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Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA), one of today's most controversial and popular rappers. With over 25 million records sold as of 2005, he is the second best-selling rapper in the US (after Tupac Shakur), an unprecedented achievement in the genre by a person of Caucasian descent. He is renowned for his effective control over the flow and style of lyrical delivery, as well as extensive usage of complex rhyme patterns, including internal rhymes, consonance/assonance, and multisyllabilic rhymes. The lyrical content of his songs and his public persona have however been a source of much controversy, with accusations of homophobia, misogyny, excessive violence, and endorsement of recreational drug use. More recently, he has also ventured into record production, and has received some acclaim as an actor for his role in the semi-biographical 8 Mile.

Early childhood
Marshall was born in St. Joseph, MO (near Kansas City) to parents Deborah "Debbie" Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers II, and spent most of his childhood moving back and forth between Kansas City, Detroit and its suburbs, including Warren. His father had abandoned the family before Marshall turned 2 years old, and the two have not had contact since. Incessantly moving from home to home, he frequently changed schools, often finding himself to be an outcast in the new communities, and frequently fell victim to bullying. An assault by schoolmate DeAngelo Bailey that left Marshall hospitalised was the most notable such incident, which Marshall would later recount in greatly exaggerated form on the track Brain Damage (The Slim Shady LP, 1999). The song prompted legal action by the assailant, with accusations of libel and privacy infringement, which were eventually dismissed in court.

His childhood was further marred by his family's meagre financial status, which was the primary reason for the continuous moving, during which Marshall and his mother Debbie would often find themselves living in public housing, mobile homes, and under the care of relatives, such as Marshall's great-aunt Edna, whom he mentions in Evil Deeds (Encore, 2004). During this time, Debbie was legally taking the prescription drugs Vicodin and Valium, though Marshall later claimed in numerous interviews and songs that she was abusing the drugs, to which Debbie retaliated with a lawsuit pressing defamation charges (see below). In the song Cleanin' Out My Closet (The Eminem Show, 2002), Marshall also accuses Debbie of having Munchausen syndrome by proxy, adding that "my whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't". This was not the first time someone suggested Debbie had the disorder, as a social worker had made similar comments following a 1996 investigation of her mistreatment of Nathan Samra-Mathers, her second child, who is 14 years younger than Marshall.

Life before fame
Before dropping out of Lincoln High School in Warren at the age of 17, Marshall made a number of significant acquaintances at the school. This included fellow rapper Proof, who was to become one of his closest friends, and future wife Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott, with whom he soon developed a long-term relationship. When Kim became pregnant in 1995, this further increased Marshall's drive to succeed through concern over the welfare of his new family. He discusses this in Never 2 Far (Infinite, 1995), saying "I got a baby on the way, I don't even got a car...I still stay with my moms...we gotta make some hit records or something [because] I'm tired of being broke". When the Infinite album failed to generate the revenue and acclaim he had hoped for, and Kim ended their relationship, preventing him from seeing his newborn child, Marshall decided to take his own life. However, his suicide attempt using an overdose of Tylenol analgesics failed, and Marshall resumed his efforts to succeed in the music industry and reconcile with Kim. He ultimately succeeded in doing both, marrying Kim on June 14, 1999 in St. Joseph, MO.

The couple's daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, born December 25, 1995 would grow to become an important part of Marshall's life, as he became dedicated to give her everything he himself was deprived of in his childhood, including a father figure and financial security. He would go on to mention her extensively in some of his songs, including '97 Bonnie & Clyde (The Slim Shady LP, 1999), which takes the form of a one-sided dialogue with Hailie, as well as Hailie's Song (The Eminem Show, 2002) and Mockingbird (Encore, 2004), both of which are proclamation of his love and dedication to her. In addition, he samples her voice in the less serious upbeat track My Dad's Gone Crazy (The Eminem Show, 2002).

Legal troubles
The year 1999 was marked by a rise to celebrity status for Marshall, but it also ushered the beginning of his numerous legal troubles. The first of these was his mother Debbie's lawsuit against him in September of that year. The lawsuit was motivated by comments on Debbie's drug use made by Marshall on the song My Name Is (The Slim Shady LP, 1999), specifically the lyric "my mom smokes more dope than I do", and similar accusations in numerous interviews. Debbie refuted the statements and demanded more than $10 million in for defamation damages in two lawsuits. After rumours of Debbie dropping the suit, she and Marshall reached a settlement in 2001 for $25,000, with over $23,000 of it going to Debbie's former attorney Fred Gibson by a court order. A request for reconsideration of the settlement by Debbie was denied by a judge. Marshall's resentful reflections on the case can be heard on the song Marshall Mathers (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000) in the lyrics "my fucking bitch mom is suing for 10 million/ she must want a dollar for every pill I've been stealing" and the self-censored line "your attorney Fred Gibson's a faggot".

With Marshall's rise to stardom, new disputes arose between him and his wife, centred around Kim's dissatisfaction over the graphic fictional account of Marshall murdering her and dumping her body in a lake in the songs '97 Bonnie & Clyde (The Slim Shady LP, 1999) and Kim (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000). The tension between the couple came to a climax when Marshall witnessed Kim kissing another man, one Jose Guerra, outside the Hot Rocks Café in Warren on June 4, 2000. Highly digruntled, Marshall threatened Jose with an unloaded 9 mm semi-automatic gun and proceeded to pistol-whip him. In addition, it was soon revealed that the previous day, Marshall was involved in a heated dispute in Red Oak, Michigan with Dennis Dail, an associate of the rap group Insane Clown Posse, with whom Marshall had an ongoing rivalry. During the confrontation, Marshall was observed to be holding a gun, which he kept pointed at the ground. Being taken into police custody during the hot Rocks Café incident, Marshall was charged with misdemeanour charges of brandishing a firearm in public, assault with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of concealed weapon possession, in two separate trials for the two incidents. After a plea bargain in the Jose Guerra case, which concluded on April 10, 2001, Marshall pleaded guilty to weapon possession in exchange for the assault charges being dropped, receiving two years of probation, and was ordered to pay $100,000 in damages at the conclusion of the case evaluation in 2002. In the Dennis Dail case, he pleaded nolo contendere to the charges of firearm possession and brandishing, receiving one year of probation, enforced concurrently with the sentence from the first case. He would later recount the former incident in the song Soldier (The Eminem Show, 2002) and the preceding interlude The Kiss.

While the trials were in the beginning stages, things were only getting worse for Marshall, when on July 7, 2000, Kim attempted suicide in the couple's Sterling Heights, Michigan home by cutting her wrists. This prompted Marshall to file for divorce a few months later, which was promptly countered by Kim with a lawsuit that sought to deny Marshall custody of their daughter and $10 million in defamation damages. Within weeks, however, they settled the lawsuit, and agreed to joint custody of their daughter, with Kim gaining physical custody of Hailie, granting Marshall "liberal visitation rights". By the end of the year, the couple reconciled, agreeing to dismiss divorce claims and live together. Marshall later went on to discuss Kim's suicide attempt and the Hot Rocks Café incident on the Xzibit song Don't Approach Me (Restless, 2000), criticising the amount of media coverage of the events and the public attention to his life in general.

The reconciliation, however, would not last, as Kim filed for divorce in 2001, which was finalised in October of that year, granting joint physical and legal custody of Hailie to both parties, as well as requiring Marshall to make child support payments. There was further turbulence in their relationship when Kim was sentenced to 2 years of probation for felony cocaine possession in 2003. This was not her first such incident, as she had previously faced similar charges in 2001, although they were eventually dropped. The incident was not to be her last, however, as she was sentenced to 30 days in jail in 2004, after failing a drug test for cocaine while still on probation. Marshall makes numerous references to Kim's cocaine use on the Encore album, including the quotes "you're a fucking cokehead slut" and "mama developed a habit" in the songs Puke and Mockingbird respectively. Their relationship since their divorce has been subject to many contradictive rumours and statements in Marshall's music and remained in an undecisive "on-again, off-again" state for a long time. More recently, Marshall has stated in an interview that the couple have fully reconciled and "are probably going to remarry".

The aftermath
Marshall himself was no stranger to drugs, as suggested by a large number of his songs, including Drug Ballad (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000) and These Drugs (Devil's Night (bonus disc), 2001), which are dedicated to his drug use in their entirety. The song I'm Shady (The Slim Shady LP, 1999) even includes the explanatory line "well, I do take pills &#91;ecstasy or prescription drugs], don't do speed &#91;methamphetamine]/ don't do crack, don't do coke &#91;cocaine]/ I do smoke weed/ don't do smack &#91;heroin]/ I do do shrooms &#91;psychedelic mushrooms], do drink beer/ I just wanna make a few things clear". Later tracks, including the aforementioned These Drugs and Kill You (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000) additionally suggest cocaine use, although he has never been in a law enforcement incident involving drugs. However, with the sentence of two years of probation taking effect in 2001, during which he was subject to mandatory regular drug testing, his recreational drug use was put to an end. This fact is supported with references to his drug use in his music, which all but disappeared after 2001, and comments by bandmate Proof, who states that Marshall "sobered up". However, with rising pressures and workload in his professional career, Marshall found it difficult to get the rest he wanted, and turned to Ambien sleeping pills for relief. His use of the drug eventually became so extensive, that in August of 2005, he cancelled the European leg of his ongoing tour, and checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic for treatment.

The decline of Marshall's drug use during his probation was in line with the growing demands for responsibility in his role as a parent to Hailie. In addition, he is also known to take care of the daughter of Kim's twin sister Dawn, Alaina "Laney", whom he mentions in the song Mockingbird (Encore, 2004), referring to himself as her "daddy" and stating "it's almost like [Laney and Hailie] are sisters now". He also cares for his younger half-brother Nathan, who makes appearances in the music videos for The Way I Am (The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000) and Without Me (The Eminem Show, 2002). Marshall currently resides with the aforementioned members of his extended family in Clinton Charter Township, Michigan in the outskirts of Detroit.

Musical career
At the age of 11, Marshall was introduced to hip-hop music by his uncle Ronald "Ronnie" Polkingharn, purportedly through the song Reckless by Ice T. This led young Marshall to develop a passion towards the genre, and he soon discovered his adeptness for composing improvised rap lyrics. He used his skills in freestyle battles against his fellow schoolmates, and his frequent victories sparked hopes of adopting rapping as a prospective career. At this time, he adopted his initals M&M as his monicker, which he eventually changed to the homophone Eminem. After Ronnie, who was a big influence on Marshall both personally and musically, committed suicide in 1991, Marshall fell into a bout of depression, coming close to abandoning his musical aspirations before recovering.

Marshall Bruce Mathers was born in St Joseph Missuori, but soon after his mother moved to Warren Michigan the white suburb of Detriot where they moved from house to house and he was also made to move schools frequently becuase of bullying. This unsteady ubringing made Marshall shy and also helped form the very aggresive stance we see in the grown man today.

Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as thirteen, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. His wife Kim gave birth to his daughter, Hailie Jade, on 25 December, 1995. In 1996, he released his first independent album, named Infinite (of which he sold about 500 copies out of the back of his car), following it up with The Slim Shady EP in 1997. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style and the fact that he is white (a rarity in all rap, especially mainstream gangsta rap). Some people called him rap's "great white hope". With his storytelling way of expressing rap, he became known in the underground as "The White Shadow".

It is said that Dr. Dre found Eminem's demo on the garage floor of Jimmy Iovine, the Interscope label chief. Though this did not directly lead to a recording contract, Dr. Dre agreed to sign him when Eminem won second place vs. Otherwize at the 1997 Rap Olympics MC battle. Other sources state that an executive at the offices of Interscope handed the demo to Iovine who passed it to Dre, which resulted in a contract.

Entering the mainstream
Once he joined Interscope, Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, which went on to be one of the most popular records of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album's enormous popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album's lyrics. In "97 Bonnie and Clyde", Eminem describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the bodies of his wife, her lover and his son. Another song, "Guilty Conscience" ends with Eminem and Dr. Dre encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover.

thumb|right|Album cover of The Marshall Mathers LP

The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000, quickly selling 2 million copies. The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim Shady", was a smash -- thanks in part to the catchy rhythm and chorus line, "Will the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up" (adapted from the catch phrase of the TV quiz show To Tell the Truth). It also created some buzz by trash-talking celebrities and spilling dubious gossip about them. In the song, Eminem claims, among other things, that Christina Aguilera gave "head" (oral sex) to Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit) and Carson Daly (of MTV's Total Request Live). In his second single, "The Way I Am", he attempts to downplay the alleged controversial link between music such as that of Marilyn Manson and shootings such as at Columbine High School. In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-found fame, telling the story of a fan so obsessed with Eminem that the fan winds up killing himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring one of the songs on The Slim Shady LP.

Controversy
With the enormous popularity of Eminem's second album, the controversy surrounding Eminem grew even larger, especially when The Marshall Mathers LP was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year. Though Mathers had always claimed that his lyrics were not meant to be taken seriously, and that he had nothing against homosexuals or women, the gay rights group GLAAD organized a boycott of the Grammys against Eminem. Mathers responded to this by singing "Stan" on-stage with bisexual singer Elton John, ending the performance by hugging John to show that he didn't have anything against homosexuals. Though it shocked a lot of people, this gesture failed to appease all of his critics.

Since Eminem's rapid ascent to fame, tell-all biographies of varying quality have been published, including Shady Bizzness by his former bodyguard Byron Williams. Eminem himself has written a book called Angry Blonde (2001), where he reveals the emotions and intent behind the lyrics in the Marshall Mathers LP, and describes his passion and approach to rapping.

As one of six members of the rap group D12, Eminem appeared on the album Devil's Night, released in 2001. The album was certified multi-platinum. The album contained the single "Purple Pills". Another song, "Blow My Buzz", was on the soundtrack for the film The Wash (2001), in which Eminem had a cameo.

Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show was released in summer 2002. It featured the single "Without Me", an apparent sequel to "The Real Slim Shady" in which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick, Limp Bizkit, Moby, and Lynne Cheney, among others.

On November 19th, 2003 new controversy surrounded Eminem when a cassette tape was played during a press conference held by The Source magazine. The 1988 cassette featured a younger Mathers performing a freestyle rap in which he made disparaging remarks about black women, calling them "stupid" in comparison to white women. Other racial slurs and remarks were stated to be on the tape. Mathers reportedly made the recording after breaking up with his black girlfriend. The ordeal would later end up with both Eminem and The Source arguing their views of the matter in court. Benzino is currently feuding with Eminem (see Benzino and The Source on the on-going feud with Eminem).

On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Mathers had threatened the President of the United States after the unreleased song "We as Americans" (since included on Encore) leaked onto the Internet. The lyrics in question: 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.

Then, in 2004, Eminem made the video "My Band" with D12. The controversial song was the band's sarcastic response to the media's frequent portrayal of D-12 as Eminem's band, giving little or no credit to its other members. The video contained various parodies, including that of the Janet Jackson 'incident', and of 50 Cent's "In Da Club" video.

On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It," Eminem's first video and single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson's child-molestation accusations, his rhinoplasty, and an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while he was filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" also refer to Jackson's troubles. In the video, Eminem also parodied Pee Wee Herman, MC Hammer, and a Blonde-Ambition-touring Madonna. Harvey himself declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We want the pass back." 

Black Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing the video. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the video and "Just Lose It" became the number-one requested video on Total Request Live for the week ending October 22. The Source magazine, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, wanted not only the video pulled, but the song off the album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem.

Others dismissed "Just Lose It" as a tame "Weird Al" Yankovic-style knockoff. Regarding Jackson's protest, Yankovic himself told the Chicago Sun-Times, "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."

On October 26 2004 a week before the U.S. presidential election, 2004, Eminem released the video for his song titled "Mosh" on the Internet. The song features a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as "fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president". The video features Eminem gathering up an army of people presented as victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the White House. However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the screen. After Bush won the election, the video's ending was changed to Eminem and the rioters invading while Bush was giving a speech. On October 31, Eminem performed the song on Saturday Night Live, but some thought that he appeared to be lip-synching it.

In summer 2005, Mathers embarked on his first U.S. concert run in three years, the Anger Management 3 Tour, featuring Lil' Jon, 50 Cent and G-Unit, D-12, Obie Trice, The Alchemist, and others.

Other works and ventures
Eminem made his Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself," which won Eminem an Academy Award for Best Song. He has also lent his voice to the Crank Yankers show and a web cartoon called "The Slim Shady Show", which has since been pulled offline and is instead sold on DVD.

Eminem has also been linked to "Songs of Hope" by U2 and supported the Boys and Girls Club of America and the Leary Fire Fighters Foundation with various proceeds donated to these causes. In 2004, he held a political convention of his own in New York City, in response to the National Republican Convention. In the song Mosh, Eminem expresses his support for American troops, but speaks against the Iraq war and the Bush administration. Eminem was also made an honorary priest by the Raelians Religious Movement, a cult who's beliefs are centered around aliens. In addition, he has raised AIDS and other STD awareness in a number of songs describing infected people having promiscious sex with numerous partners.

Shady Records
Dr. Dre's leading protégé succeeded in multi-platinum record sales. Eminem was granted his own record label. He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in 2000. Eminem had signed his best-selling artist, 50 Cent, to the roster. His own Detroit collective D12 and rapper Obie Trice were also signed to the label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed on Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the roster. DJ Green Lantern, the former deejay for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute with 50 Cent forced him to depart from the label, and he is no longer associated with Eminem. The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour deejay.

Eminem signed a deal with Sirius satellite radio to program a rap-oriented station called Shade 45, which debuted on October 28, 2004. He also owns a clothing line called "Shady Ltd."

Eminem as a producer
Eminem is also active as a producer of rap records. Besides D12's two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he also produced Obie Trice's Cheers as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre. Furthermore, his own records increasingly contain tracks produced by himself. He recently produced 2Pac's fifth posthumous album, Loyal To The Game, with 2Pac's mother, Afeni Shakur.

Retiring Slim Shady
In 2005, some industry insiders are speculating that Eminem is considering concluding his rapping career after five years and numerous multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double disc album to be released late that year, titled The Funeral. The rapper himself has not confirmed any of these rumors, which speculate that the album would revisit the various personas Eminem has portrayed while laying each to rest.

In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news of a potential final bow for Eminem as a solo performer, quoting members of his inside circle who said that he will begin to fully embrace the role of producer and label executive. The Free Press, Eminem's hometown paper, wrote that the aptly titled  Encore album would now stand as his final solo album.

Deep within Eminem's inner circle there is talk that the rapper is planning on retiring after he concludes his Anger Management Tour in Detroit. The reason for his retirement is to focus on acting, spending time with his daughter and niece, and more on his increasing popularity in production. Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenburg as well as their representatives will not comment on the situation. This may not mean his retirement from rapping completely, as he may well still contribute to many of his Shady Record artists projects as well as Dr. Dre's possible  Detox album.

Eminem recently announced via MTV news that he does not plan on retiring soon, though he is planning on taking a break to produce music. He is still uncertain whether another album will be released, but his career has not come to a full stop.

Music videos

 * The Slim Shady LP:
 * Just Don't Give A Fuck
 * Role Model
 * My Name Is...
 * Guilty Conscience


 * Dr. Dre 2001 (with Dr Dre):
 * Forgot About Dre


 * The Marshall Mathers LP:
 * The Real Slim Shady
 * The Way I Am
 * Stan (samples "Thank You" by Dido)


 * Devil's Night (with D12):
 * Shit On You
 * Purple Hills (or Purple Pills, the album version)
 * Fight Music


 * The Eminem Show:
 * Without Me
 * Cleanin' Out My Closet
 * White America
 * Sing for the Moment (samples "Dream On" by Aerosmith)
 * Superman (on 8 Mile DVD only)
 * Business (live performance)


 * 8 Mile O.S.T.:
 * Lose Yourself


 * D12 World (with D12):
 * My Band
 * 40 Oz.
 * How Come
 * Git Up
 * U R The One


 * Encore:
 * Just Lose It
 * Mosh
 * Like Toy Soldiers (samples "Toy Soldiers" by Martika)
 * Mockingbird
 * Ass Like That

Albums and EPs

 * F@ (1995)
 * Infinite (1996)
 * The Slim Shady EP (1997)
 * The Slim Shady LP (1999) #2 US (4X Platinum ); #12 UK (Platinum ) - 8 million worldwide
 * The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) #1 US (8 weeks) (9X Platinum ); #1 UK (6X Platinum ) - 17 million worldwide
 * The Eminem Show (2002) #1 US (6 weeks) (8X Platinum ); #1 UK (4X Platinum ) - 15 million worldwide
 * 8 Mile Soundtrack (album production, and rapping on five of the tracks - 2002) #1 US (4 weeks) (4X Platinum ); #1 UK (compilation chart) (Gold ) - 6 million worldwide
 * Encore (2004) #1 US (4X Platinum ); #1 UK (3X Platinum (900,000)) - 10 million worldwide
 * The Funeral (rumored to be released in late 2005)

Hit singles
From The Slim Shady LP:
 * 1999 "My Name Is..." #36 US; #2 UK
 * 1999 "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) #5 UK

From The Marshall Mathers LP:
 * 2000 "The Real Slim Shady" #4 US; #1 UK
 * 2000 "The Way I Am" #58 US' #8 UK
 * 2000 "Stan" (featuring Dido) #51 US; #1 UK

From The Eminem Show:
 * 2002 "Without Me" #2 US; #1 UK - Gold certification
 * 2002 "Cleanin' Out My Closet" #4 US; #4 UK

From ''8 Mile Soundtrack:
 * 2002 "Lose Yourself" #1 (12 weeks) US; #1 UK - Silver certification

From The Eminem Show:
 * 2003 "Sing for the Moment" #14 US; #6 UK
 * 2003 "Superman" #15 US
 * 2003 "Business" #6 UK

From Encore:
 * 2004 "Just Lose It" #6 US; #1 UK - Platinum certification
 * 2004 "Encore" (featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) #25 US
 * 2004 "Like Toy Soldiers" #34 US; #1 UK - Gold certification
 * 2004 "Mockingbird" #11 US; #4 UK; #14 CAN - Platinum certification
 * 2005 "Ass Like That" #60 US; #4 UK; #7 CAN; #11 AUS
 * 2005 "Crazy in Love"

Guest appearances
From Dr. Dre 2001 (by Dr. Dre):
 * 2000 "Forgot about Dre" (Dr. Dre featuring Eminem) #25 US; #7 UK

Non-album single:
 * 2001 "Scary Movies" (Bad Meets Evil featuring Eminem/Royce) #63 UK

From Rock City 2.0 (by Royce Da 5'9"):
 * 2002 "Rock City" (Royce Da 5'9" featuring Eminem)

From Tupac: Resurrection (OST) (by 2Pac):
 * 2004 "One Day at a Time" (2Pac with Eminem featuring Tha Outlawz) #80 US

He also had a few major hit singles and albums as part of D12.

Trivia

 * The second E in his stage name is always shown reversed on his records since his second album The Marshall Mathers LP. The backwards-E has become a logo for him, appearing prominently in his videos and stage set.


 * He has been recognized as a huge influence on the music industry, and two songs have been written about him by Christian rapper KJ-52, fittingly titled 'Dear Slim' and 'Dear Slim Pt. 2'.


 * Eminem is left-handed.


 * Eminem wears glasses. This can be seen in some of his interviews, as well as on the music video for "Mockingbird".


 * Eminem was number 6 on VH1's 50 greatest hip hop artists of all time.

  

Awards
Academy Awards
 * 2002 - Best song, for Lose Yourself from 8 Mile

Grammy Awards
 * 2000 - Best rap solo performace, for My Name Is from The Slim Shady LP
 * 2000 - Best rap album, for The Slim Shady LP
 * 2001 - Best rap solo performace, for The Real Slim Shady from The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 2001 - Best rap performance by a duo or group (with Dr. Dre), for Forgot About Dre from Dr Dre 2001
 * 2001 - Best rap album, for The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 2003 - Best short form music video, for Without Me from The Eminem Show (directed by Joseph Kahn)
 * 2003 - Best rap album, for The Eminem Show
 * 2004 - Best male rap solo perfrmance, for Lose Yourself from the 8 Mile O.S.T.
 * 2004 - Best rap song, for Lose Yourself from the 8 Mile O.S.T.

MTV Movie Awards
 * 2002 - Best male performance, for 8 Mile
 * 2002 - Best breakthrough male performace, for 8 Mile

MTV Video Music Awards
 * 1999 - Best new artist, for My Name Is from The Slim Shady LP
 * 2000 - Best video, for The Real Slim Shady from The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 2000 - Best male video, for The Real Slim Shady from The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 2000 - Best rap video (with Dr. Dre), for Forgot About Dre from Dr Dre 2001
 * 2002 - Best video, for Without Me, from The Eminem Show
 * 2002 - Best male video, for Without Me, from The Eminem Show
 * 2002 - Best rap video, for Without Me, from The Eminem Show
 * 2002 - Best direction, for Without Me, from The Eminem Show
 * 2003 - Best video from a film, for Lose Yourself from the 8 Mile O.S.T.

MTV Europe Music Awards
 * 1999 - Best hip-hop act
 * 2000 - Best hip-hop act
 * 2000 - Best album, for The Marshall Mathers LP
 * 2001 - Best hip-hop act
 * 2002 - Best male act
 * 2002 - Best hip-hop act
 * 2002 - Best album, for The Eminem Show
 * 2003 - Best hip-hop act
 * 2004 - Best hip-hop act (with D12)

American Music Awards
 * 2003 - Favourite pop/rock male artist
 * 2003 - Favourite pop/rock album, for The Eminem Show
 * 2003 - Favourite hip-hop/R&B male artist
 * 2003 - Favourite hip-hop/R&B album, for The Eminem Show