Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), who’s much better referred to as Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem’s recognition brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition. Also as becoming a member of D12, Eminem is also 1 half of the Detroit hip hop duo Poor Meets Evil, with Royce da 5’9″. Eminem is among the best-selling artists within the globe and will be the greatest selling artist of the 2000s. He has been listed and ranked as among the greatest artists of all time by numerous magazines which includes the Rolling Stone magazine which has ranked him 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Exactly the same magazine has declared him The King of Hip Hop. Which includes his function with D12 and Poor Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number 1 albums on the Billboard 200. He has also sold much more than 33 million track downloads and 39.6 million albums within the United States alone.

Eminem rapidly gained recognition in 1999 with his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP. That initial album, The Marshall Mathers LP and his third main album, The Eminem Show, all won Grammy Awards, generating Eminem the very first artist to win Greatest Rap Album for 3 consecutive LPs. The Marshall Mathers LP is also regarded as 1 of Eminem’s greatest and most effective albums. Eminem then went on hiatus following touring in 2005. He released his initial album because 2004′s Encore, titled Relapse, on Might 15, 2009. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album Recovery, which was an international good results. Recovery was also named the very best selling album worldwide of 2010 joining The Eminem Show, which was the very best seller of 2002. Eminem won Grammy Awards for each Relapse and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem has named Masta Ace, Large Daddy Kane, Newcleus, the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, AZ, Nas, and Ice-T amongst other people as his influences.

Eminem has opened other ventures because the beginning of his good results. He founded his own record label, Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg. He also has his own radio channel, Shade 45. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred within the hip hop drama film 8 Mile in which he won the Academy Award for Greatest Original Song, becoming the very first rap artist ever to win the award. He is also set to star within the 2013 films Shady Talez and Have Gun, Will Travel. He has also produced cameo appearances within the Wash (2001), Funny Individuals (2009) and tv series Entourage.

1972-91: Early life and beginnings

Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Deborah R. Nelson Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.

Following procuring a copy of the Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill as a teenager, Mathers became further thinking about rap, performing amateur raps at age 14 under the pseudonym “M&M” and joining the group called “Bassmint Productions” and released their second EP, Steppin’ Onto The Scene. They later changed their name to “Soul Intent” and around 1995 they released their initial single called “Fuckin’ Backstabber” under the record label Mashin’ Duck Records. he dropped out of high school at age 17.

In 1991, Mathers’ maternal uncle, Ronald “Ronnie” Nelson, committed suicide via shotgun wound to the head. Mathers was very close to his uncle, who initial introduced him to hip hop music at age 11. He was devastated by his death; today, he sports a tattoo reading “Ronnie R.I.P.” on his upper left arm. Ronnie was mentioned within the songs “Stan”, “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” and “My Dad’s Gone Crazy”.
1992-96: Early career and Infinite

Mathers was initially signed to FBT Productions in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage job of cooking and dishwashing at the restaurant Gilbert’s Lodge at St. Clair Shores for some time.

Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo tape of Eminem’s following Eminem placed second at the 1997 Rap Olympics. Eminem had also won Wake Up Show’s Freestyle Performer Of The Year award helping him acquire a record deal.
1997-99: The Slim Shady era

The Slim Shady EP is a debut extended play by Eminem, published by Web Entertainment in 1997. The Slim Shady EP was released on cassette, vinyl, and CD. The vinyl and CD versions were released in 1998. Eminem initial introduced his “Slim Shady” persona on this EP, and his lyrics are a marked departure from those found on Infinite, featuring constant references to drug use, sexual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence. Another departure was his exploration of much more serious themes of dealing with poverty, his direct and self-deprecating response to criticism, and of marital and family difficulties. His flow is also noticeably different than on Infinite; whereas critics claimed he sounded too much like Nas and AZ on that album. Eminem also began utilizing story telling on this EP. The production value of the music on the tracks – from previous collaborators DJ Head, The Bass Brothers, and Mr. Porter – was also noticeably higher than on prior album efforts. According to Billboard, at this point in his life Eminem had “realized his musical ambitions were the only way to escape his unhappy life”. Following becoming signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released his initial main studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily based on the production by Dr. Dre, 1 year later in 1999. Billboard praised the album as “light years ahead of the material he had been writing beforehand”.

2000-02: The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show

The Marshall Mathers LP was released in Might 2000. It went on to sell 1.76 million copies in its initial week, breaking the records set by Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop album and Britney Spears’ …Baby 1 Much more Time as the fastest-selling solo album in United States history. This album has been certified 10× Platinum by the RIAA.

Eminem performed with Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards ceremony in 2001;

Eminem’s third main album, The Eminem Show, was released in summer 2002 and proved to be another hit for the rapper reaching number 1 on the charts and selling nicely over 1 million copies in its initial week of release.

2003-05: Encore

On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was “looking into” allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States.

In 2004, Eminem released his fourth main album, Encore. The album was another chart-topper, as it was driven by the single “Just Lose It”, notable for becoming disrespectful towards Michael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week following the release of “Just Lose It”, Eminem’s initial single off Encore, Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which parodies Jackson’s child molestation trial, plastic surgery, and an incident in which Jackson’s hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984. The lyrics to “Just Lose It” refer to Jackson’s legal troubles, however he does state in his song “… and that’s not a stab at Michael/That’s just a metaphor/I’m just psycho….” Numerous of Jackson’s supporters and friends spoke out about the video, which includes Stevie Wonder, who called the video “kicking a man while he’s down” and “bullshit”,

Despite the comedic theme of the lead single, Encore had its fair share of serious subject matter, which includes the anti-war track “Mosh”. On October 25, 2004, a week before the 2004 US Presidential election, Eminem released the video for “Mosh” on the Internet.

2005-08: Musical hiatus

Eminem performing live on the Anger Management Tour in August 2005

In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Eminem was considering ending his rapping career following six years and several multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double-disc album to be released late that year, rumored to be titled The Funeral. He released The Re-Up with the members of his record label, Shady Records. It was released in 2006.

In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg’s book, 100 Individuals Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked No. 58.

In September 2007, Eminem called into New York radio station Hot 97 during an interview with 50 Cent and said he was “in limbo” and “debating” about when and if he would release another album. He said, “I’m always working – I’m always within the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn’t want to go back to the studio … I went through some personal things. I’m coming out of those personal things
2008-09: Relapse and Relapse: Refill
Eminem, along with D12, performing in 2009

Eminem produced an appearance on his Sirius channel Shade 45 in September 2008 in which he said, “Right now I’m kinda just concentrating on my own stuff, for right now and just banging out tracks and producing a lot of stuff. You know, the much more I keep producing the much better it seems like I get ’cause I just start knowing stuff.”

On March 5, 2009, Eminem reported in a press release that he would be releasing two new albums that year. Relapse, the very first album, was released on Might 19, while “We Produced You”, the very first official single and its music video, were released on April 7. The performance included several songs from Relapse, also as numerous of Eminem’s older hits and an appearance by D12. On November 19, Eminem announced on his website that Relapse: Refill would be released on December 21. The album was a re-release of the Relapse album with seven bonus tracks, which includes “Forever” and “Taking My Ball”. In a statement he described the forthcoming CD:

I want to deliver much more material for the fans this year like I originally planned … Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year … I got back in with Dre and then a few much more producers, which includes Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which produced me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard.

2010-present: Recovery and Poor Meets Evil reunion

Eminem and Rihanna performing “Love the Way You Lie” at E3 Expo Party in 2010

On April 14, 2010, Eminem tweeted, “There is no Relapse 2″, to his followers. This caused individuals to believe that he was not releasing an album at all, but it simply meant that the album title would be changed to Recovery. He confirmed this by tweeting, “RECOVERY”, with a link to his website. Eminem said, “I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title.” His seventh studio album, Recovery, was released on June 18.

Eminem appeared at the 2010 BET Awards,
Eminem performing at Lollapalooza 2011 on the second day of the festival

In 2010, Eminem started collaborating with Royce da 5’9″ on their initial EP as Poor Meets Evil. The duo was formed in 1999 and has reunited. The EP, entitled Hell: The Sequel, was released on June 14, 2011.
Other ventures
Shady Records and D12
Main articles: Shady Records and D12
D12 performing live at the Anger Management Tour in 2005

As Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales, Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 1999. He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective D12 and rapper Obie Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed Atlanta rapper Stat Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, the former DJ for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to depart from the label; he is no longer associated with Eminem. The Alchemist is now officially Eminem’s tour DJ. In 2005, Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to his label along with West Coast rapper Cashis.

On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape but Eminem found that the material was much better than expected and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater.

Following their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio, later regrouping to release their second album, D12 Globe, in 2004, which featured the popular hit single release “My Band”. D12 released a mixtape in 2011 titled Return of the Dozen Volume 2 only featuring Eminem on 1 song, “Fame” unlike the groups previous mixtape Return of the Dozen where Eminem is not on any tracks.
Acting career

Although he had a cameo within the 2001 film, The Wash, Eminem produced his official Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released in November 2002. He has said the movie is not an account of his life, but a representation of growing up in Detroit. He recorded several new songs for the soundtrack, which includes “Lose Yourself,” which won an Academy Award for Greatest Original Song in 2003. “Lose Yourself” would go on to become the longest running No. 1 hip hop single.

Eminem has participated in various voice acting roles. Some of these include the video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, where he voices an aging corrupt police officer who speaks in Ebonics and guest spots on the Comedy Central tv show Crank Yankers, and a web cartoon called The Slim Shady Show, which has because been pulled off-line and is instead sold on DVD. He also had a cameo appearance within the 2009 movie Funny Individuals, in which he is involved in an argument with Ray Romano.

It was reported on November 8, 2009, that Eminem will star within the upcoming 3D horror anthology, Shady Talez, to be produced by John Davis.

Eminem appeared alongside Christina Aguilera on the Entourage Season 7 finale titled ‘Lose Yourself’ as himself.
Memoir

On October 21, 2008, Eminem released a tell-all autobiography entitled The Way I Am, which details his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame, heartbreak and depression, along with stories about his rise to fame and commentary on past controversies. This book also contains some of the original lyric sheets from songs such as “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady.”
Advertising

Eminem was featured in two commercials that aired during Super Bowl XLV. The very first, for Lipton’s Brisk Iced Tea, was a one-minute spot that featured him as a claymation figure.
Artistry

Influences and rapping technique

Eminem has named several MCs who influenced his rapping style, in-addition to his mentor, Dr. Dre, who share exactly the same type of music: thick, muscular loops that evoked the terror and paranoia that his music conjured,

Within the book How to Rap, Guerilla Black notes that Eminem studied other MCs to create his rapping technique: “Eminem listened to everything and that’s what produced him among the greats”.
Alter egos

Eminem uses alter egos in his song to use different styles of rapping and subject matters. His most famous and popular alter ego, “Slim Shady” originated from The Slim Shady EP. While under this personality, Eminem makes violent and dark songs with a comical twist. Eminem is regarded as to be an alter-ego itself, with his true self becoming Marshall Mathers. Another character Eminem has portrayed is Ken Kaniff.

Ken was originally played by fellow Detroit rapper Aristotle within the Slim Shady LP, who appeared in a prank call skit towards Eminem. Following the Slim Shady LP, an argument led to Eminem taking the character of Ken Kaniff and playing him in several skits starting within the Marshall Mathers LP and onwards (except for Recovery and Encore). In his Ken Kaniff personality, Ken is a homosexual who pokes fun at Eminem’s songs. Aristotle, the original creator of Ken Kaniff, became angry over Eminem taking his character and created a mixtape in which he raps in his Ken persona dissing Eminem.
Featurings and productions
See also: Eminem production discography and Eminem discography#Guest appearances

Although he typically collaborates with various rappers under Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records, such as Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, and Obie Trice, Eminem has collaborated with numerous other artists, which includes Redman, Kid Rock, DMX, Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Method Man, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, T.I. and other people. Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of Busta Rhymes’ “Touch It” remix at the 2006 BET Music Awards on June 27, 2006. Eminem was featured on Akon’s single “Smack That” which appeared on his album Konvicted. He was featured on Lil Wayne’s hit song Drop the Globe.

Eminem is also an active rap producer. Besides becoming the executive producer of D12′s initial two albums, Devil’s Night and D12 Globe, he has executive produced Obie Trice’s Cheers and Second Round’s on Me also as 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre.

With regard to the productions on his own records, Eminem is seen as having an unusual style in that rather than write to beats he typically starts with an idea of how he wants his song to be structured based on the lyrics and then creates music according to that.
Comparisons to other artists
Asher Roth

As Asher Roth gained prominence becoming a white performer in a predominantly black musical genre, Roth has earned numerous comparisons to Eminem, so much so that he devoted a track on his album to the famed rapper, entitled “As I Em.”

In an interview with XXL Magazine, Eminem cosigned Asher Roth, saying when asked about the comparison:

“I haven’t had a chance to, like, really get into everything, like, really get into what he’s about, because I’ve only heard a couple songs. There was talk about individuals saying he sounded like me, and he was doing this and that and, you know, trying to take what I do and do it. You know, shit like that. I’ve heard things. But the stuff that I’ve heard from him honestly, which certainly isn’t enough for me to make my own opinion and say, ‘Yeah, he does sound like me’ or ‘No, he doesn’t.’ But the couple of songs I’ve heard, I don’t really think he does. You know what I mean? He’s doing his own thing. I can respect it, too, because at the end of the day, I think he’s dope.”

KJ-52

Eminem and Christian hip hop artist KJ-52 were often compared to each other, as numerous called KJ-52 the “Christian counterpart” of Eminem.
Personal life
Family

Marshall Mathers has been the subject of much scrutiny, each as a rapper also as in his personal life. which includes “’97 Bonnie & Clyde”, “Hailie’s Song”, “My Dad’s Gone Crazy”, “Mockingbird”, “When I’m Gone” and “Beautiful”.

In early 2010, Mathers responded publicly to tabloid reports of his pending reunion with Kim with a firm denial.

Mathers adopted two other daughters: Alaina “Lainie” Mathers, the child of Kimberley Scott’s sister, who has been referenced by name in some songs which includes “Mockingbird”, “Airplanes Part II” and “Going Through Changes”; and Whitney, Scott’s child from a previous relationship. Whitney is mentioned within the song “Deja Vu” also as “Going Through Changes”. Mathers is also the legal guardian of his younger half-brother, Nathan who has been mentioned in “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” and “My Mom”.
Legal troubles

In 1999, Mathers’ mother sued him for around US$10 million over alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP; she won only about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.

Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground.

On July 7, 2000, Eminem’s then-wife, Kimberly Scott attempted suicide by slashing her wrists.

On October 26, 2000, Eminem was to perform at a concert in Toronto’s Skydome.

D’Angelo Bailey, a sanitation worker, sued Mathers in 2001 and accused him of invading his privacy by publicizing unreasonable information that put him in a false light. Bailey admitted that he picked on Mathers but said he merely “bumped” him at school and threw a “little shove.” On October 20, 2003, the charges were dismissed in court.

On June 28, 2001, Mathers was sentenced to 1 year probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument with an employee of Psychopathic Records, assessing him a fine around $2,000 also as several hours of community service.

On March 31, 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against Eminem and Dr. Dre, claiming the beat for “Kill You” was stolen from his song.

On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service admitted it was “looking into” allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the United States, George W. Bush, following the song “We as Americans”, as an unreleased bootleg, circulated with the lyrics “Fuck money, I don’t rap for dead presidents. I’d rather see the president dead, it’s never been said but I set precedents.” The incident was later referenced within the video for his song “Mosh” as 1 several news clips on a wall, along with other newspaper articles about other unfortunate incidents in Bush’s career. The song eventually appeared on the album’s bonus disc, where the lyrics were extensively censored.

In 2005, Eminem’s aunt and uncle, Jack and Betty Schmitt, sued him, alleging that he has promised them a $350,000 house and the money to keep it up, and instead has kept it in his name and tried to evict them.

In 2007, his music publishing company, Eight Mile Style LLC, together with Martin Affiliated LLC, filed suit against Apple Inc. and Aftermath Entertainment claiming Aftermath did not have the appropriate authority to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital downloads of 93 Eminem songs on Apple’s iTunes service.

In July 2010 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in F.B.T. Productions, LLC v. Aftermath Records that F.B.T. Productions and Eminem were owed a royalty of 50% of the net revenue Aftermath obtained by licensing Eminem’s recordings to companies like Apple Inc., Sprint, Nextel, Cingular, and T-Mobile. In March 2011 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld this ruling.
Drug issues

Eminem has spoken openly about his addiction to prescription drugs, which includes Vicodin, Ambien, Valium and Methadone.
Proof’s death

On April 11, 2006, Eminem’s greatest friend and fellow D12 member, Proof was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest at the CCC Club by club bouncer Mario Etheridge on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan following fatally shooting Keith Bender, Jr. On April 19, 2006, Eminem, D12, 50 Cent, and thousands of other people attended the funeral of Proof at The Fellowship Chapel, Detroit. Eminem produced two songs about Proof’s death on his album Recovery titled “Going Through Changes” and “You’re Never Over”, and mentions him in songs on Relapse (“Deja Vu” and “Beautiful”).
Charity function

Eminem has also founded his own charity named The Marshall Mathers Foundation, assisting disadvantaged youth.
Feuds

Throughout his career, Eminem created a large number of rivals within the music industry, which includes Ja Rule, Benzino, Everlast, Insane Clown Posse, Canibus and other people.
Insane Clown Posse

The feud began in 1997, when Eminem was throwing a party to promote his debut EP, The Slim Shady EP. He gave Violent J a flyer which stated “Appearances from ICP… maybe”. The diss track paints Eminem as a homosexual.

Eminem did continue to insult Insane Clown Posse on various tracks from his album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), which includes the songs “Marshall Mathers” and “Ken Kaniff”. On “Marshall Mathers”, Eminem rapped: “Plus I was put here to put fear in faggots who spray Faygo Root Beer and call themselves “Clowns” cause they look queer Faggot2Dope and Silent Gay/claiming Detroit, when y’all live twenty miles away (fuckin punks)”. Eminem also mentioned that he did not need his fellow band members of D12 to defend him from “females when they try to scratch me with…nails.” Within the song, Eminem attacked the ICP members’ street credibility and accused them of becoming homosexuals.

On the skit “Ken Kaniff”, the duo are depicted as graphically fellating Ken Kanniff, a fictional gay character created by Eminem. The gay character instructs the duo to “say my name”, to which 1 member responds, “Eminem”, angering Ken Kaniff. The skit closes with Ken Kaniff refusing to allow them to further perform oral sex on him and Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope angry at the loss.

In 2002, Eminem also briefly dissed them on his single “Business” from his album The Eminem Show.

Insane Clown Posse talked about the feud becoming squashed in an interview with MTV, saying that Proof squashed the conflict in 2005 and had a bowling game. Violent J stated that, “He contacted us and we had a bowling game – it was really cool. We’re something different. They could have skipped over us and said forget them, but they included us and said let’s squash it.”

In an interview with MTV, Violent J stated that they no longer had problems and used the example “If you had beef with someone in high school and you see him ten years later at the reunion, are you still going to have problems with the kid? It’s just foolish.”
Everlast & Limp Bizkit

Within the early 2000s, Eminem was notified while on the Anger Management Tour that former House of Pain member Everlast had mocked him on a song. Everlast claimed that while passing by Mathers in a hotel lobby, Mathers gave him a “weird look.” Taking offense to this, Eminem and D12 rapidly began function on a retaliatory song, “I Remember”, which ripped Everlast several times in public and with the song.

Everlast responded with the track “Whitey’s Revenge,” released only on his official website. While the song contained references to Eminem’s strained relationships with his wife and mother, it was “Better run and check your kid for your DNA”, again referring to Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, that set Eminem off.

Eminem & D12 responded with “Quitter,” the second half of which is a take off on 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” (a diss song aimed at The Notorious B.I.G.).
Canibus

The animus between Canibus and Eminem started when Canibus and Wyclef Jean confronted Eminem and asked him if he ghost-wrote the track “The Ripper Strikes Back” by LL Cool J.
Ja Rule

Eminem’s conflict with Ja Rule started following 50 Cent signed to Shady Records and Aftermath. Ja Rule stated that he had a problem with Eminem and Dr. Dre of signing someone he had conflict with.

Busta Rhymes decided to join the conflict when he was featured on the track “Hail Mary 2003″, with Eminem and 50 Cent.

The feud intensified when Ja Rule released a diss called “Loose Change” in which he took shots at 50 Cent and also Eminem calling him “Feminem” and Dr. Dre as “bisexual” and claimed that Suge Knight knew of Dre “bringing transvestites home”.
Michael Jackson

The music video for “Just Lose It” generated controversy by parodying singer Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial, plastic surgery and an incident in which Jackson’s hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984.
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon

Eminem has written several songs referring to a relationship with pop singer Mariah Carey, although she denies the claim. She says that they hung out but nothing sexual or intimate occurred. Eminem has referenced her on numerous songs that include “Superman”, “Jimmy Crack Corn”, “Bagpipes From Baghdad”, and “The Warning”. While “Superman” was released in 2003, Carey released a song entitled “Clown” on her Charmbracelet album, released in 2002, which makes similar references in line with her 2009 hit “Obsessed”.

Eminem’s “Bagpipes From Baghdad” from his album Relapse might be his most well-known reference to Carey due to the controversy it caused. The song disparages Carey and husband Nick Cannon’s relationship.

In 2009, Carey released “Obsessed” in which she sings about an obsessed man who claims to be having a relationship with her.
Moby

Following the release of The Marshall Mathers LP, popular electronic music artist Moby began speaking out against the album’s lyrics, citing references to misogyny and homophobia as unacceptable.
Legacy

Eminem will be the best-selling artist of the decade on the US Nielsen SoundScan, and the data accumulated named Eminem the king of the time period.

Eminem’s second main label studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling solo album in United States history.