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Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers) was born.
Born in St. Joseph, Missouri.
His father left him when he was 18 months old. -
Eminem's parents got divorced. (officially)
Stayed with his mom but never had a good relationship with her. -
Debbie Mathers (Eminem's mother) sued Eminem's elementary school because a kid beat her son to the point where he gets severe headaches.
Lawsuit was dismissed -
His uncle gave him a copy of Ice T's Reckless.
After Marshall listened to it he decided he wanted to be a rapper. -
Debbie Mathers gave birth to Eminem's half brother, Nathan Kane
-Looks up to his brother and wants to be a rapper aswell -
Marshall's Uncle Ronnie, (more like an older brother) commited suicide.
-He was the one who introduced Eminem to Hip-Hop, so he was pretty affected by his uncles death. -
- Kim Mathers (Eminem's wife at the time) gave birth to Hailie Jade Mathers.
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-Released the debut album "Infinite."
-Sold about 500 copies from the backseat of his car -
- Debbie is accused of abusing Nathan.
- Loses custody of him.
- Later that year, she regains custody of him.
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Eminem and Kim get married
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-Rleases his third album, "The Marshall Mathers LP"
- After the first week of being released it sold about 1.6 million copies. -
- Marhsall's wife tries to commit suicide.
- Months later Eminem files a divorce from Kim, then later that year they reconcile.
- Eminem's mom sues him again.
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- Receives four Grammy nominations for "The Marshall Mathers LP."
- Woman and gay groups protest against it.
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- Releases his fourth album, "The Eminem Show"
- Approximately 10 500 000 copies were sold in the United States
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- Starred in the movie 8 Mile.
- Based on Eminem's life growing up, and how his music career started.
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- leases his fourth album called "Encore."
- Nine months after release, about 11 million copies were sold.
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- Eminem and Kim Remarry again.
- Later that year they seperate for a second time.
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- Releases his sixth album called "Relapse."
- Debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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- Eminem's seventh album, "Recovery" is released.
- Best selling album in Canada in 2010.
