Eminem Biography, Career, Net Worth

Who is Eminem?

Marshall Bruce Mathers III, commonly known as Eminem, is a famous American rapper, actor, songwriter, and record producer. He is also called Slim Shady. He is the only child of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. and Deborah Nelson. 

Eminem is an Academy Award winner and a Grammy-winning artist who has made a significant impact in the music industry. For instance, he has sold over 220 million records worldwide. 

Moreover, he is an inspiration to many famous singers such as Lana Del Ray, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, etc. As a result, he has won 17 Billboard Awards, one Academy Award, 15 Grammys, eight American Music Awards, and one MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award.

• Who is Eminem?
• Quick Facts
• Eminem Interesting Facts
• Eminem's Parents
  • Father
  • Mother
• Eminem's Siblings
  • Michael Mathers
  • Sarah Mathers
  • Nathan Samra-Mathers
• Eminem's Wife and Children
  • Kimberly Anne Scott (ex-wife)
  • Eminem Children
• Eminem's Drug Issues
• Career
• Eminem Controversies
• Awards
• Eminem Net Worth
• FAQs

Quick Facts

Eminem Interesting Facts

Eminem’s Parents

Father

Eminem’s father is Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. He was in a Daddy Warbucks band. His name was after his dad Malcolm Marshall III. Unfortunately, his father walked out of Eminem’s life and never returned.

As a teenager, he wrote many letters to his dad. However, it was all returned to him without any one of them being read. In the song Headlights, he claims his father abandoned him and his mother and ruined the family.

His father has two children from his subsequent marriage.

Mother

Eminem’s mother is Deborah Rae Nelson who goes by the name Debbie. Debbie was also in Eminem’s father’s band. The pair however separated after his birth.

The neighborhood wasn’t friendly. Therefore, they moved a lot from place to place. Debbies’ was a drug addict and had trouble raising her children. Meanwhile, Debbie also has a son from her next relationship.

Eminem himself has written many songs about his mother’s parenting and drug abuse. He blames his mother for his drug addiction. He describes his house to be chaotic and said that he left home many times.

On many occasions, Debbie would even steal from Eminem and go out to play Bingo all day. Debbie also filed a lawsuit for describing her as a bad mother in Eminem’s song, Cleaning Out My Closet. As per Debbie, Eminem’s success was actually due to her good parenting.

Eminem’s Siblings

Michael Mathers

Eminem has a half-brother named Michel Mathers. Michael and Eminem have the same father. He is actually a photographer. Unfortunately, they are not close.

Sarah Mathers

Sarah Mathers is the only half-sister of Eminem. The public knew her name when she claimed Eminem as her half-brother in 2005.

Sarah is a waitress by profession. She has been trying to get in touch with Eminem. However, they have not been seen together in public so far.

Related: Read biography of Sarah Mathers half-sister of Eminem

Nathan Samra-Mathers

she was born on February 3, 1986. Nathan is an actor and is married to Ashley Mae. Eminem raised his half-brother Nathan and has legal custody of him.

Nathan is also a DJ and a producer. He remains very close to Eminem. Nathan has almost 60k followers on his Instagram page.

Eminem’s Wife and Children

Kimberly Anne Scott (ex-wife)

Eminem’s mother took in Kimberly Anne Scott and her twin sister Dawn. Living in the same house, they started to date each other in 1989. Their relation was on and off during this time.

The couple had their only child Hailie in December 1995. Moreover, they got married in 1999. But, unfortunately, the marriage did not last. And in 2001, the couple got divorced. 

However, Eminem got back together with his wife in 2006 and married her again. In 2010, the rapper revealed that they remain good friends. They share joint custody of Hailie.

Related: Read about the biography of Kimberly Anne Scott

Eminem Children

Eminem has only one child of his own. Moreover, his biological daughter, Halie, was born on December 25, 1995. Halie is a smart girl and graduated from Michigan State University. Moreover, she has a 3.9 GPA in her major, Psychology.

Related: Halie Jade biography

Mathers also adopted his sister-in-law’s daughter Alaina Marie. Unfortunately, Alaina’s mother passed in 2016, which made Eminem step up. He also raised Kim’s other child Whitney Scott Mathers, who is the youngest among them. Whitney’s father was involved with drugs, so Eminem decided to take care of her.

Related: Whitney Scott Mathers biography

Eminem’s Drug Issues

It is no mystery that the rapper had a severe drug addiction. During the filming of 8 miles, Eminem worked more than 16 hours a day. As a result, he soon developed insomnia and began taking Ambien tablet to cure this. 

Later on, the amount soon began to increase, and so did the variety of drugs. He would take breaks while recording and pop pills of Vicodin, Ambien and Valium. The rapper said that the drug helped him sleep better. The amount increased during his tour as well.

In 2007, he overdosed and spent days in the hospital. The doctor said that he was two hours from dying. To help him, singer Elton John stepped up and sobered him up. Actually, they are excellent friends. Eminem has been sober for over ten years now.

Career

Eminem began rapping as a hobby when he was 14. After dropping out of high school, he immersed himself in hip-hop and called himself MC Double M and began participating in rap battles in 1988.

He also picked up shifts in a family restaurant and worked for sixty hours a week. He was later fired just before Christmas. Eminem gained popularity through his alter ego, Slim Shady. He wrote songs about mental instability, drug abuse, and violence.

In 2003, Eminem became the first and the only artist to win an Academy Award for his rap song Lose Yourself. However, the rapper claimed that it was so unexpected that he stayed home thinking he would never win.

He released albums after albums and gained more success. He collaborated with many artists like Dr. Dre, Skylar Grey, Rihanna, etc. In addition, he also began touring and performing in various award functions.

His fellow artists described Eminem as talented and a workaholic. Unfortunately, since he was suffering from drug addiction, he took a break from music. But music helped him recover. He made more albums like Recovery, and The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which sold many copies worldwide and earned him many awards.

The rapper has also held many Guinness World Records. He broke his record of citing 6.4 words in second in the song Rap God when he rapped 7.5 words in a second in music Godzilla. He also has the highest likes on Facebook for a male artist.

Eminem Controversies

Eminem was under suspicion of being homophobic. He clarified that he wasn’t homophobic in the 60 min show with Anderson Cooper. In addition, Eminem is a great friend of gay singer Elton John. Moreover, he has also publicly talked about gay rights and marriage.

On the other hand, he has also faced many legal issues. For example, the legal issues involved his high school bully, wife, mother, etc. The rapper has had a lyrical feud with singers like Will Smith, Christina Aguilera, Machine Gun Kelly, Canibus, Ja Rule, Nick Cannon, Everlast, Mariah Carey, etc.

Awards

Eminem Net Worth

Eminem is one of the top 20 richest rappers worldwide. For instance, he has a net worth of USD 230 million. So naturally, therefore, he has a house in Rochester Hills, Michigan. 

The house is 15,129 square feet. Moreover, it has 9.5 bathrooms, a lake, a five-car garage, six bedrooms, a tennis court, and a launch dock. He bought his house in 2003 for 4.75 million dollars. 

In 2020, Eminem sold the house for half of its original price. Therefore, it got sold for $1.9 million.

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