Eminem: Story of the most successful hiphop artist of 21st century

Tale of Eminem's childhood:

Eminem's childhood was not a happy beginning. He had been through lots of darkness, and he was not sure what was happening in his life. His mother was only 15 years old when Eminem was born. After he was born, his father left them. Eminem's father left them when he was less than a year old. His mother was addicted to drugs and alcohol. When his father left them, Eminem often used to ask his mother about his father and wrote letters to his father, who was avoided by his father and was sent back to Eminem. For work, Eminem's family used to move from one place to another. After some time, Eminem and his mother settled down to a city named Detroit, which is the largest city in the midwestern state of Michigan. In Detroit, black people live there, and when Eminem moved to Detroit, he was the only white boy in the entire school and was bullied by black people. From there, racism and bullying became a part of his life. One day he was beaten brutally by a fat kid whose name was D' Angelo Bailey that Eminem went to coma for a week. He also made the song "Brain Damage," where he defamed that fat kid.

Beginning of Eminem's rap career:

Rapping was never a part of Eminem's life as he was going through lots of difficulties. When Eminem was a child, he often used to spend quality time with his uncle, whose name was Ronnie. His uncle gave him CDs of hip-hop music and rap song, and he used and started to like hip-hop songs. The desire for rapping started to grow inside him. He dropped out of high school and used to spend his time writing comic books and drawing. Besides his odd working jobs, he used to entertain others by rapping. In 1997, a rap competition was organized at Los Angelos, where he participated to show his talent. That was the main turning point of his life when he became 2nd. Back at that time, popular rapper Dr. Dre was so amazed by Eminem's rapping skill and decided to work with Eminem. They worked together on their first album "The Real Slim Shady," which was released in 1999. He also started to work with the D12 hip-hop group and made rap tracks with D12 members. Gradually he started to work on more albums such as Recovery, Relapse, and others.

Freestyle Rap:

             

Freestyle rap is quite enough to judge a rapper's skill and talent. When it comes to Eminem's freestyle, fans can figure out how intelligent. His freestyle rapping was aired on New York live show with Westwood and Marley in 1999 when Eminem was busy on flourishing "The Slim Shady LP." Eminem has a good memory and has good control over his speech while delivering.

Surprise album of Eminem:

On August 31, 2018, Eminem dropped a surprise album without giving any notification. This album was the most selling rap album in 2018. Eminem's Kamikaze album was a strong response to the mumble rappers who tried to criticize Eminem. This album was a complete treat to the mumble rappers and their hip-hop career. Eminem schemed Kamikaze album with lots of diss tracks where Lil Pump, Savage, Lil Yachty, Migos, and many other mumble rappers' names were mentioned. He stated on his caterpillar track, "The boom back is coming back with an ax to mumble rap lumberjack with a hacksaw," which shows this album was bad news for the mumble rappers. By releasing this album, Eminem destroyed the rap industry.

Battle with Machine Gun Kelly[MGK]:

                                          

One of the track of Kamikaze "Not Alike" was identified as a diss track where MGKs name was mentioned. Eminem dissed MGK accurately on that track. Beefing in the rap industry is the main battle between the rappers. On September 3, 2018, MGK responded Eminem by dropping a diss track "Rap Devil," where Eminem was dissed completely, and Eminem was challenged for a rap battle. Within 24 hours, Eminem responded to MGK with his new track "Killshot" and defeated MGK. Eminem's bars on kill shot were so double-edged that MGK failed to respond. On Eminem's eleventh studio album "Music To Be Murdered by," he confirmed that war is ending with MGK. Battle with MGK was one of the most well-known rap battles in the entire rap industry.

Eminem's Sobriety:

Eminem went through lots of struggles after he was born and suffered from depression. Like his mother, he was also addicted to drugs and alcohol. He used to take lots of sleeping pills and other drugs and was hospitalized several times due to overdose. Recently Eminem shared a post on Twitter and Instagram where he told his fans "11 years - still not afraid," which proves Eminem's sobriety that he is sober from the past 11 years.   

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