Eminem

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Eminem's Personal life
Marshall Mather's Early childhood

Marshall was born in St. Joseph, Missouri (near Kansas City) to parents  Deborah "Debbie" Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers II, and spent
most of his childhood moving back and forth between Kansas City, and suburban Detroit, including Warren. His father had abandoned the family before
Marshall turned two years old, and the two have not had contact since, save some rejected attempts by Marshall's father to contact Marshall after his rise
to fame. Constantly moving from home to home, he frequently changed schools, often finding himself to be an outcast in the new communities, and frequently fell victim to bullying. An assault by schoolmate DeAngelo Bailey that left Marshall hospitalized was the most notable such incident, which Marshall
would later recount in greatly exaggerated form on the track "Brain Damage" (The Slim Shady LP, 1999). The song prompted legal action by the assailant, with accusations of libel and privacy infringement, which were eventually dismissed in court.

His childhood was further marred by his family's meager financial status, which was the primary reason for the continuous moving, during which Marshall
and his mother Debbie would often find themselves living in public housing,  mobile homes, and under the care of relatives, such as Marshall's great-aunt
Edna, whom he mentions in "Evil Deeds" (''Encore''). During this time, Debbie was legally taking the prescription drugs Vicodin and Valium, though Marshall later claimed in numerous interviews and songs that she was abusing the drugs,  to which Debbie retaliated with a lawsuit pressing defamation charges (see below).I n the song "Cleaning Out My Closet" (The Eminem Show, 2002), Mathers also accuses his mother of having Munchausen syndrome, adding that "my whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't... it makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't it?".This was not the first time someone had suggested Debbie had the disorder; a social worker had made similar comments following a 1996 investigation of her mistreatment of Nathan Samra-Mathers, her second child.


Eminem's life before fame

Before dropping out of Lincoln High School Warren as a 9th grader at the age of 17 (after failing ninth grade three times), Marshall made a number of significant
acquaintances at the school. This included fellow rapper Proof, who was to become one of his closest friends, the Runyon Avenue Soldiers, and future wife Kimberly Ann "Kim" Scott, with whom he soon developed a long-term relationship. When Kim became  pregnant, this further increased Marshall's drive to succeed through concern over the welfare of his new family. He discusses this in "Never Far" (Infinite, 1996), saying  "I got a baby on the way, I don't even got a car...I still stay with my moms... we gotta make some hit records or something because I'm tired of being broke..."  When the Infinite album failed to generate the revenue and acclaim he had hoped for,  and Kim ended their relationship, preventing him from seeing his newborn child, Marshall  decided to take his own life. However, his suicide attempt using an overdose of  Tylenol analgesics failed, and Marshall resumed his efforts to succeed in the music industry and reconcile with Kim. He ultimately succeeded in doing both, marrying Kim on June 14, 1999 in St. Joseph, Missouri.



The couple's daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, born December 25, 1995 would grow to become  an important part of Marshall's life, as he became dedicated to giving her everything he himself was deprived of in his childhood, including a father figure and financial  security. He would go on to mention her extensively in some of his songs, including "97 Bonnie & Clyde" (The Slim Shady LP, 1999), which takes the form of a one-sided  dialogue with Hailie, as well as "Hailie's Song" (The Eminem Show, 2002), "Mockingbird"  (''Encore'', 2004), and "When I'm Gone" (Curtain Call: The Hits, 2005), all of which are proclamations of his love and dedication to her. In addition, he samples her voice in the less serious upbeat track "My Dad's Gone Crazy" (The Eminem Show, 2002).




Themes and topics of Eminem's songs

A large part of Eminem's popularity is his separation from the over-abundance of "pop-rap",
 in which rhymes rarely stray from bragging about money and jewelery, fast cars with large
rims, huge parties, and constant casual sex. Instead, Eminem's songs typically explore deeper
 anger, thoughts, questions, and statements about his life and how he is treated. Common topics
 are:

    * Drugs and self-abuse (mostly in his early Slim Shady-era album and freestyles)
    * His mother and childhood
    * Being white in a black business/culture and growing up in a black neighborhood
    * His wife (Kim Mathers, whom he remarried in 2006)
    * Disgust with groupies/dating
    * Growing up in poverty-ridden Detroit
    * Raising his daughter and niece
    * America and the government
    * Poking fun at celebrities and American pop culture
    * Annoyance and/or amusement with people's literal interpretation of lyrics in songs like "Criminal" and "Stan".  

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