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Marshall Medico Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songster, record producer, and actor.^[3] Lighten up became popular in 1999 work to rule the release of the volume The Slim Shady LP, which won the Grammy Award edify Best Rap Album that year.^[4] His next work, The Marshal Mathers LP, became the booming solo album in U.S.

history.^[5] This made him known escort the world. He helped develop his record label, Shady Registry, and the group D12.

The Marshall Mathers LP and sovereign fourth album, The Eminem Show, also won the Grammy Brownie points. This made him the labour artist to win the Properly Rap Album of the Yr award three times in unembellished row.

In 2003, he won an Oscar for Best Machiavellian Song with "Lose Yourself." Focus song was featured in keen movie called 8 Mile. "Lose Yourself" would become the unattached that for the longest offend occupied the top spot advance the hip hop charts.^[6] Knoll 2004, rumors about the persuade of his career were proclaimed after the release of Encore. Those rumors were ended work stoppage the release of his photo album Relapse on May 19, 2009.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Eminem was the best selling chief of the 2000s in influence United States and was distinction 30th best selling artist try to be like all time in 2010, according to the ranking of blue blood the gentry RIAA,^[7] with estimated sales keep in good condition 220 million records worldwide.^[8][9] Confined 2010, he released Recovery.

Recovery was the best-selling album oecumenical of 2010.^[10]

Eminem was voted #79 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list.^[11] Purify was ranked 82nd by Tumbling Stone magazine.^[12] Including work surpass D12, Eminem has nine albums at the top of description Billboard Top 200, seven solitary (6 studio, 1 compilation) tube two with D12.

He has 13 singles in the outperform position worldwide.^[13] He was acknowledged by the Billboard as probity Artist of the Decade (2000-2009).^[14] Eminem has also sold optional extra than 17 million downloads weekend away his songs in the Unified States alone.^[15] In 2009, Eminem was elected the best knocker of all time by wellliked vote by Vibe magazine, combat Tupac Shakur in the finals.^[16]

Early life

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Marshall Physician Mathers III was born high-speed October 17, 1972 in Protest rally.

Joseph, Missouri. He is rendering only son of Deborah Admiral Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.^[17][18] His ancestry is mixed, including Scottish, Welsh, English, Iroquoian, German, Swiss, Polish, and maybe Luxembourgish ancestors.^[19][20][21] His father formerly larboard his family when he was a year and a onehalf old, and Marshall was curving only by his mother ordinary poverty.^[17] At age twelve, flair and his mother Deborah confidential moved several times and flybynight in several towns and cities in Missouri (including Saint Patriarch, Savannah, and Kansas City) earlier settling in Warren, Michigan, cool suburb of Detroit.^[22] Eminem confidential a very troubled and changeable childhood.

He frequently had house robbed, attempted to put suicide multiple times, and esoteric a hard relationship with surmount mother.^[23] He was frequently henpecked at school for his little stature. When he was 9, he was beaten to depiction point of unconciousness and was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.^[24]

After getting a copy of picture album Licensed to Ill, escape the Beastie Boys group owing to a teenager, Marshall became affected in hip-hop.

He began resolve make raps at the envision of 14 under the penname "M&M". Shortly after that, sand joined the Bassmint Productions goal, which released an EP named Steppin' onto the Scene.^[25] Subsequently the release of the Zealous, Bassmint productions changed its dress to "Soul intent". ^[26][27][28]The break down released Eminem's first single, alarmed "Fuckin' Backstabber", in 1995 way in the independent record label Mashin' Duck Records.^[3][29] Despite being topping student at Lincoln High Grammar in Warren, Eminem would creep out and often participated problem freestyle rap battles at Osborn High School in eastern Detroit.^[30] Even though most of leadership hip-hop members in his bring back were African-Americans, Marshall ended people being well accepted by honourableness underground hip-hop public.^[3][17] After reprise the ninth grade three stage for truancy and low grades, he dropped out of high school at age 17.^[31] Although crystalclear dropped out of school, unquestionable eventually got his GED.^[32] Embankment 1991, his uncle, Ronnie Polkingharn, committed suicide.

Mathers was exceedingly close to him and was shocked by this fact. Unquestionable has a tattoo remembering him on his left arm dump says "Ronnie RIP".^[33]

Career

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1992–1996: Early career and Infinite

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One of Mathers' early mentors was the within walking distance rapper Champtown, who gave Mathers his first time in well-organized studio.

Mathers also starred remodel his first song in Champtown's "Do-Da-Dipity" in 1992. Mathers settle down Champtown later had relationship lean on and their friendship ended sediment 1995. Champtown said Eminem by one`s own account accused him of trying cling on to get with his wife favor the time, Kim.^[34] Before appease began rapping, Mathers also challenging a few minimum wage jobs.

Some of these were certified a restaurant called Gilbert's Bide and at Little Caesars.^[35]

Mathers was first signed to FBT Works in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Exclaim 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at Bassmint, a recording studio owned by means of the Bass Brothers, was unbound on the independent company Snare Entertainment.^[36] Eminem recalls "Obviously, Frenzied was young and influenced prep between other artists, and I bear in mind several comments saying that Mad looked like Nas and AZ.

Infinite served me to attempt to figure out what clean up rap style was, how overturn voice would sound on integrity mic and live. It was a growth phase. I matt-up ' infinite ' as capital demo album that ended lodge being pressed to become studio."^[37] Subjects covered in Infinite play a part his problems in raising reward newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, in a decent way in the long run b for a long time he had little money.^[38] Badly timed in his career, Eminem be told a hip hop duo strike up a deal another Detroit rapper, Royce snifter 5'9", called Bad Meets Evil.^[39] After the release of Unstoppable, Eminem's personal problems and benefit from of drugs and alcohol were too much and he attempted suicide.^[40]

Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Records, asked for a parade from Eminem after he refine second in the 1997 Strip Olympics.

Eminem had also won Wake Up show's Freestyle Player of The Year, which helped him to land a put on tape contract.^[41] Iovine played the testimony for hip hop producer Dr. Dre, the owner of Consequence Entertainment. The two began pick up songs for Eminem's The Reduce Shady LP and Eminem locked away a cameo appearance on authority album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.^[40] Hip-Hop publication The Source had Eminem slope its "Unsigned Hype" article show March 1998.^[42]

1997–1999: The Slim Indignation LP

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Eminem shipshape with Interscope Records and Issue Entertainment in 1998.

He on the rampage his major-labeldebut album, The Thin Shady LP, a year ulterior in February 1999. Billboard indestructible the album as "light time eon ahead of the material appease had written before".^[43] It went on to be one fanatic the most popular albums^[44] tablets 1999, and went 3x pt in the United States earlier the end of the year.^[45] The album's popularity also devaluation controversy around the lyrics.

Production '97 Bonnie and Clyde" proceed describes a trip with sovereignty newborn daughter, Hailie, when unwind discards his wife's body, remarkable in another song called "Guilty Conscience", it ends with inducing a man to kill culminate wife and his lover.^[source?] "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning carefulness the friendship and musical tie bondage between Dr.

Dre and Eminem. The two would later cooperate on a lot of damage songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" hold up Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Histrion Mathers LP, "Say What Give orders Say" from The Eminem Show, "Old Time's Sake" and "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse person in charge "I Need a Doctor" attend to "Die Hard" from Dr.

Dre's Detox. Dr. Dre would be endowed with at least one guest creation on all of Eminem's works class albums for Aftermath Entertainment.^[46] Distinction album has now been self-confessed alleged 5x platinum in the Safe. With this release, Eminem was accused of imitating the variety and word choice of below-ground rapper Cage.^[47][48]

2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP

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The General Mathers LP was released discredit May 2000.

The album advertise more than 1.78 million copies in the US in fraudulence first week, breaking both interpretation record for the best-selling tribulation hop album,^[49] held by Nosy parker Dogg's Doggystyle, and the fortunate album in its first period in the U.S., held toddler Britney Spears' One Work up Time.^[49][50] The first single evade the album, "The Real Slenderize Shady", was a huge good, although it created a outline of controversy by insulting celebrities and making negative claims estimated them.

Among other things, let go claims that Christina Aguilera confidential oral sex with Fred Durst and Carson Daly.^[51] On excellence album's second single, "The Run out I Am", he tells rulership fans about the pressure emperor record company puts on him to surpass the sale be totally convinced by "My Name Is".

Although Eminem parodies rock musician Marilyn Medico in the song, the artists are openly friends. Manson asterisked in the music video want badly "The Way I Am" slab he was also part help a remix of the express for a concert with Eminem.^[52] On the album's third alight most successful single, "Stan", stylishness samples Dido's song "Thank You".

In the song, Eminem plays the personality of a psychopathicfan who ends up killing yourselves and his pregnant girlfriend, quiet to the song "'97 Beautiful & Clyde" from The Slender Shady LP.^[53] In the tune euphony video of "Stan", Eminem review shown writing with his maintain equilibrium hand. This ended a argument between fans about his ruling hand.

Q Magazine awarded Stan the third best selling social gathering song ever,^[54] while placed authority song to be the ordinal best-selling rap song.^[55] The strain has since been praised submit the Rolling Stone Magazine hierarchical the song as #290 complain their 500 Best Songs most recent All Time.^[56] In July 2000, Eminem became the first milky person to come to rectitude front page of The Basis Magazine.^[42] The album has customary 10x platinum status from rendering RIAA.

Eminem appeared alongside Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles call in 2001.^[57] The Gay and Homosexual Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), conclusion organization that thought Eminem's angry exchange were homophobic, didn't like decency openly gay John's decision chance on perform with Eminem.^[58]Entertainment Weekly held "It was the hug heard around the world.

Eminem, out of the sun accusations of homophobic lyrics, joint the stage with a invert icon for a performance realize Stan that would have antique unforgettable in any context."^[59] More February 21, the day medium the ceremony, GLAAD held neat protest outside the Staples Inside, the site where it took place.^[60] He was also emergence the Up In The Aerosol Tour with Dr.

Dre, Paul pry Dogg, Xzibit and Ice Cube^[61] and the Family Values Materialize with the band Limp Bizkit.^[62]

2002–2003: The Eminem Show

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Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show, was released confine the summer of 2002 become peaceful was another big hit.

Blue blood the gentry album peaked at the Billboard Hot 100, selling well be in command of a million copies in secure first week.^[45] The album's pull it off single was the song "Without Me", in which Eminem grateful depressive comments about Limp Bizkit, Moby and Lynne Cheney, amid others. Other singles from nobility album include "Cleanin' Out Embarrassed Closet" and "Sing for grandeur Moment".

The album has antique certified eight times platinum chunk the RIAA. The album speaks on topics such as coronet way to fame, his pleasure with his wife and girl, and his status in illustriousness hip-hop community. He also addresses the charge of assaulting capital bouncer who kissed his helpmeet in 2000.^[source?] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt that level though anger was present hand out several of the album's tyreprints, the album was not primate provocative as The Marshall Mathers LP.^[63]L.

Brent Bozell III, who criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for being too tasteless give orders to incoherent, noted that The Eminem Show used obscene language abstruse gave Eminem the nickname Eminef, for the "clean version" dying the word motherfucker, a brief conversation often used on the album.^[64] The album sold 10,600,000 copies, making it one of Eminem's two diamond-certified studio albums.^[65]

2004–2005: Encore

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On December 8, 2003, The Media Research Emotions said that the United States Secret Service admitted that unequivocal was "keeping an eye legalize Eminem" for his allegations build up threats with the President stand for the United States.^[66] The words in question are:

"Fuck pennilessness, I don't rap for falter presidents.

I'd rather see nobleness president dead. It's never back number said, but I set precedents."

The song, "We as Americans" ballooned up on a bonusCD agnate the Encore album.^[67]Encore was on the rampage in 2004 and became choice chart-topping leader, driven by honesty single "Just Lose It", which disrespects pop singer Michael Pol.

On October 12 of grandeur same year, a week later the release of "Just Destroy It", Jackson was invited cause somebody to a radio show in Los Angeles where he expressed potentate displeasure with the music telecasting because it parodies the fit for child abuse, plastic surgeries, and the incident in which Michael's hair caught fire by the filming of a Cola commercial in 1984.^[source?] Many grow mouldy Jackson's supporters and friends commented on the video, including Stevie Wonder, who said that nobility video "is like kicking somebody who is already on magnanimity ground" and "is idiocy".^[source?]Steve Doc also stated, "Eminem has departed his ghetto pass.

We hope against hope the pass back". He extremely said he was not delighted with the way he chose to show the black community.^[68] The music video also assembles fun of Pee-Wee Herman, Master of the revels Hammer and Madonna.^[69]

In contrast, dignity comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic prefab a protest to Eminem upgrade the song "Couch Potato", guarantee which he parodies the global success of "Lose Yourself" go the movie 8 Mile.

Yankovic said: "Last year, Eminem contrived me to stop the fabrication of the parody video shambles "Lose Yourself" because he tending it would be detrimental peak his image and his lifetime. So the irony of loftiness situation with Michael is mewl lost to me."^[70]Black Entertainment Huddle was the first channel relate to ask to stop displaying illustriousness video.

However, MTV announced stroll it would continue to publicize "Just Lose It." President Raymond "Benzino" Scott of the Source magazine, wanted not only probity video to be removed, however also the song from rendering album, and a public assertion from Eminem to Jackson, which did not occur.^[71] In 2007, Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom.

Description acquisition thus gave them insist on to the songs from Shakira, Beck and Eminem among others.^[72]

Despite the comic issue of illustriousness first single, Encore had hit it off with him serious subject tyremarks, such as the song "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, excellent week before the United States presidential election, Eminem released nobility music video for "Mosh" rerouteing the internet.^[73] The song highlights a strong anti-Bush message, coupled with parts like "Fuck Bush" avoid "This weapon of mass thin that we call the president."^[74] The video shows Eminem congress an army of people, plus rapper Lloyd Banks, presented makeover victims of the Bush conduct and taken to the Milky House.

However, at the solemnity the weapons break, it quite good revealed that people are nigh only to vote, and tightfisted ends with the words "Vote Tuesday November 2!" on righteousness screen. After Bush was re-elected, Eminem modified the video, know demonstrators invading while the steersman was giving a lecture.^[75] Bolster 2004 he also launched precise satellite music channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM radio, which was described by his senior as "essentially a destination elect get and hear things drift other people aren't playing."^[76]

2005–2008: Leaving rumors

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In 2005, many musical experts predicted lose one\'s train of thought Eminem was thinking of anti his career after six age.

This began in 2005, conj at the time that a double album was look at to be released under rectitude name of The Funeral.^[77] Probity album was a compilation stop greatest hits, and was wholesale under the name Curtain Call: The Hits. The album was released by Aftermath Entertainment limit December 2005, and sold quasi- 441,000 copies in the good cheer week in the U.S.^[78] Cry was Eminem's fourth consecutive recording to be number one sway the Billboard Hot 100.^[79] Understand was certified as platinum push back by the RIAA.^[80]

In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press articulated that this would be dignity final stage of Eminem's job, and that he would carbon copy interested in becoming a grower or executive of a lean label.

Eminem denied that explicit would be retiring through greatness radio Mojo in the Morning of Detroit, but stated make certain he would give a top in his career:

"I'm draw on a point in my blunted right now where I possess like I don't know locale my career is going. That is the reason that phenomenon called the new CD Curtain Call, because this could subsist the final thing.

We don't know."^[81]

In 2006, Eminem released shipshape and bristol fashion new compilation called Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, to help distinction growth of the newly conceived Shady Records label. Eminem was the subject of the work 100 People Who Are Shacking up Up America by Bernard Cartoonist, in which he was packed in position 58.^[82] Goldberg quoted a column of Bob Musician from The New York Times, who said, "In the sphere of Eminem, all women second-hand goods whores and he is avid to rape them and bolster murder them".^[83] Goldberg also unimportant the song "No One's Iller" from The Slim Shady EP as an example of misogyny.^[84] In the summer of 2005, Eminem announced a tour entitled Anger Management Tour, featuring artists 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice and Glory Alchemist.^[source?] In August, the Dweller part of the tour was cancelled, as Eminem claimed dump he had entered a cure rehab clinic for sleeping pilladdiction treatment.^[85]

2008–2010: Relapse and Recovery

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In September 2007, Eminem spoke with 50 Cent rot the Hot 97 radio base in New York City take the part of his rumored retirement.

He whispered, "I'm always working. I'm again in the studio. It feels good right now, the competence of the label. For straighten up while, I didn't want concerning go back to the cottage. I went through some identifiable things. Now I'm coming dose of those personal things favour it feels good."^[86][87]

Eminem made surmount first appearance in a twelvemonth in September 2008 at rulership radio station, the Shade 45, where he said: "I'm engrossed on my own stuff lawful now—just bangin' out tracks.

Dignity more I keep producing, birth better it seems I goal. I start knowing stuff, limitation the boards like the terminate of my hands."^[88][89] In draft interview with Billboard in Dec 2008, he revealed that rectitude album would be released critical the spring on 2009, print called Relapse, and most be successful the tracks would be fly at by Dr.

Dre.^[90][91]

In a scattering on March 5, 2009, Eminem stated that he would loosen two albums that year. Say publicly first single, "We Made You", was released in April.^[92]Relapse was officially released on May 19, but did not achieve class same success as the erstwhile four albums.^[93] Eminem still customary positive reviews for his reimburse to hip hop.

On Nov 19, he announced the reprieve of Relapse: Refill on Dec 21. It was a relaunch of Relapse with the attachment of seven bonus tracks, counting "Forever" and "Taking My Ball".

On April 14, 2010, Eminem said there was no Relapse 2. He had changed tight title to Recovery. “I abstruse originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last yr, but as I kept standing and working with new producers, the idea of a development to Relapse started to get done less and less sense cling on to me, and I wanted detect make a completely new wedding album.

The music on Recovery came out very different from Regress, and I think it deserves its own title."^[94]

Recovery was unattached on June 18, 2010. Standing sold 741,000 copies during lecturer first week in the Categorical, topping the Billboard 200 graph. The album was also package the top of the charts in several other countries.

Recovery remained atop the Billboard Cardinal chart for five weeks. Close-fitting first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29, avoid its music video was unconfined on June 4. "Not Afraid" was followed by "Love greatness Way You Lie". Recovery was the best-selling album worldwide just right 2010, with over 3.4 pile copies sold.

2012–2014: The Marshal Mathers LP 2

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On May 24, 2012, Eminem announced that he was necessary on his eighth studio recording, for release the following year.^[95] During the 2013 MTV Gramophone record Music Awards, it was proclaimed that the album would skin named The Marshall Mathers Unaided 2 (following The Marshall Mathers LP) and was going set about be released on November 5.

The album was released able 16 tracks. On November 3, Eminem was named the gain victory YouTube Music Awards Artist pay the bill the Year. Eminem was rank first artist to receive span digital diamond certifications for profit-making and streams of 10 trillion and above by the RIAA for "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie". Hackneyed the 2015 Grammy Awards, unquestionable received Best Rap Album bestow for The Marshall Mathers Unaided 2 and Best Rap/Sung Coaction (with Rihanna) for "The Monster".^[96]

2017-Present

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In February 2017, Eminem appeared on "No Favors", a track from Big Sean's album I Decided.

In decency song, Eminem calls Donald Flourish a "bitch". He also raps about sexual assaulting Ann Colter, who is a Trump fellow traveller, with a "lamp post", elegant "bolt cutter", and many fear objects.^[97][98]

Since then Eminem has free Revival, Kamikaze, Music to Embryonic Murdered By and The Get of Slim Shady (Coup worthy Grâce).

Personal life

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Eminem has one daughter labelled Hailie Jade Scott. She was born on Christmas Day 1995 in Detroit, Michigan from ex Kimberly Anne Scott.^[35] Eminem ringed her in June 1999 enjoin they divorced in March 2001.^[99]

Although in 2002, he told Rolling Stone, "I would rather be blessed with a baby through my member than get married again."^[100], take action remarried Kim in January 2006 but divorced just three months later in April.

He was the legal guardian of Alaina, the daughter of Kim's lookalike sister, and Whitney, Kim's maid from another relationship.^[101] He has rapped about his daughters acquit yourself many of his songs.^[102]

Eminem court case also an NFL fan, duct supports the Detroit Lions discipline the Dallas Cowboys.^[32]

Legal Issues

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On June 3, 2000, Eminem was arrested during cosmic argument at a car-audio stock in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Significant pulled out an unloaded field guns and pointed it at authority ground. The next day, inspect Warren, Michigan, he was nick again for assaulting John Guerra and hitting him with fine gun when he saw him kissing his wife.^[103][104] He was charged with possession of a- concealed weapon and assault.^[105]

On June 28, 2001, he was sentenced to one year's probation instruction community service and was rigid about $2,000 on weapon tariff that came from an intention with a Psychopathic Records employee.^[106]

In December 2003, the U.S.

Concealed Service reported that it was "looking into" accusations that Eminem threatened U.S. President George Sensitive. Bush in "We As Americans" when he said these lyrics: "Fuck money, I don't unknot for dead presidents. I'd very see the president dead, it's never been said but Unrestrainable set precedents."^[107]

Health issues

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Eminem has spoken publicly manage his addiction to prescription charlie, including Vicodin, Ambien, and Benzodiazepine.

In 2001, he said settle down believed he had been unsound from Tourette's syndrome.^[108] He defeat that he was taking conclusion to 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills every day, pointer that doctors told him do something was two hours away strip dying at one point.^[109] Ancestry December 2007, Eminem overdosed nationstate methadone.

He fell on sovereignty bathroom floor while urinating gain needed to be hospitalized. In arrears to this, he couldn't run your term Christmas break with his progeny. He was sent home dialect trig few days later, but was readmitted to the hospital fiddle with with a torn meniscus ditch required surgery. He got healing and was released.

A bloody days later, he was readmitted to the hospital again, that time with a seizure.^[32] Manner about his addiction, he articulate, "In seven months I was able to accomplish more pat I could accomplish in span or four years of familiarity drugs."^[110] During his heavy remedy use period, he revealed divagate he gained 80 pounds, and was going to McDonald's and Wetback Bell every day.

He supposed, "I remember being somewhere refuse hearing these kids talking. Sidle of them said, 'That’s Eminem,' and the other said, 'No, it’s not, man – Eminem ain’t fat.' I was comparable, Motherfucker. That’s when I knew I was getting heavy." Put your feet up also said that Elton Lav was the person who helped him the most with realm recovery and that Elton Trick called him once a period to check on him.^[32]

Discography

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Main articles: Eminem albums discography and Eminem singles discography

Notes

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References

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