Born on 17th Oct, 1973 at St.Joseph, Missouri Marshall Bruce Mathers III popularly known as Eminem in the music world is one of the most recognized names in the music world. He is also known by the name Slim Shady. Eminem is one of the most controversial rap artists that have graced the music world. His popularity is huge and it is not limited just to America and some European countries only, but his name and fame spreads worldwide. Some of his traits like controversial lyrics, quick wit and rebellion make him different from other artists in the music arena. Eminem has had a difficulty childhood and has seen many hard times in his life. Probably this is the reason why his songs touch children who are have a troubled life. Eminem’s songs are not meant for any target audience, but he sings for all and here some people do find his lyrics offending or explicit.

Eminem’s debut hit single My Name was a huge hit. Eminem is not only a talented singer, but also a good music producer as well. His childhood days were spent in extreme poverty, his mother relocated to Michigan to live in public housing shelter, in relative’s home and in mobile homes as well. His mother Debbie was prescribed drugs for some medical conditions and later she became an addict to these prescription drugs. His mother’s drug abuse is evident in the lyrics of many of Eminem’s songs. He began performing at an early age of thirteen under the name M&M taken from his initials. Eminem was of Caucasian race and for this he faced difficulty as he was not readily accepted everywhere. But it was solely due to his music talent that he has gained worldwide popularity and acceptance.

The suicide of Ronnie Eminem’s uncle and friend was very devastating for him in the year 1991. However he took up things to support his wife Kim who was pregnant with his daughter. He released his first independent solo album Infinite in the year 1996. The album received mixed reviews and criticism. The critics found his music to be too much similar to rappers AZ and Nas; this was proved to be the major reason for the failure of the album. After this failure his wife left him and prevented him for seeing his daughter. The lyrics of his songs became more personal and dark at this time due to the separation from his wife and child and also due to his failed suicide attempts. All his lyrics contained his disturbing and his negative outlook to life. He abused drug and was addicted to sleep inducing medicine. Subsequently he entered a rehabilitation center to take car of his addiction to the drug.

Eminem has won numerous music awards including nine Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards and host of MTV Video Music Awards and MTV European Music Awards. Some of the other awards that he won include Teen choice Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Detroit Music Awards and World Music Awards. His popularity is worldwide and his growing number of fans is testimony to that.