Published 22:59 IST, October 17th 2019
Eminem: Here is the early life and struggles of the 'Rap God'
Eminem is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. Today, Eminem celebrates his 47th birthday today and here is the rapper's early life and struggles
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Eminem has evidently earned title of 'King Of Hip Hop'. 47-year-old rapper me his debut back in 1998 in music industry and has been active for over 20 years. Eminem has won all major prestigious awards in Industry including Grammy Awards, Acemy Awards and People's Choice Awards. rapper has over 150 awards and 340 minations in commercial music. Behind phemenal success of Eminem, is a story of struggle and passion. He has been vocal about his journey in life through his words and music. Here's a look at life of Eminem through early years.
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Early life
Eminem's real name is Marshall Bruce Mars III. He was born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri to a fifteen-year-old mor. He never met his far as he left when Eminem was just six months old. He spent most of his childhood shifting back and forth from St. Joseph and Detroit. Due to his family situation, Eminem h to shift several schools while growing up which reportedly h an verse effect on his childhood. Eminem has stated in several interviews that shifting schools every two to three months me him socially anxious as a child. Eminem has been open about his experience with bullying, he has stated that he was subjected to various incidents where he was violently bullied. As a nine-year-old, Eminem was once beaten up so bly by bullies that he spent over a week in a coma. He has stated that he deliberately failed class 9th three times cause he lost all interest in school. He eventually dropped out of high school to pursue rapping.
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Rise to fame
He started chasing rapping career at an early of 14. hip-hop industry back n was dominated by African-American community who didn't welcome a Caucasian rapper like Eminem. He earned a name for himself by becoming a battle rapper, he performed in various underground clubs as a 17-year-old teenr. Acceptance did t come easily for Eminem as he h to struggle through various aspects of traumas while finding a path to mainstream music industry. While rapping in underground clubs, he would work odd jobs to make ends meet. In 2019, Eminem has luxury of calling himself richest rapper in world with a net worth of 225 million dollars.
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20:27 IST, October 17th 2019