The story of Eminem
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Our story begins in St. Joseph on October 17, 1972 The birth of Marshall Bruce. His mother Deborah Nelson gave birth to him at the age of 17. His father left home shortly after he was born and moved to California.
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Eminem was raised by his mother. He had two half-brothers on his father’s side and one half-brother on his mother’s side. He spent most of his childhood in frequent crossings between St. Joseph and Kansas City, until finally at the age of 12 his family settled in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. During his youth he wrote letters to his father but they were all returned.
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As a middle school student, Eminem got into a fight with one of the students at the school where he studied. He was hit in the head and hospitalized claiming to have seen alien pirates, and needed long rehabilitation. following the fight, Eminem’s vision was impaired and he has needed glasses ever since. This quarrel was described in the song “Brain Damage” on the album “The Slim Shady LP”.
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In 1991 his uncle Roni committed suicide with a shotgun shot in the head following a failed love affair. Eminem, who was very close to his uncle Roni, took the case very seriously. He locked himself in his room and developed an extreme hate for his mother, defaming her for years in his songs. It is culminating in the song “Cleanin ‘Out My Closet” in which he accuses her of ruining his childhood due to being addicted For drugs. In the third stanza of the clip in the same song, Eminem buries his mother.
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In his second album “The Slim Shady LP”, most of the songs were blunt, dirty and violent. The songs had autobiographical texts that talked about Eminem’s difficult childhood in his poor neighborhood, his abusing mother, drug use and sex.
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The second album was a great success and became one of the best-selling albums in 1999. On the first week it sold over 283,000 thousand copies. Until today it has sold over 15 million copies. The album received triple platinum by the RIAA and won two Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance.
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Published: Mar 2, 2022
Latest Revision: Mar 8, 2022
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