Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition.

The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show also won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LP's. In 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself" from the film 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. "Lose Yourself" would go on to become the longest running #1 hip-hop single. Eminem then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since 2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the decade, and has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide to date, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Eminem is also ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time by Rolling Stone magazine. He was also named the Best Rapper Ever by Vibe magazine. Including his work with D12, Eminem has achieved eight #1 albums on the Billboard Top 200 and 12 number one singles worldwide. In December, 2009 Eminem was named the Artist of the Decade by Billboard Magazine. According to Billboard, Eminem has two of his albums among the top 5 highest selling albums of the 2000s.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born 17 October 1972) more widely known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady is an Academy Award-winning and Grammy-winning American rapper.

Contents

• 1 Albums
  • 1.1 Infinite (1996)
  • 1.2 The Slim Shady LP (1999)
  • 1.3 The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
  • 1.4 Devil's Night [with D12] (2001)
  • 1.5 The Eminem Show (2002)
  • 1.6 Encore (2004)
  • 1.7 Relapse (2009)
  • 1.8 Others
• 2 Unsourced
• 3 External links

Albums

Infinite (1996)

• "My pen and paper causes a chain reaction, to get your brain relaxing"
  • "Infinite"

• "You couldn't make the fans throw up their hands if they swallowed their fingers"
  • "313"

• "You could date a stick of dynamite and wouldn't go out with a bang"
  • "313"

• "I'll run your brain around the block to jog your fucking memory"
  • "313"

• "I showered the slang, simple as ABC's / Skip over the D's and rock the microphone with ease (E's)"
  • "313"

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