Afraid" was followed by "You Lie", which debuted at number two before rising to the top.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-81" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-81" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-81]  Although "Love the Way You Lie" was the bestselling 2010 single in the United Kingdom, it did not reach number one (the first time this has happened in the UK since 1969).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-82" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[82]  Despite criticism of its inconsistency, Recovery received positive reviews from most critics. As of November 21, 2010, the album had US sales of three million copies.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-83" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-83" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-83]  Recovery was the bestselling album worldwide in 2010, joining 2002's bestseller The Eminem Show to give the rapper two worldwide year-end number-one albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-84" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[84] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-85" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[85]  With Recovery, Eminem broke the record for the most successive US number-one albums by a solo artist.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-86" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-86" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-86]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">He appeared at the 2010 BET Awards,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Jacobs 87-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-Jacobs 87-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Jacobs-87]  performing "Not Afraid" and "Airplanes, Part II" with B.o.B, and performed at the Activison E3 concert. In June Eminem and Jay-Z announced they would perform together in Detroit and New York, at concerts called Tour. The first two concerts quickly sold out, prompting an additional show in each city.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-88" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[88]  BET called Eminem the number-one rapper of the 21st century.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-89" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[89]  He opened the Video Music Awards on September 12, performing "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" with Music Awards on September 12, performing "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" with Rihanna singing the choruses.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-90" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[90]  Due to the success of Recovery and the Home & Home Tour, Eminem was named the 2010 Hottest MC List by MTV<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-91" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-91" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-91 by MTV<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  and Emcee of the Year by the online magazine HipHopDX.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-92" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[92]  He and Rihanna again collaborated on "(Part II)", the sequel of their hit single. Unlike the original, Rihanna is the lead vocalist and it is sung from the female perspective.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-93" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-93" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-93]  In December 2010, the "Great Eminem Recovery" was number one on Billboard ' s Top 25 Music Moments of 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-94" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[94]  He appeared at the Awards on February 13, performing "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" with Rihanna andAdam Levine and "Doctor" with Dr. Dre and Skylar Grey.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-95" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[95]  That month it was announced that "Space Bound" would be the fourth single from Recovery, with a music video featuring former porn star Sasha Grey;<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-96" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-96" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-96] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-97" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[97]  the video was released June 24 on the iTunes Store.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-98" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[98]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 2010, Eminem again began collaborating with Royce da 5'9" on their first EP as Evil; the duo formed in 1999. The EP, Hell: The Sequel, was released on June 14, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-99" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-99" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-99]  Eminem was featured on Royce da 5'9 " 's "da 5%279%22 song)", released on April 8, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-100" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">5%279%22 song)", released on April 8, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  On May 3 they released the lead single "song)", released on April 8, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  On May 3 they released the lead single "Fast Lane (Bad Meets Evil song)" from their upcoming EP, and a music video was filmed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-101" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Evil song)" from their upcoming EP, and a music video was filmed.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-101" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  In March 2011, within days of each other, The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA; Eminem is the only rapper with two diamond-certified albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-102" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-101" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-101]  In March 2011, within days of each other, The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA; Eminem is the only rapper with two diamond-certified albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-102" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  With more than 60 million "likes" he was the most-followed person on Facebook, outscoring Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Michael Jackson.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-103" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-103" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-103]  Eminem was the first artist in five years with two number-one albums (Recovery and Hell: The Sequel) in a 12-month period.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-104" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[104]  Early in 2011 he leaked "2.0 Boys", on which Yelawolf and group) collaborated when they signed with Shady Records in January, and performed it in April.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-105" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[105]  Bad Meets Evil released their next single, "Lighters", on July 6 and its music video in late August.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-106" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-106" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-106] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-107" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[107]  On August 6, Eminem performed several songs from throughout his career atLollapalooza with the artists who had been featured on each song.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-108" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[108]

2012-2013:  The Marshal Mathers LP 2
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem announced on May 24, 2012 that he was working on his next album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-109" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[109]  scheduled for release the following year.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-www.hiphopdx.com 110-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">110-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-www.hiphopdx.com-110]  Without a title or release date, it was included on a number of "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists (including MTV); Complex Magazine ranked it sixth, and XXL listed it fifth.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-111" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[111]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">He talked about the album on June 30, 2012, with DJ Whoo Kid on Shade 45; the material was taking shape, and Dr. Dre would be involved.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Shade45 112-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-Shade45 112-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Shade45-112]  On August 30, Slaughterhouse member Royce da 5'9" said about it: "I'm not so sure how the world is going to respond from some of the things that I've heard from him."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  Friend and fellow rapper 50 Cent was confirmed as appearing on the album.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-50CentSingle 113-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">113-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-50CentSingle-113]  Eminem appeared on Pink's "Here Comes The Weekend", from album).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On February 11, 2013, Shady Records president and Eminem manager manager) announced that the rapper's eighth album would be released after Memorial Day. "We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in 2013. He's been working on it for some time," said Rosenberg. "It's safe to say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we're not exactly sure when. We've got some dates locked in for him to perform live in Europe in August, so we're trying to see what else lines up." The album remained untitled.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-114" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[114]  On March 22, Dr. Dre said that he worked with Eminem on the album and it was nearly finished;<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-115" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-115" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-115]  No I.D. was confirmed as producer.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-NoIDCollabo 116-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">116-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-NoIDCollabo-116]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On August 14 "Survival", featuring Liz Rodrigues and produced by DJ Khalil, premièred in the multi-player trailer for the video game Duty: Ghosts. According to a press release, the first single from Eminem's eighth album would be released soon.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-117" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-117" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-117] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-118" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[118]  During the Video Music Awards, it was announced that the album would be entitled The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (following The Marshall Mathers LP) and was scheduled for release on November 5.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-HUFF POST_119-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">POST_119-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-HUFF POST-119, it was announced that the album would be entitled The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (following The Marshall Mathers LP) and was scheduled for release on November 5.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-HUFF_POST_119-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;"> Its lead single, " Berzerk ", was released on August 25 and debuted at number three on the   Billboard Hot 100   chart. Three more singles followed: " song) " (appearing on the   Ghosts   trailer), <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-120" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;">[120]   " Rap God " and " The Monster " (with Rihanna).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The album was released on November 5 by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records and Interscope Records. Its standard version had 16 tracks, and the deluxe version included a second disc with five additional tracks. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was Eminem's seventh album to debut atop the Billboard 200, and had the year's second-largest first-week sales.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-121" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[121] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-122" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[122]  The rapper was the first artist sinceThe Beatles to have four singles in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-123" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-123" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-123] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-124" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[124] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-125" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[125]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In the United Kingdom The Marshall Mathers LP 2 debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The first American artist with seven consecutive UK number-one albums, he is tied with The Beatles for second place for the most consecutive chart-topping UK albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-126" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-126" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-126] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-127" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[127] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-128" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[128]  The album secured Eminem's position as Canada's best-selling artist, and was 2013's best-selling album.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-129" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-129" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-129]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On November 3 Eminem was named the first YouTube Music Awards Artist of the Year,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-130" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-130" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-130]  and a week later he received the Global Icon Award at the 2013 MTV EMA Music Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-131" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[131]  On June 10, it was announced that the rapper was the first artist to receive two digital diamond certifications – sales and streams of 10 million and above – by theRIAA (for "Not Afraid" and "You Lie").<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Billboard 132-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-Billboard_132-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Billboard-132]  On July 11 and 12, Eminem played two concerts in Wembley Stadium.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-133" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[133]  At the Awards, he received Best Rap Album award for The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and Collaboration (with Rihanna) for "The Monster".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-134" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-134" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-134] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-135" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[135]

2014-Present:  Shady XV and Southpaw
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In June 2014 Eminem and Rosenberg began using the hashtag #SHADYXV on social-networking sites, and the rapper wore a T-shirt with the hashtag onstage. According to an August 25 press release on Eminem's website, the hashtag was the name of an upcoming Shady Records compilation: Shady XV. That day, the first single from the album ("Guts Over Fear", featuring singer-songwriter Sia Furler)<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-136" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-136" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-136] was released and the album's track list was released on October 29.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-137" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[137]  Shady Records released a freestyles to promote the album, in which Eminem did a seven-minute freestyle. "Detroit Vs. Everybody" (the album's second single), with Eminem, Dej Loaf, Royce da 5'9",(rapper), Big Sean and Trick-Trick, was released on November 11.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-138" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[138]  Shady XV, released on November 24 during (shopping)week,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-139" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[139]  consists of one greatest-hits disc and one disc of new material by Shady Records artists such as D12, Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil and Yelawolf. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 138,000 copies in the United States.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-140" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[140]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Official Eminem Box Set, a career-spanning, 10-disc vinyl box set, was released on March 12, 2015. The set includes seven of Eminem's eight studio albums (excluding Infinite), the 8 Mile soundtrack, the compilation Re-Up, and the greatest hits collection Curtain Call: The Hits.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-141" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[141] Early in the year, it was announced that he would appear on Tech N9ne's "Speedom (Worldwide Choppers 2)".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-142" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[142]  The song, also featuring Krizz Kaliko, was released on April 20. Eminem also appeared on Yelawolf's "Best Friend", the single from (Yelawolf_album).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem is the executive producer of the soundtrack on the sports drama Southpaw, with Shady Records. The first single from the soundtrack called 'Phenomenal' was released on June 2, 2015.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-143" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[143]  Another single, "Die (song)" by Eminem featuring Gwen Stefani, was released on July 10, 2015 on YouTube via Eminem's Vevo account.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-144" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[144]  Eminem was the first interview of Zane Lowe in Beats 1. The interview streamed online on the Beats 1 radio on <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-145" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-145" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-145]  July 1, 2015. Eminem appeared on the public access show Only in Monroe, produced in Monroe, Michigan, and was interviewed by guest host Stephen Colbert for an episode that aired July 1, 2015. In the episode Eminem sang snippets of Bob Seger songs at Colbert's prompting and briefly discussed Southpaw.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-146" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[146]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In June 2015, it was revealed that he will serve as the executive producer and music supervisor on the TV series Motor City whose premise will be based upon the 2002 filmNarc.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-147" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[147]

Shady Records and D12
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">After Eminem's multi-platinum record sales, Interscope offered him his own label; the rapper and Paul Rosenberg founded Shady Records in late 1999. Eminem signed his Detroit collective, D12, and rapper Obie Trice to the label and signed 50 Cent in a 2002 joint venture with Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre added Atlantarapper Stat Quo to the Shady-Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, Eminem's former DJ, was with Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent-Jadakiss feud forced him to leave the label. The Alchemist is currently Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005 Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, and West Coast rapper Cashis to Shady Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Britannica 14-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">14-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite_note-Britannica-14]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On December 5, 2006, the compilation album Re-Up was released on Shady Records. The project began as a mixtape, but when Eminem found the material better than expected he released it as an album. The Re-Up was intended to introduce Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-148" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[148]  While he was recording Infinite, Eminem, Proof and Kon Artis assembled a group of fellow rappers now known as D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or "Dirty Dozen", who performed in a style similar to Wu-Tang Clan.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-149" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-149" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-149]  In 2001 D12's debut album, Devil's Night, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-d12 all music 150-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">150-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-d12 all_music-150]  The first single from the album was "all_music-150]  The first single from the album was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills" (an ode to use) and "Fight Music". "Purple Pills" was rewritten for radio and television, removing many of the song's references to drugs and sex, and renamed "Purple Hills".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio. They reunited in 2004 for their second album, D12 World, which included the hit singles "My Band" and "How Come". " American pshyco 2" featuring Cypress Hill member, B-Real, was another popular hit.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-d12 all music 150-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">all_music-150]  According to D12 member Bizarre, Eminem was not featured on his albumConey Island because "he's busy doing his thing".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-151" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-151" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-151]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In January 2014, Bass Brothers announced that D12 had returned to record at F.B.T. Studio and they were working on an album with Eminem on at least three songs. Bizarre reported that he was still part of the group and that the album was scheduled for a 2014 release.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-152" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[152]

Acting Career
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">After a small role in the 2001 film film), Eminem made his Hollywood debut in the quasi-autobiographical 2002 film 8 Mile. According to the rapper, it is a representation of growing up in Detroit rather than an account of his life. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself" (which won an Song in 2003 and became the longest-running #1 hip hop single in history).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-153" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-153" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-153]  Eminem was absent from the ceremony, and co-composer Luis Resto accepted the award.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-154" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-154" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-154]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The rapper has voiced the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof (as an aging, corrupt, Vernacular English police officer) and guested on the Comedy Central television show Crank Yankers and a Web cartoon, The Slim Shady Show (currently available on DVD).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-155" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[155]  He was signed to star in an unmade film version of Travel,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-156" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[156]  and was considered for the role of David Rice in the 2008 film Jumper.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-157" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-157" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-157]  Eminem had a cameo appearance, arguing with Ray Romano, in the 2009 film Funny People.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">He played himself in the Entourage season-seven finale "(Entourage)" with Christina Aguilera.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-158" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[158]  Although Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 science-fiction filmElysium, he turned it down because director Neill Blomkamp would not change its location from Los Angeles to Detroit.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[159]  The rapper had a cameo appearance as himself in the 2014 film, (2014 film); during an interview with the main character, Dave Skylark (James Franco), Eminem satirically comes out as homosexual.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-The Interview cameo 160-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">160-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-The_Interview_cameo-160]

Memoirs
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">Eminem's autobiography,  Am (book)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, was published October 21, 2008. Detailing his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame, heartbreak and depression, it includes stories of his rise to fame, commentary about past controversies and original lyric sheets from "Stan" and "The Real Slim Shady." <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-161] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> An autobiography of the rapper's mother ( My_Son_Eminem<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">) was published the following month, in which Debbie Nelson describes her childhood and adolescence, meeting Eminem's father and her son's rise to (and struggles with) fame.

Advertising and Charity
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem appeared in two commercials which were shown during Super Bowl XLV. In the first, a one-minute spot for Lipton's Brisk iced tea, the rapper is a claymation figure.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-162] In the second, a two-minute ad – the longest in Super Bowl history at the time – for the 200, Eminem drives through Detroit (with "Lose Yourself" as the soundtrack) to his show at the Michigan).<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-163" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[163] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[164]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">He established the Marshall Mathers Foundation to aid disadvantaged youth. The foundation works in conjunction with a charity founded by Norman Yatooma, a Detroit attorney.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[165]

Influences and Rapping Technique
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">Eminem has cited several MCs as influencing his  rapping<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> style, including  Esham<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[166] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">  Rap<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Edwards88 167-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[167] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">  Masta Ace<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Big Daddy Kane<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Edwards88 167-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-Edwards88 167-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Edwards88-167] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">  167-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Edwards88-167] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">  Newcleus<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Ice-T<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Mantronix<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Melle Mel<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">(on " Furious Five_song)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">"),  Five_song)<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">"),  LL Cool J<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Beastie Boys<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Run–D.M.C.<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Rakim<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> and  Productions<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Eminem 2008.2C p. 20 168-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">20-168] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> In  How to Rap<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">,  Guerilla Black<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> notes that Eminem studied other MCs to hone his rapping technique: "Eminem listened to everything and that's what made him one of the greats". <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-169] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> In the book, other MCs also praise aspects of his rapping technique; varied, humorous subject matter, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[170] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> connecting with his audience, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[171] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> carrying a concept over a series of albums, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-172] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> complex rhyme schemes, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[173] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> bending words so they  rhyme<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[174] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">  multisyllabic rhymes<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-Edwards88 167-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-Edwards88 167-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-Edwards88-167] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> many rhymes to a bar, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-175" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-175" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-175] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> complex rhythms, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[176] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> clear  enunciation<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">note-177] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> and the use of  melody<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[178] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> and  syncopation<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-179" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">note-179] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> Eminem is known to write most of his lyrics on paper (documented in  The Way I Am<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">), taking several days or a week to craft lyrics, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-180" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[180] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> being a " workaholic<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">" <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-181" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[181] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> and " stacking<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">" vocals. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-182]

Alter Egos
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">The rapper uses alter egos in his songs for different rapping styles and subject matter. Eminem's best-known alter ego, Slim Shady, first appeared on the  Slim Shady<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> EP. In this persona his songs are violent and dark, with a comic twist. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-183" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[183] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> Eminem downplayed Slim Shady on  Recovery<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> because he felt it did not fit the album's theme. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-184" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[184] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> Another character is Ken Kaniff, a homosexual who pokes fun at Eminem's songs. Ken was created and originally played by fellow Detroit rapper Aristotle on the  Slim Shady LP<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">, where Kaniff makes a prank call to Eminem. An argument after the album's release prompted Eminem to use the Kaniff character on  Marshall Mathers<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> and later albums (except  Encore<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">and  Recovery<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">). Aristotle, angry with Eminem's use of his character, created a mixtape in his Kaniff persona ridiculing the rapper. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

Collaborationsa nd Productions
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Although Eminem usually collaborates with Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records rappers such as Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, Obie Trice and Yelawolf, he has also worked with Redman, Kid Rock, DMX, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, Jay Z, Drake, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Xzibit, Method Man, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, T.I. and Young Jeezy. Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of Busta Rhymes' "Rhymes song)" remix at the June 27, 2006 BET Music Awards. He appeared on Akon's single "Smack That" from Konvicted, Lil Wayne's hit "Drop the World", and "song)" (the lead single from 50 Cent's Street King Immortal).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem was the executive producer of D12's first two albums (Devil's Night and D12 World), Obie Trice's Cheers and Me and 50 Cent's Die Tryin%27 (album) and Tryin%27 (album) and The Massacre.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-185" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[185]  He has produced songs for other rappers, such as Jadakiss' "Welcome To D-Block", Jay-Z's "song)" and "Moment of Clarity", Lloyd Banks' "Banks song)", "Warrior Part 2" and "Banks song)", song)", Tony Yayo's "Drama Setter", Trick-Trick's "(song)", and Xzibit's "My Name" and "Don't Approach Me".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-186" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[186]  Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Eminem and his longtime collaborator, Jeff Bass,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-187" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[187]  and the rapper co-produced Encore with Dr. Dre. In 2004 Eminem was co-executive producer of 2Pac's posthumous album the Game with Shakur's mother, Afeni.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-188" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[188]  He produced the UK number-one single "Ghetto Gospel", featuring Elton John,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-189" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-189" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-189] "The Cross" from the Nas album God's Son<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-190" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[190]  and eight tracks on Obie Trice's 2006 on Me (also appearing on "There They Go").<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-191" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Me (also appearing on "There They Go").<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-191" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]  The rapper produced several tracks on Trick-Trick's ref-191" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-191]  The rapper produced several tracks on Trick-Trick's The Villain (album) (appearing on "Who Want It"),<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-192" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-192]  and produced four tracks on Cashis' 2013 album 2.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem is considered unusual in structuring his songs around the lyrics, rather than writing to beats.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hitquarters.com_193-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[193]  One exception was "Stan", which came from an idea and scratch trackproduced by King.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-hitquarters.com 193-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[193]  After doing little production on Relapse and Recovery, Eminem produced a significant portion of The Marshall Mathers LP 2. He said about producing his own music, "Sometimes, I may get something in my head, like an idea or the mood of something that I would want, and I'm not always gonna get that by going through different tracks that other people have made. They don't know what's in my head. I think maybe it helps, a little bit, with diversity, the sound of it, but also, I would get something in my head and want to be able to lay down that idea from scratch."<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-194" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-194]

Comparisons With Other Artists
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">As a lyricist and a white performer prominent in a genre influenced by black artists, Eminem has been compared to Bob Dylan.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-195" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[195]  Rapper Asher Roth has been compared to Eminem, and Roth devoted a song on his album ("As I Em") to him.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-196" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-196" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-196]  The accomplished trumpet player Nicholas Payton has called Eminem "the Bix Beiderbecke of hip hop".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-197" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[197]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem and Christian hip hop artist KJ-52 have been compared to each other, with KJ-52 called his "Christian counterpart".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-198" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-198]  KJ-52's single, "Dear Slim", was controversial with Eminem fans when it appeared on Total Request Live. Although he said the song was not intended to be disrespectful,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-KJInterview 199-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-KJInterview 199-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-KJInterview-199]  KJ-52 received hate mail and the song was number 26 on VH1's Top 40 Worst Moments in Hip Hop list.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-VH1 Top 40 Worst Moments in Hip Hop_200-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Hop_200-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite_note-VH1_Top_40_Worst_Moments_in_Hip_Hop-200]

Family
<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">Eminem has been scrutinized, as a rapper and personally. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-criminal_30-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[30] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> The rapper was married twice to Kimberly Anne "Kim" Scott. He met Kim in high school; he was 15 and she was 13 when he stood on a table with his shirt off rapping  LL Cool J<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">'s " I'm Bad<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">". <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-201" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-201" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-201] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> Kim and her twin sister, Dawn, had run away from home; they moved in with Eminem and his mother when he was 15, and he began an on-and-off relationship with Kim in 1989. Their daughter, Hailie, was born on December 25, 1995; they married in 1999, divorcing in 2001. Although Eminem told  Rolling Stone<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> in 2002, "I would rather have a baby through my penis than get married again", he and Kim briefly remarried in January 2006. He filed for divorce in early April, <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-202" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[202] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> agreeing to joint custody of Hailie. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-203" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[203] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> He has also adopted Alaina, Dawn's daughter and Whitney, Kim's daughter from another relationship. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-204" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-204" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-204] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-205" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[205] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> In early 2010, Eminem denied tabloid reports that he and Kim had reconciled. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-206" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[206] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> He had legal custody of his younger half-brother, Nathan who is also a rapper and is known by his stage name "Nate Kane". <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-207" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-207" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-207] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-208" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[208] <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> In his 2014 song " Headlights<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">", Eminem apologized to, and reiterated his love for his mother. <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-209" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ref-209" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-209]

Legal Problems
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 1999 Eminem's mother sued him for about $10 million for slandering her on The Slim Shady LP, receiving about $1,600 in damages in 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-210" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[210]  Eminem was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation with Douglas Dail at a car-audio store in Michigan, when he pulled out an unloaded gun and pointed it at the ground. The next day, in Warren, Michigan, he was arrested for assaulting bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock Café when he saw Guerrera kiss his wife.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-AOZ 211-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">211-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-AOZ-211] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-personal life 212-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">212-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-personal life-212]  Eminem recreated the Guerrera assault in "The Kiss (Skit)" on The Eminem Show. The rapper, charged with possession of a concealed weapon and assault, pled guilty and received two years' probation; Guerrera's assault charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-213" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-213]  On July 7, 2000 Kim attempted suicide, slashing her wrists,<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-214" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[214]  and later sued Eminem for defamation after he described her violent death in "Kim".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-personal life 212-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">life_212-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-personal_life-212]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On October 26, 2000, the rapper was scheduled to perform at Toronto's Skydome when Ontario Attorney General Jim Flaherty said that Eminem should not be allowed to enter the country. "I personally don't want anyone coming to Canada who will come here and advocate violence against women," he said. Flaherty said he was "disgusted" when he read the lyrics of "Kill You", which includes the lines "Slut, you think I won't choke no whore / Till the vocal cords don't work in her throat no more?" Although public reaction to Flaherty's position was generally negative, with barring Eminem from the country considered a free-speech issue, of Canada Parliament (Ontario) Michael Bryant suggested that (Ontario) Michael Bryant suggested that Hate crimecharges be brought against the rapper for advocating violence against women in his lyrics.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-B 215-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">215-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-B-215]  Robert Everett-Green wrote in a Mail editorial, "Being offensive is Eminem's job description",<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-A 216-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[216]  and the rapper's Toronto concert went on as planned.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-D 217-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">217-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-D-217]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">Sanitation worker DeAngelo Bailey sued Eminem for $1 million in 2001, accusing him of invading his privacy by publicizing information placing him in a false light in "Brain Damage", a song which portrays him as a violent school bully. Although Bailey admitted picking on Eminem in school, he said he merely "bumped" him and gave him a "little shove". The lawsuit was dismissed on October 20, 2003; Judge Deborah Servitto, who rapped the verdict, ruled that it was clear to the public that the lyrics were exaggerated.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-218" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[218]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On June 28, 2001, Eminem was sentenced to one year's probation and community service and fined about $2,000 on weapons charges stemming from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-219" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[219]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On March 31, 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem and Dr. Dre, claiming that the beat for "Kill You" was from his instrumental "Pulsion".<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-220" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[220]  Loussier demanded that sales of The Marshall Mathers LP be halted, and any remaining copies destroyed. A trial date was set for June 2004, and the case was later settled.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-221" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-221" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-221]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">On December 8, 2003 the Service reported that it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem threatened President George W. Bush<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-222" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[222]  in "We As Americans" (an unreleased bootleg at the time), with the lyrics: "Fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said but I set precedents." The incident was included in the video for "Mosh", as a newspaper clipping on a wall with articles about unfortunate incidents in Bush's career. "We As Americans" eventually appeared on Encore ' s deluxe-edition bonus disc, with altered lyrics.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 2007 Eminem's music-publishing company (Eight Mile Style) and Martin Affiliated sued Apple Inc. and Aftermath Entertainment, claiming that Aftermath was not authorized to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 Eminem songs on Apple's iTunes.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-apple2 223-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">note-apple2-223] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-224" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[224]  The case against Apple was settled shortly after the trial began, in late September 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-225" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[225]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In July 2010, the the Ninth_Circuit ruled in Ninth_Circuit ruled in F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records that F.B.T. Productions and Eminem were owed a royalty of 50 percent of Aftermath's net revenue from licensing his recordings to companies such as Apple, Aftermath Records that F.B.T. Productions and Eminem were owed a royalty of 50 percent of Aftermath's net revenue from licensing his recordings to companies such as Apple, Sprint Corporation, Nextel Communications, Cingular and T-Mobile. In March 2011, the the United States declined to hear the case.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-scotus_appeal_226-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-scotus_appeal_226-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-scotus appeal-226 declined to hear the case.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-scotus_appeal_226-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">Eminem]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">In 2013, Eminem sampled Chicago-based rap group Hotstylz's 2008 viral hit, "Lookin' Boy", for his 2013 hit single, "Rap God".The group claims Eminem did not receive permission to use the sample, nor did he credit or compensate them.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-227" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[227]  In November 2013, Hotstylz released a diss track towards Eminem titled "Rap Fraud", where they sample several of his songs and criticize him for not crediting them.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-228" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-228" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-228] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-229" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[229]  In January 2015, TMZ reported Hotstylz were suing the rapper and his label, Shady Records, for the amount of $8 million, for using the 25 second sample of "Lookin' Boy" on his song "Rap God", without their permission.<sup class="reference" id="cite ref-230" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[230] <sup class="reference" id="cite ref-231" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">ref-231" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap;font-size:11.2px;font-weight:normal;">[[Wikipedia:Eminem#cite note-231]

Drug Problems
Eminem has spoken about his addiction to prescription drugs, including Vicodin, Ambien and Valium.[232] According to friend and fellow D12 member Proof, Eminem first "sobered up" in 2002.[233] During the production of 8 Mile, the rapper, working 16 hours a day, developed insomnia. An associate gave him an Ambien tablet which "knocked [him] out", encouraging him to obtain a prescription. This was Eminem's first experience of drug addiction, which would affect him for several years. Near the end of production on Encore, he would "just go into the studio and goof off [with] a pocketful of pills". Eminem began taking the drugs to "feel normal", taking a "ridiculous amount [...] I could consume anywhere from 40 to 60 Valium [in a day]. Vicodin, maybe 30". The drugs would put him to sleep for no more than two hours, after which he would take more. The rapper's weight increased to 230 pounds (100 kg), and he was regularly eating fast food: "The kids behind the counter knew me – it wouldn't even faze them. Or I'd sit up at Denny's or Big Boy and just eat by myself. It was sad". Eminem became less recognizable due to his weight gain, and once overheard two teenagers arguing about whether or not it was he: "Eminem ain't fat."[15]

His struggle with drugs climaxed with a December 2007 methadone overdose. Eminem had first bought methadone from a dealer who had told him it was "just like Vicodin, and easier on [your] liver". The rapper continued to buy more, until he collapsed in his bathroom one night and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors there told him he had ingested the equivalent of four bags of heroin and was "about two hours from dying". After missing Christmas with his children, Eminem checked himself out of the facility weak and not fully detoxed. When he tore his meniscus "after falling asleep for literally 10 minutes," he had surgery; after he came home he had a seizure and relapsed within three weeks. Eminem began to attend church meetings to get clean, but after he was asked for autographs he sought help from a rehabilitation counselor. He began an exercise program which emphasized running, and became sober on April 20, 2008. Elton John was a mentor during this period, calling Eminem once a week to check on him.[15]

Alleged Homophobia
Some of Eminem's lyrics have been considered homophobic, and an Australian politician attempted to ban him from the country.[234] Eminem denies the charge, saying that when he was growing up words such as "faggot" and "queer" were used generally in a derogatory manner and not specifically toward homosexuals. During a 60 Minutes interview, journalist Anderson Cooper explored the issue:[235]

Cooper: Some of the lyrics, like, you know, in the song "Criminal" you say "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge, That'll stab you in the head, whether you're a fag or lez, Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vest, Pants or dress—hate fags? The answer's 'yes'". Eminem: Yeah, this scene I came up in. That word was thrown around so much, you know, "faggot" was like thrown around constantly to each other, like in battling. Cooper: Do you not like gay people? Eminem: No, I don't have any problem with nobody. You know what I mean? I'm just like whatever. The rapper is a friend of Elton John.[236] When asked his opinion in a New York Times interview of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Michigan, Eminem replied: "I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want",[237] adding that his "overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be".[238]

Legacy
Eminem is considered one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. He was 83rd on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time[239][240] and 79th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All Time lists.[241] In 2010, MTV Portugal ranked Eminem the seventh-biggest icon in pop-music history.[242]

He is the bestselling artist from 2000 to 2010 on the US Nielsen SoundScan;[243] with estimated worldwide album sales of over 172 million, Eminem is one of the best-selling musical artists in the world.[244] The rapper has over five billion views of his music videos on his YouTube Vevo page.[245] In 2010 Eminem's music generated 94 million streams (more than any other musical artist),[246] and in May 2014 Spotify called him the most-streamed artist of all time. According to Billboard, two of Eminem's albums are among the top-five bestselling albums from 2000 to 2010. "Love the Way You Lie" (11× platinum) and "Not Afraid" (10× platinum) are certified diamond by the RIAA, making him the first artist with two digital diamond-certified songs in the US.[247] In the UK, Eminem has sold over 12.5 million records.[248] As of June 2014, Eminem is the second-bestselling male artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, the sixth-bestselling artist in the United States and the bestselling hip-hop artist, with sales of 45.1 million albums and 42 million tracks (including 31 million digital single certifications).[249][250][251][252] Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200: seven solo (five original albums and two compilations), two with D12 and one with Bad Meets Evil.[253] The Eminem Show, The Marshall Mathers LP, and Encore were ranked the third-, seventh- and fortieth-bestselling albums of the 2000–2009 decade, respectively, by the magazine.[254][255] The rapper has had 13 number-one singles worldwide. Eminem has been credited of rising the careers of rap proteges such as, 50 Cent, Yelawolf, Stat Quo, Royce da 5'9", Cashis, Obie Trice, Bobby Creekwater, and rap groups such as D12 and Slaughterhouse (hip hop group).

In August 2011 Eminem was called the King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone, which analyzed album sales, R&B, hip-hop and rap chart positions, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critical ratings of solo rappers who released music from 2009 to the first half of 2011.[256] His second major-label album, The Marshall Mathers LP, was the fastest-selling solo album in US history[29] and was ranked one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time by Rolling Stone, Time and XXL.[257] Rolling Stone ranked it the seventh-best album of the first decade of the 21st century.[258] The album's third single ("Stan") is one of Eminem's most critically acclaimed songs, with Pitchfork Media calling it "a cultural milestone".[259] In 2015, rapper Joe Budden made a song called "Slaughtermouse", a dedication to Eminem.

A number of hip-hop and pop artists have cited Eminem as an influence, including Crooked I, Tech N9ne, Logic (rapper) Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, T.I., B.o.B Jhené Aiko, 50 Cent,[260] Usher,[261] Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, Freddie Gibbs, Kendrick Lamar,[262] Ed Sheeran,[263][264] Lana Del Rey,[265] Big Sean,[266] J. Cole,[267] Skylar Grey,[268] Bubba Sparxxx,[269] Asher Roth,[270] Machine Gun Kelly,[271] Yelawolf,[272] Hopsin,[273] Tyler, The Creator,[274] Hollywood Undead,[275] Chris Webby,[276] Chance the Rapper[277] Stalley Royce da 5'9", Joe Budden, Tony Yayo, and The Game (rapper).[278] Rap pioneers David Banner,[279] Wiz Khalifa,[280] Talib Kweli,[281] Kool G. Rap,[282] Redman,[283] Kurupt, Dr. Dre, N.O.R.E., Rakim, Busta Rhymes and Jay Z have each called Eminem one of the greatest rappers of all time.[284]

The following is the discography of American rapper Eminem. His music has been released on record labels Web Entertainment and Interscope Records, along with subsidiaries Aftermath Entertainment, Goliath Artists and his own Shady Records. Eminem is the best-selling hip-hop artist of all-time[1] and the best-selling artist of the 2000s[2] with US album sales at over 32.2 million during the decade. [3] As of November 2010, Eminem has four songs that have sold over three million downloads in the United States.[4] Eminem has sold more than 42 million track downloads in the United States alone.[5] His worldwide albums and singles sales stand at more than 155 million.[6] He has earned forty-two platinum certifications, five number one singles and six number one albums from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[A] In this discography, music videos and collaborations are included as well.

In 1996, Eminem released his first studio album, Infinite, under Web Entertainment. The album sold about a thousand copies[7] and failed to rank on the national charts. After signing a contract with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, the rapper released his sophomore and commercial debut album The Slim Shady LP in 1999 and reached the number two spot on the Billboard 200, and received four platinum certifications in the United States from the RIAA. In the same year, the rapper, along with manager Paul Rosenberg, founded the imprint label Shady Records.[8][9] In the subsequent year, Eminem released his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP, which sold 1.76 million copies in its first week of distribution, breaking records for the fastest-selling hip hop album of all-time and the fastest-selling solo album in the United States.[10][11] With more than ten million copies sold,[12] the album was the third best-selling record of the year in the United States,[13] where it also earned nine platinum certifications. The lead single "The Real Slim Shady" became Eminem's first song to enter in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. "Stan" was the most successful single outside of the States, while it failed to reach the top fifty in the rapper's home country.

In 2002, Eminem's fourth album, The Eminem Show, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally, as it went on to sell over nineteen million copies worldwide.[14] In the United States, The Eminem Show was the highest-selling album of the year,[15] with sales of almost ten million copies.[16] The album received a diamond certification from the RIAA in 2011. The album also received a diamond certification in Canada, equivalent to the shipment of one million units. The album received eight platinum certifications from New Zealand's Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. In the same year, Eminem's "Lose Yourself", from the 8 Mile soundtrack, became the rapper's first number one song on the Hot 100 and remained on the top for twelve weeks.[17] The song also reached the top of various national charts worldwide. The 8 Mile soundtrack peaked at the number one position in the United States, where it sold more than four million[16] of the nine million copies distributed internationally.[18]

In 2004, Eminem's fifth studio album Encore became the rapper's third consecutive studio album to reach number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Sales, however, were significantly less than the two previous studio albums, with over five million sold copies in the United States[19] and eleven million worldwide.[20] Much success for Encore's singles came from the United Kingdom, where "Just Lose It" and "Like Toy Soldiers" went on to top the UK Singles Chart and two other songs, "Mockingbird" and "Ass Like That" reached position number four. Eminem released a greatest hits album Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005, which sold almost three million copies in the US[19] and received a double platinum certification from RIAA. The following year, Shady Records released Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, a compilation album performed by Eminem along various artists from the record label. The album received a platinum certification from the RIAA in 2007 and sold slightly over a million copies in the United States.[16]

In 2009, the song "Crack a Bottle", a collaboration with label-mates Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, became Eminem's second number one on the Hot 100 and broke the record for opening week download sales in the United States, with 418,000 copies sold in the first week.[21] After a hiatus of more than four years, Relapse, Eminem's sixth studio album, was released in 2009 and was the rapper's fourth consecutive studio album to once again top the Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and US as well as various worldwide charts, with domestic sales of over two million copies.[22]

In the subsequent year, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and reached the top spot on various charts internationally. Recovery's singles "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna, became the rapper's third and fourth number one songs on the Hot 100; the latter also reached the top of various national charts worldwide. In June 2014, RIAA certified his song "Not Afraid" Diamond thus making Eminem the first artist with two digital Diamond awards by RIAA.[23]

In January 2011, Eminem was identified as the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have two year-end number-one albums. Eminem was named the best selling artist in Canada in 2010 and 2013.[24][25]

On August 25, 2013, he released the single "Berzerk" which debut at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and announced his new album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 which was released on November 5, 2013, the following singles were "Survival" which was showcased during the Call of Duty: Ghosts reveal trailer,[26] "Rap God" and "The Monster" featuring Rihanna.

On May 21, 2014, Eminem was announced as the most streamed artist of all time on Spotify.[27]

Studio Albums

 * 1) Infinite
 * 2) Infinite
 * 3) W.E.G.O. INTERLUDE/FEATURING PROOF/FEATURING DJ HEAD
 * 4) It's OK FEATURING EYE-KYU
 * 5) Tonite
 * 6) 313 FEATURING EYE-KYU
 * 7) Maxine FEATURING MR. PORTER/FEATURING THREE
 * 8) Open Mic (FEATURING THYM
 * 9) Never 2 Far
 * 10) Searchin' FEATURING MR. PRTER/FEATURING ANGELA WORKMAN
 * 11) Backstabber
 * 12) Jealousy Whoes II
 * 13) The Slim Shady LP
 * 14) Normal
 * 15) Bublic Service Annoucement SKIT
 * 16) My Name Is
 * 17) Guilty Conscience FEATURING DR. DRE
 * 18) Brain Damage
 * 19) Paul SKIT
 * 20) If I Had
 * 21) 97 Bonnie & Clyde
 * 22) Bitch SKIT
 * 23) Role Model
 * 24) Lounge SKIT
 * 25) My FAult
 * 26) Ken Kaniff SKIT
 * 27) Cum on Everybody FEATURING DINA RAE
 * 28) Rock Bottom
 * 29) Just Don't Give a Fuck
 * 30) Soap SKIT
 * 31) AS the World Turns
 * 32) I'm Shady
 * 33) Bad Meets Evil FEATURING ROYCE DA 5'9"
 * 34) Still Don't Give a Fuck
 * 35) The Slim Shady LP:  The Special Edition Bonus Disc
 * 36) The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 37) The Eminem Show
 * 38) Encore
 * 39) Relapse
 * 40) Recovery
 * 41) The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Compilation Albums

 * 1) Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture 8 Mile
 * 2) Straight from the Lab
 * 3) The Singles
 * 4) Curtain Call:  The Hits
 * 5) Eminem Presents:  The Re-Up
 * 6) Shady XV
 * 7) The Vinyl LPs
 * 8) Southpaw (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

EP's

 * 1) Slim Shady EP
 * 2) Relapse:  Refill

Video Albums

 * 1) The Up in Smoke Tour
 * E
 * 1) All Across Europe
 * 2) Eminem Presents:  The Anger Management Tour
 * 3) Live from New York City 2005

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