Do you know the story of struggle behind Eminem's success?

Marshall Mathers, popularly known as Eminem is one of the best rappers and songwriters in the music industry. As a child, his life was no walk in the park. On his journey to becoming big, Eminem struggled physically and mentally, until he was finally able to capture the ears of music producers. He learned how to turn his unhappy childhood into fame and fortune through his movies and music. Here’s how it all started.
 

Eminem was born in Missouri, United States on October 17, 1974, and the only child to Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. and Deborah Rae "Debbie".
Debbie was only fifteen when she gave birth to Eminem and ended up raising him alone. Since not long after Eminem was born, his father walked out on them and never to be seen again. But he made many attempts to contact his father through letters. However, each one of them returned unread. Sadly this was only the start of a cruel childhood for Marshall. In addition, Eminem didn’t have very memorable school days, when he was young he was moved to several homes and at every new school he attended, he got picked on and bullied for his race. Also, Eminem’s relationship with his mother wasn’t so pleasant either; her son troubled her with his addiction to alcohol and drugs. Marshall’s family eventually settled in Detroit; where after attending ninth grade for the third time, Eminem dropped out of High school and set out to pursue a rapping career. He didn’t start off very well and was rejected for being white but he decided to take the criticism as an inspiration for his new music.
 

In 1995, Eminem’s wife Kimberly Anne Scott (as well as high school sweetheart) gave birth to their first child, Hailie Jade Scott. And the next year, Eminem produced his debut album “Infinite”. Eminem was still trying so hard to rise in the hip-hip world and this album represented his desire to succeed and not be looked upon differently. Sadly “Infinite” was not a great success, it only released four hundred copies that were mostly distributed by hand; also the Hip Hop community looked down on this album as too derivative. The failure of the album pushed Eminem to an attempt of suicide, but he recovered and came out stronger than ever to create “Slim Shady EP”
 

With Hailie's arrival and being desperate for money, Eminem was even more derived to find ears to his songs and make a living for his family. With this demo (Slim Shady Ep) Eminem was finally able to capture the ears of a rapper/producer, Dr. Dre, who granted Eminem a chance of a lifetime by signing him into a contract deal. Eminem was finally able to reach his goal; from this point on, he would improve his music to become one of the most controversial and best rappers out there. Eminem finally caught a break from the hip-hop world, and to his luck was discovering that rapping wasn’t his only talent, but so was acting.
 

Furthermore, during the year 2002, Marshall made it big on-screen. Eminem played the lead role in the movie “8 Mile” as the character Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. The plot of the movie was based on Eminem’s life, and many of the scenes were set up to portray the clubs Eminem used to attend for rap contests. Eminem worked hard on the movie and earned great recognition for his acting. Eminem also received great fame for the amazing song he wrote for the movie – “Lose Yourself”. In fact, this song has been awarded the Best Original Song and also considered to be one of the most famous and successful songs by Eminem with two Grammy awards. The first film to ever win the best rap or hip hop song award at the Academy Awards.
 

Correspondingly, he has 1 Academy award, 11 Grammy Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music, and 9 People’s Choice awards coupled with a lot of awards in his name. It worked wonders in helping him build an empire worth swooning over. Eminem is one of the richest rappers in the world, with an estimated net worth of $210 million as of 2020.
 

Life tested him severely but he did not break down. Eminem who was rejected because of his race went into the world with a desire to succeed and in the end, was able to turn his miserable childhood into fame and fortune through his acting and rapping. Eminem suffered a lot by always being rejected but that motivated him to work even harder and finally accomplish his lifelong dream of being one of the best rappers ever.
 

Whatever your opinion of Marshall Mathers aka Eminem and his controversial rap music recordings, one thing cannot be denied… he is real. From a troubled childhood and an aggressive teenage battling drug addiction, he has managed to inspire many with his success and determination. The stories told in his lyrics talk about a life of poverty, violence, and overcoming the fear of what may come next.
 

Let this success story give you motivation and inspiration to keep going on in life and don't give up. There's nothing to lose only much to gain and learn from.
 

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