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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. His global success is considered to have broken racial barriers to the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the late 1990s and early 2000s made him a controversial figure, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass and has been cited as an influence by and upon many artists working in various genres. Eminem's best-known songs include "My Name Is", "The Real Slim Shady", "The Way I Am", "Stan", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself", "Mockingbird", "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie", "Rap God", "The Monster", "River" and "Godzilla".

After the release of his debut album ''Infinite'' (1996) and the extended play ''Slim Shady EP'' (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with ''The Slim Shady LP''. His next two releases, ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' (2000) and ''The Eminem Show'' (2002), were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. After the release of his next album, ''Encore'' (2004), Eminem went on hiatus in 2005, largely due to a prescription drug addiction. He returned to the music industry four years later with the releases of ''Relapse'' (2009) and ''Recovery'' (2010), the latter became the best-selling album worldwide of 2010, making it his second album after ''The Eminem Show'' in 2002, to be the best-selling album of the year worldwide. In the following years, he released the US number one albums ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' (2013), ''Revival'' (2017), ''Kamikaze'' (2018), and ''Music to Be Murdered By'' (2020). A twelfth studio album, ''The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)'', is slated to be released in mid-2024, with the first single, "Houdini", released on May 31, 2024.

In addition to his solo career, Eminem was a member of the hip hop group D12. He is also known for collaborations with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9"; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil. Eminem starred in the 2002 musical drama film ''8 Mile'', playing a dramatized version of himself. "Lose Yourself", a track from its soundtrack, topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 12 weeks, the most for a solo rap song, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, making Eminem the first hip hop artist ever to win the award. He has made cameo appearances in the films ''The Wash'' (2001), ''Funny People'' (2009), and ''The Interview'' (2014), and the television series ''Entourage'' (2010). Eminem has developed other ventures, including Shady Records, a joint venture with manager Paul Rosenberg, which helped launch the careers of artists such as 50 Cent, D12, and Obie Trice, among others. He has also established his own channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM Radio.

Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million records. He was the best-selling music artist in the United States of the 2000s and the best-selling male music artist in the United States of the 2010s, third overall. ''Billboard'' named him the "Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)". He has had ten number-one albums on the ''Billboard'' 200—which all consecutively debuted at number one on the chart, making him the first artist to achieve this—and five number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''The Marshall Mathers LP'', ''The Eminem Show'', ''Curtain Call: The Hits'' (2005), "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie", and "Not Afraid" have all been certified Diamond or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ''Rolling Stone'' has included him in its lists of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award. In November 2022, Eminem was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia