Eminem Biography – Checkout Net Worth Family and Career

Eminem Biography – Checkout Net Worth Family and Career

Eminem Biography: You can’t mention rap legends without calling Eminem, he among others craved way in the rap game. Born in 1972 in Missouri, rap musician Eminem had a rough childhood.

He released The Slim Shady LP in early 1999, and the album went multi-platinum, garnering Eminem two Grammy Awards and four.

In the year 2000, the rapper launched and released The Marshall Mathers LP, which to this day is regarded as the fastest-selling album in rap history.

In 2010, the rap star released the Grammy-winning album called  Recovery, a highly autobiographical attempt to come to terms with his struggles with addiction and experience with rehabilitation.

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) also garnered numerous accolades, and the artist later followed with Revival (2017) and Kamikaze (2018).

Eminem Early Life

American rapper, record producer and actor Eminem were born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri.  Like I said before, Eminem had a rough childhood. He never knew his father, Marshall Mathers Jr.,

his father abandoned the family when he was still an infant and rebuffed all of his son’s many attempts to contact him during his childhood.

Due to this, Eminem was raised by his mother, Deborah Mathers. She never managed to hold down a job for more than several months at a time, so they moved must time between Missouri and Detroit, Michigan, spending large chunks of time in public housing projects.

“I would change schools two, three times a year,” Eminem later recalled. “That was probably the roughest part about it all.”

This itinerant lifestyle left a large impact on his personality. Eminem never had any close friends, kept almost entirely to himself and was seen and treated as an outcast at each new school. “Beat up in the bathroom, beat up in the hallways, shoved into lockers, “that was what the rapper said

Eminem Career

Eminem goes back to when he started performing at rap battles with his close friend Mike Ruby when he was only 14. Subsequently, as he became popular, he was recruited by several rap groups, plus  New Jacks, Soul Intent, and D12.

His first solo album, ‘Infinite’, was launched and released in 1996, and was a failure; this was dues to Eminem’s style, and feelings people had towards it at that time. He was told that his style was not cut out for hip hop and that only inspired him to keep on writing more rhymes.

In 1997,  Dr. Dre, the founder of Aftermath entertainment spotted him and began working with him.  Two years later, The song Slim Shady LP was released and went Platinum.

Since then, Eminem has released numerous albums and has sold over 40 million copies in the US alone. He has featured a  number of artists and even starred in a movie based on his story.

Today, Eminem is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, rappers of all time. He’s worked with just about every musician you can think of, including the likes of Ed Sheeran, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Rhianna, Drake, and more.

Eminem Net worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Eminem is worth $190 million and brings in about $10 to $15 million per year. But other than sporadic album releases every few years or so, what contributes to the makings of his overall net worth?

Awards

• Billboard Music Awards – Album of the Year (The Eminem Show, 2002)
• Academy Awards – Best Original Song (Lose Yourself, 2003)
• Brit Awards – Best International Male Solo Artist (2003, 2004)
• Vibe Magazine Special Awards – Best Rapper Alive (2008)
• Billboard Music Awards – Artist of the Decade (2009)
• MOBO Awards – Best International Act (2010)
• Grammy Awards – Best Rap Album (Recovery, 2011)
• Billboard Music Awards – Top Rap Artist (2014)

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