Who Do I Think is Important to Society?

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Who is Eminem?Birth Name: Marshall Bruce MathersBorn: October 17, 1972Birth Place: St. Joseph. MOMother; Deborah Mathers- BriggFather: Marshall MathersOccupation: RapperLives in: Detroit, MI http://hiphop.hypeeater.com/drake-eminem-jay-z-nicki-minaj-kanye-west-live-at-yankees-stadium-concert/1-

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• EMINEM HAS MULTIPLE NAMES HIS FANS KNOW HIM BY; MARSHALL MATHERS, HIS BIRTH NAME, SLIM SHADY AND OF COURSE EMINEM

Get to Know Him

• Eminem never graduated high school, he dropped out after failing the ninth grade three times

• He married Kimberly Anne Scott on June 14th, 1999.

• Going into the rap game Dr.Dre was Eminem’s mentor.• By selling 1.7 million copies in its first week,

Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP became the fastest selling album in rap history

• Eminem struggled with drug and alcohol addiction in recent years.

• When going through recovery he wrote his album Relapse, which became his worst album.

• Legally Eminem has three daughters but biologically only has one

POSITIVE

Why is he important to society?

NEGATIVE• one of the best lyricist

ever in hip hop.• Is a role model for adults

and teens going through drug addictions and recovery

• Started his Marshall Mathers Foundation to help inner city kids in his hometown of Detroit

• One of the first major white rappers to take on Hip-Hop in a predominantly black area

• Eminem is one of the most hated artists by parents today

• Eminem uses vile and degrading lyrics against homosexuals, women, and his own mother

• In his lyrics he makes fun of celebrities viciously

• Is known as a con in rap music because of his explicit music

Respect him yet?