Marshall Bruce Mathers III (lahir 17 Oktober 1972), lebih dikenal dengan nama panggung Eminem, adalah seorang rapper paling terkenal, dan juga bekerja sebagai produser rekaman dan aktor dari Amerika. Eminem mendapatkan popularitas tahun 1999 dengan album debut utamanya, The Slim Shady LP , yang memenangkan Grammy Award untuk Best Rap Album . Album berikutnya, The Marshall Mathers LP , menjadi menjual solo album dengan penjualan tercepat dalam sejarah Amerika Serikat. Ini membawa Eminem meningkatkan popularitas, termasuk label rekaman sendiri, Shady Records , dan dia membuat proyek sampingan yang bersifat kelompok, yang bernama D12 , dengan pengakuan mainstream . Marshall Mathers LP dan album ketiganya, The Eminem Show , juga memenangkan Grammy Awards, membuat Eminem menjadi artis pertama yang memenangkan Best Rap Album untuk tiga piringan hitam berturut-turut. Dia kemudian memenangkan penghargaan lagi pada 2010 untuk albumnya Relapse dan pada tahun 2011 untuk albumnya Recovery , memberinya total 13 Grammy dalam karirnya. Pada tahun 2003, ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Best Original Song untuk "Lose Yourself" dari film, 8 Mile , di mana ia juga menjadi peran utama dalam film itu. "Lose Yourself" terus berjalan menjadi lagu hip hop No.1. Dia merilis album berikutnya setelah Encore , yaitu Relapse, pada tanggal 15 Mei 2009. Eminem adalah artis dengan penjualan terbaik dalam satu decade di AS Nielsen SoundScan , dan telah menjual lebih dari 80 juta album di seluruh dunia sampai saat ini, membuatnya salah satu dari artis yang menjual album tercepat sedunia . Pada tahun 2010 , Eminem merilis album studio ketujuh Recovery. Album ini mencapai sukses komersial internasional, dan menjadi chart nomor satu di beberapa negara lain. Album ini bertahan di nomor-satu di US Billboard 200 chart selama lima minggu berturut-turut dan total tujuh minggu. Recovery juga dilaporkan oleh Billboard menjadi penjualan album terbaik tahun 2010, membuat Eminem menjadi artis pertama dalam sejarah Nielsen SoundScan yang sukses di dua tahun terakhir. Recovery juga dinobatkan sebagai The Best Selling Digital Album In History. Selain itu, Eminem juga bertindak sebagai produser rekaman untuk artis-artis lain, termasuk rapper 50 Cent dan grup rap D12 yang dikenal juga dengan nama Detroit Dirty Dozen dan D-Twizzy. Eminem juga pernah membintangi sejumlah film layar lebar di antaranya, Da Hip Hop Witch (2000), The Wash (2001), 8 Mile (2002) Tingkah kontroversialnya ditunjukan saat dirinya terlibat narkoba dan obat-obatan. Bahkan pada Augustus 2005, ia pernah menggagalkan konsernya dengan alasan menjalani rehabilitasi. Kontroversi berikutnya ditunjukkan saat dirinya menjalin 'nikah-putus' berulang-ulang. Eminem menikahi Kim Mathers pada 14 Juni 1999, kemudian berpisah pada Agustus 2000. Mereka menikah kembali pada 15 Desember 2000, kemudian bercerai kembali pada 11 Oktober 2001, menikah kembali 15 Januari 2006 dan terakhir bercerai kembali 19 Desember 2006.
Kehidupan Awal
Eminem Lahir dengan nama Marshall Bruce Mathers III pada tanggal 17 Oktober 1972 di Saint Joseph, Missouri anak tunggal dari pasangan Deborah R. Nelson Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. Saat masih berusia 18 bulan, ayahnya meninggalkan mereka, dan Ia pun hidup dibesarkan seorang diri oleh ibunya dalam kemiskinan. Saat berusia 12 tahun, Mathers dan ibunya seringkali berpindah-pindah tempat tinggal di antara kota-kota di Missouri (termasuk Saint Joseph, Savannah dan Kansas City), sebelum akhirnya menetap di Warren, Michigan, sebuah daerah pinggiran di Detroit. Eminem pada awalnya diragukan kemampuannya dalam bidang rap, karena ada anggapan bahwa rapper hanya bisa dilakukan oleh orang negroid. Namun bakat Eminem mengatakan lain, ia dapat menjadi salah satu rapper terbaik di dunia.English Language:
A protégé of Dr. Dre, rapper Eminem emerged in
1999 as one of the most controversial rappers to ever grace the genre. Using
his biting wit and incredible skills to vent on everything from his unhappy
childhood to his contempt for the mainstream media, his success became the biggest
crossover success the genre had seen since Dre's solo debut seven years
earlier. The controversy over his lyrics was the best publicity any musician
could afford, and being the first Caucasian rapper to make a significant impact
in years may have given him a platform not afforded to equally talented
African-American rappers. A gifted producer as well, his talents always seemed
overshadowed by his media presence, which was a mix between misunderstood
genius and misogynistic homophobe. Both may be true, but his message spoke to
legions of disaffected youth who had few role models in the rap world who could
relate to the white lower-class experience.
He was born Marshall Mathers in St. Joseph, MO (near Kansas City), spending the better part of his impoverished childhood shuttling back and forth between his hometown and the city of Detroit. Initially attracted to rap as a teen, Eminem began performing at age 14, performing raps in the basement of his high school friend's home. The two went under the names Manix and M&M (soon changed to Eminem), which Mathers took from his own initials. Due to the unavoidable racial boundaries that came with being a white rapper, he decided the easiest way to win over underground hip-hop audiences was to become a battle rapper and improv against other MCs in clubs. Although he wasn't immediately accepted, through time he became such a popular attraction that people would challenge him just to make a name for themselves.
His uncle's suicide prompted a brief exodus from the world of rap, but he returned and found himself courted by several other rappers to start groups. He first joined the New Jacks, and then moved on to Soul Intent, who released Eminem's first recorded single in 1995. A rapper named Proof performed the B-side on the single and enjoyed working with Eminem so much that he asked him to start yet another group. Drafting in a few other friends, the group became known as D-12, a six-member crew that supported one another as solo artists more than they collaborated. The birth of Eminem's first child put his career on hold again as he started working in order to care for his family. This also instilled a bitterness that started to creep into his lyrics as he began to drag personal experiences into the open and make them the topic of his raps.
A debut record, 1996's Infinite, broke his artistic rut but received few good reviews, as comparisons to Nas and AZ came unfavorably. Undaunted, he downplayed many of the positive messages he had been including in his raps and created Slim Shady, an alter ego who was unafraid to say whatever he felt. Tapping into his innermost feelings, he had a bounty of material to work with when his mother was accused of mentally and physically abusing his younger brother the same year. The next year his girlfriend left him and barred him from visiting their child, so he was forced to move back in with his mother, an experience that fueled his hatred toward her and made him even more sympathetic toward his brother. The material he was writing was uncharacteristically dark as he began to abuse drugs and alcohol at a more frequent rate. An unsuccessful suicide attempt was the last straw, as he realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life. He released the brutal Slim Shady EP, a mean-spirited, funny, and thought-provoking record that was light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand. Making quite the impression in the underground not only for his exaggerated, nasal-voiced rapping style but also for his skin color, many quarters dubbed him the music's next "great white hope."
According to legend, Dr. Dre discovered his demo tape on the floor of Interscope label chief Jimmy Iovine's garage, but the reality was that Eminem took second place in the freestyle category at 1997's Rap Olympics MC Battle in Los Angeles and Iovine approached the rapper for a tape afterward. It wasn't until a month or two later that he played the tape for an enthusiastic Dre, who eagerly contacted Eminem. Upon meeting, Dre was taken back by his skin color more than his skill, but within the first hour they had already started recording "My Name Is." Dre agreed to produce his first album and the two released "Just Don't Give a Fuck" as a single to preview the new album. A reconciliation with his girlfriend led to the two getting married in the fall of 1998, and Interscope signed the rapper and prepared to give him a massive push on Dre's advice. An appearance on Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause only helped the buzz that was slowly surrounding him.
The best-selling Slim Shady LP followed in early 1999, scoring a massive hit with the single and video "My Name Is," plus a popular follow-up in "Guilty Conscience"; over the next year, the album went triple platinum. With such wide exposure, controversy ensued over the album's content, with some harshly criticizing its cartoon-ish, graphic violence; others praised its edginess and surreal humor, as well as Eminem's own undeniable lyrical skills and Dre's inventive production. In between albums, Eminem appeared on Dre's 2001, with his contributions providing some of the record's liveliest moments.
The Marshall Mathers LP appeared in the summer of 2000, moving close to two million copies in its first week of release on its way to becoming the fastest-selling rap album of all time. Unfortunately, this success also bred more controversy, and no other musician was better suited for it than Eminem. Among the incidents that occurred included a scuffle with Insane Clown Posse's employees in a car stereo shop, a bitter battle with pop star Christina Aguilera over a lyric about her fictional sexual exploits, a lawsuit from his mother over defamation of character, and an attack on a Detroit club goer after Eminem allegedly witnessed the man kissing his wife. Fans ate it up as his album stood strong at the top of the charts. But the mainstream media was not so enamored, as accusations of homophobia and sexism sprung from the inflammatory lyrics in the songs "Kill You" and "Kim." It was this last song that ended his marriage, as the song's chosen topic (violently murdering his real life wife Kim Mathers) drove his spouse to a suicide attempt before they divorced. Eminem toured throughout most of this, settling several of his court cases and engaging a mini-feud with rapper Everlast.
The annual Grammy Awards nominated the album for several awards, and to silence his critics the rapper called on Elton John to duet with him at the ceremony. In 2001, he teamed with several of his old Detroit running buddies and re-formed D-12. Releasing an album with the group, Eminem hit the road with them that summer and tried to ignore the efforts of his mother, who released an album in retaliation to his comments. After getting off of the road, he stepped in front of the camera and filmed 8 Mile, a film loosely based on his life directed by an unlikely fan, Curtis Hanson (Wonder Boys). His constant media exposure died out as well, leaving him time to work on new music.
When he re-emerged in 2002, he splashed onto the scene with "Without Me," a single that attacked Moby and Limp Bizkit and celebrated his return to music. Surprisingly, the following album, The Eminem Show, inspired little controversy. Instead, the popular second single, "Cleanin' Out My Closet," told of his dysfunctional childhood and explained his hatred toward his mother in a mannered, poignant fashion. And being Eminem, he followed this up with an appearance at MTV's Video Music Awards that inspired boos when he verbally assaulted Moby. Targets on his third straight chart-topper, 2004's Encore, ranged from Michael Jackson ("Just Lose It") to war-hungry politicians ("Mosh"). The album was another smash hit for Eminem, but the resulting touring was fraught with setbacks and controversy. First there was a bus crash in Missouri that injured protégé Stat Quo. Then there were reports of the tour being under-attended. There were also rumors of Eminem retiring, which he quickly quelled. However, the tour's European leg was eventually canceled due to "exhaustion," and Em entered rehab for a dependency on sleeping pills. However, by the end of 2005 he was back with a new video. In typical Eminem fashion, the clip for "When I'm Gone" riffed on his recent rehab stay. He also issued a chart-topping greatest-hits set, Curtain Call: The Hits, that December.
The year 2006 was a turbulent one. Mathers remarried Kim on January 14, 2006, but the couple filed for divorce in April. Also in April, D-12 member Proof, Mathers' best friend, was killed in a shooting at a Detroit nightclub. In August, Eminem resurfaced as producer on Obie Trice's Second Round's on Me and in October he was rapping on Akon's hit single "Smack That." He capped the year off with Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, a mixtape featuring artists from his Shady label. ~ Jason Ankeny & Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
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