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First Day
Marshal Bruce Mathers III was born to mother Debbie Briggs-Mathers and father Marshal Bruce Mathers jr. (Hasted, 12) -
Dead Beat Dad
Marshal's father abandons his family and moves to California with no explanation. (Hasted, 20) -
Young and Tough
" I was born in Kansas City, then when I was five we moved to a real bad part of Detroit, I was getting beat up a lot" (Hasted, 24) -
Some Stability
For his first time Marshall would begin and finish a year without attending more than two schools. Marshall completed seventh grade at Lincoln Jr High. Marshall states, "I was in seventh grade when I finally stuck around long enough to make some friends". (Hasted, 32) -
Brain Damage
"One guy used to beat my a** everyday, De Angelo Bailey"
On this specific day Bailey ran across the playground and shoved young Marshal into a snowbank so hard he blacked out. Later that night Marshal slipped into a coma due to cerebral hemorrhaging and didn't regain consciousness for five days. This event is which inspired the song "Brain Damage". (Hasted, 47) -
Teaching the Teacher
"There was this teacher, he once singles me out and told me I wasn't going to be s***. Everybody in the class laughed. I don't really even remember why he said that. Bit it stands out in my head...it really hurt my feelings and I was thinking that it shouldn't. Here's this guy I don't give a fuck about saying this, but it hurt."(Hasted, 52) -
Brother With the Same Mother
Marshall's half-brother Nathan was born allowing Marshall to be the main male role model in the new son's life. (Hasted, 62) -
Time is Money and Money is Everything
"As soon as I turned 15 my mother was like, get a f****** job and help me with these bills or your a** is out. Then she would kick me out anyway" (Hasted, 71) -
Flippin' off and Flippin' out
"All these black dudes drove by in a car flippin' me off, so i flipped them off back, they drove away and I didn't think nothin' of it. One dude came up hit me in the face and knocked me down, then he pulled out a gun. I ran out of my shoes dog. I thought that's what they wanted. I was 15 years old and I didn't know how to handle that shit. They made me strip down, took all my clothes and all my s*** with a gun to my head, but I lived man" (Hasted, 71) -
Uncle Ronnie
When Marshall was 19 his mothers brother Uncle Ronnie commited suicide after being rejected by a girl. This incident is what hit Marshall the hardest as Ronnie a was like an older brother to him with only a couple years between the two, Ronnie was Marshall's only male role model and looked up to him like no other. Although, Ronnie did do one thing right before taking his own like as he is the one that introduced Marshall to rap music and started what one day would become a rap god. (Hasted, 73) -
Daddy Em
On Christmas day Kim gave birth to Eminems first child, a baby girl named Hailie (Hasted, 67) -
The Beginning of Dre and Em
Eminem was flown out to LA to meet Dr. Dre for his very first time and discuss a rap record and signing onto his label "When I met Dre in the Interscope, I was awestruck. I was such a big fan. He thought I didn't like him! I was like, 'Dog you're a living legend how am I supposed to act' " (Hasted, 73) -
Em and Dre
Eminem first meets Dre in LA, "When I met Dre in Interscope offices I was awestruck. I was such a big fan, he thought I didn't like him! I was like, 'Dog you're a living legend, how am I supposed to act?' " (Hasted, 73) Eminem was signed to Dre's record company Interscope shortly after. -
A Rap Legend Teaching Tricks
Dre taught Em things he could do with rap he never though before was possible, " I learned to do things with my voice that I never thought was possible. Before I used to just rap; I was good at rhyming words. Now I'm able to rhyme a word with a certain attitude I didn't have before" (Hasted, 74) -
Lyricist Lounge Tour Time
Eminems overall career began coming together when Dre and Interscope productions sent Em on the Lyricist Lounge Tour and released his first single "Still don't give a f***". Em reflects on this tour and time in his life says, "The lyricist Lounge tour? My production company hooked it, I guess... I don't really know. All I know is Interscope Records came to me and was like, 'You're doing the tour'. The single that's coming out, it's mostly for the Lyricist Lounge". (Hasted, 80) -
Finally On The Shelves
" 'My Name Is' and The Slim Shady LP both finally reached American stores on February 23 1999" (Hasted, 82) -
UK and 2mill
"The Real Slim Shady LP, released there on April 10. By the end of the month, the album had sold two million in America" (Hasted, 85) -
Dancing with the Devil
Marshal and Kim decide to officially tie the not and get married in June of '99 with their daughter at the age of 3 (Hasted, 102) -
Marshal Mathers LP
Eminem drops his second official album with Interscope records in 2000 and reached 1.76 million copies in the US within the first week (Hasted, 125) -
Nominated and Protested
Eminem was nominated for 4 different Grammy titles in 2001 including Best Rap Album which he won, Best Rap Solo Performance which again he won, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or a group which him and Dre took together and finally the Album of the year which he did not receive. These nominations and wins caused an uproar in the woman rights and gay groups causing protest nation wide. (Hasted, 187)
