MARSHALL BRUCE

MATHERS III
• MARSHALL BRUCE MATHERS III (OCTOBER 17, 1972, ST. JOSEPH,
MISSOURI, USA), BETTER KNOWN BY THE STAGE NAME EMINEM
AND ALTER EGO SLIM SHADY, IS AN AMERICAN RAPPER, MUSIC
PRODUCER, COMPOSER AND ACTOR. IN ADDITION TO HIS SOLO
CAREER, MARSHALL WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE D12 BAND
AND THE HIP-HOP DUO BAD MEETS EVIL.
• AFTER RELEASING HIS INDEPENDENT DEBUT ALBUM INFINITE IN
1996, EMINEM ACHIEVED IMMENSE POPULARITY IN 1999 WITH
THE RELEASE OF THE SLIM SHADY LP ON A MAJOR LABEL. THIS
LONGPLAY BROUGHT EMINEM HIS FIRST GRAMMY AWARD FOR
BEST RAP ALBUM. HIS NEXT TWO RECORDS, THE MARSHALL
MATHERS LP AND THE EMINEM SHOW, ALSO WON A GRAMMY IN
THE SAME CATEGORY, MAKING EMINEM THE FIRST ARTIST TO WIN
THIS AWARD FOR THE BEST RAP ALBUM THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
• ON MAY 15, 2009, HE RELEASED HIS FIRST ALBUM IN 5 YEARS,
ENTITLED RELAPSE. IN 2010, THE SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM
RECOVERY WAS RELEASED, WHICH WAS A WORLDWIDE SUCCESS
AND WAS NAMED THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, LIKE
THE EMINEM SHOW IN 2002. EMINEM RECEIVED A GRAMMY FOR
BOTH RECORDS - RELAPSE AND RECOVERY. ON NOVEMBER 5,
2013, EMINEM RELEASED HIS EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, THE
MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2, ALSO AWARDED A GRAMMY AWARD,
WHICH, IN TOTAL, AMOUNTED TO 15 AWARDS IN HIS ENTIRE
CAREER. SHADYXV WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 24, 2014, THE
SECOND COMPILATION OF THE AMERICAN LABEL SHADY
RECORDS, RELEASED BY SHADY AND INTERSCOPE. ON
DECEMBER 15, 2017, EMINEM RELEASED THE ALBUM REVIVAL,
AND SIX MONTHS LATER - KAMIKAZE, AND RELEASED WITHOUT A
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. IN JANUARY 2020, MARSHALL
SIMILARLY RELEASED MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY.
 ACTOR CAREER

• ALTHOUGH EMINEM PLAYED

A CAMEO ROLE IN A 2001
FILM CALLED “THE SINK”,
THE SEMI-BIOGRAPHICAL
PICTURE “8 MILE”, RELEASED
IN NOVEMBER 2002, IS
CONSIDERED TO BE THE
OFFICIAL ACTING DEBUT IN
HOLLYWOOD. MARSHALL
SAID THAT THIS FILM IS NOT
A RETELLING OF HIS LIFE,
BUT HE GIVES AN IDEA OF ​
HIS GROWING UP IN DETROIT
[277]. THE RAPPER HAS
RECORDED SEVERAL NEW
TRACKS FOR THE PICTURE,
INCLUDING "LOSE YOURSELF"
• IN 2003, EMINEM RECEIVED
THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR
THE SONG “LOSE YOURSELF”
FOR THE MOVIE “8 MILES.”
HIS VICTORY AT THE
CEREMONY MADE MARSHALL
THE FIRST RAPPER TO WIN
THIS AWARD. AS OF 2019,
EMINEM IS STILL THE FIRST
AND ONLY RAPPER TO WIN
AN OSCAR.