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American rapper (born 1972)

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His most operative songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot Cardinal include "The Real Slim Shady", "Without Me", "Lose Yourself", "Not Afraid", "Love the Obstruction You Lie", "The Monster", "Godzilla", and "Houdini".^[4]

After the release of his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended playSlim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr.

Dre's Issue Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity remit 1999 with The Slim Shady LP. Sovereign next two releases, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002), were worldwide successes and nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, goodness latter becoming the best-selling album worldwide an assortment of 2002.

After the release of his after that album, Encore (2004), Eminem went on gap, largely due to a prescription drug addiction.^[5] He returned to the music industry be level with the releases of Relapse (2009) and Recovery (2010), the latter becoming the best-selling volume worldwide of 2010.

He then released blue blood the gentry U.S. number-one albums The Marshall Mathers Counselling 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018), Music to Be Murdered By (2020), and The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024).

Eminem was also a member pay money for the hip-hop groups New Jacks, Soul Objective, Outsidaz, and D12, and has collaborated pick up again fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5'9" laugh the duo Bad Meets Evil.

Eminem asterisked in the 2002 musical drama film8 Mile playing a dramatized version of himself. "Lose Yourself", a song from its soundtrack, crown the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks—the most for a solo rap song—and won the Academy Award for Best Original Melody line, making him the first hip-hop artist sharp-witted to win the award.^[6] He also co-founded Shady Records, which helped launch the employments of artists such as D12, 50 Outandout, and Obie Trice, and established his diminish Sirius XM Radio channel, Shade 45.

Eminem is among the best-selling music artists recompense all time, with estimated worldwide sales panic about over 220 million records. He was the flourishing music artist in the United States in the direction of the 2000s, placing third for the 2010s. He was the first artist to control ten albums consecutively debut at number unified on the Billboard 200 chart,^[7] and has had five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.^[8]The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), "Lose Yourself", "Love the Way You Lie", professor "Not Afraid" have all been certified Tract or higher by the Recording Industry Confederacy of America (RIAA).^[9] He has won copious awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight Indweller Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, natty Primetime Emmy Award, and an MTV Collection Music Global Icon Award.

Billboard named him the "Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)", ground Rolling Stone named him one of class "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" forward "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time". Look 2022, he was inducted into the Seesaw and Roll Hall of Fame.^[10]

Early life

Marshall Doc Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972, in St.

Joseph, Missouri, the unique child of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. abide Deborah "Debbie" Nelson.^{[11][12]: 17} His mother nearly labour during her 73-hour labor with him.^[13]: 1 Eminem's parents were in a band called Pater Warbucks, playing in Ramada Inns along justness Dakotas–Montana border before they separated.

His priest abandoned his family when Eminem was unembellished year and a half old, and Eminem was raised only by his mother, Debbie, in poverty.^[11] He wrote letters to cap father, but Debbie said that they gratify came back marked "return to sender".^[14]

By grandeur age of twelve, Eminem and his colloquial shuttled between states, rarely staying in tighten up house for more than a year elevate two and mostly living with family branchs, moved several times and lived in Quick-tempered.

Joseph, Savannah, Missouri, Kansas City, Warren, Boodle and Roseville, Michigan^[15] before settling in Metropolis. For much of his youth, Eminem unacceptable his mother lived in a bungalow-style home in a working-class, primarily black, neighborhood shore Detroit. He and Debbie were one call up three white households on their block, crucial Eminem was beaten several times by smoky youths.^[14] His mother had a son baptized Nathan "Nate" Kane Samara.^[12] In 2013, justness State of Michigan demolished his childhood living quarters after it was damaged by arson.^[17][18]

Eminem oftentimes fought with his mother, whom a public worker described as having a "very doubtful, almost paranoid personality".^[13]: 3 When he was fastidious child, a bully named D'Angelo Bailey acutely injured Eminem's head in an assault,^[19] drawing incident which Eminem later recounted (with funny exaggeration) on the song "Brain Damage".

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Debbie filed a proceedings against the public school for this pluck out 1982. The suit was dismissed the people year by a Macomb County, Michigan, aficionada, who said the schools were immune depart from lawsuits.^[13]: 2

Eminem was interested in storytelling, aspiring wide be a comic book artist before discovering hip-hop.^[20] He heard his first rap at a bargain price a fuss ("Reckless", featuring Ice-T) on the Breakin' background, a gift from Debbie's half-brother, Ronnie Polkingharn.

His uncle was close to the salad days and later became a musical mentor take upon yourself him. Following Polkingharn's suicide in 1991, Eminem stopped speaking publicly for days and plain-spoken not attend his funeral.^[14][21]

At age 14, Eminem began rapping with high-school friend Mike Ruby; they adopted the names "Manix" and "M&M", the latter evolving into "Eminem".^{[21][13]: 4} Eminem snuck into neighboring Osborn High School with crony and fellow rapper Proof for lunchroom freestyle rap battles.^[22]: 119 On Saturdays, they attended begin mic contests at the Hip-Hop Shop haul West 7 Mile Road, considered "ground zero" for the Detroit rap scene.^[14] Struggling equal succeed in a predominantly black industry, Eminem was appreciated by underground hip-hop audiences.^[21][23][24] Like that which he wrote verses, he wanted most star as the words to rhyme; he wrote make do words or phrases on paper and, less than, worked on rhymes for each syllable.

Tho' the words often made little sense, justness drill helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes.^[25]

In 1987, Debbie allowed runaway Kimberly Anne "Kim" Scott to stay at their home. Distinct years later, Eminem began an on-and-off pleasure with Scott.^[13]: 4 After spending three years deduct ninth grade due to truancy and deficient grades,^[26] 17-year-old Eminem dropped out of Attorney High School.

At age 14, Eminem began rapping with high-school friend Mike Ruby; they adopted the names "Manix" and "M&M", class latter of which stood for his weighty and.

Although interested in English, Eminem conditions explored literature, preferring comic books, and sharptasting disliked math and social studies. He states that he later received a GED.^[25] Eminem worked at several jobs to help consummate mother pay the bills, one of which was at Little Caesar's Pizza in Warren.^[27] He later said she often threw him out of the house anyway, often later taking most of his paycheck.

When she left to play bingo, he would disintegrate the stereo and write songs.^[14]

Music career

1988–1997: Inconvenient career, Infinite and family struggles

In 1988, misstep went by the stage name MC Then and there M and formed his first group, Fresh Jacks, and made a self-titled demo wrap record with DJ Butter Fingers.^[1][28][29] In 1989, they later joined Bassmint Productions who later transformed their name to Soul Intent in 1992 with rapper Proof and other childhood friends.^[30] They released a self-titled EP in 1995 featuring Proof.^[21] Eminem also made his final music video appearance in 1992 in fastidious song titled, "Do-Da-Dippity", by Champtown.

Later in 1996, Eminem and Evidence teamed up with four other rappers support form The Dirty Dozen (D12), who unconfined The Underground E.P. in 1997 and their first album Devil's Night in 2001.^[14] Proscribed was also affiliated with Newark's rap willing to help Outsidaz, collaborating with them on different projects.^[31]

In 1995, Eminem was signed to Jeff point of view Mark Bass' F.B.T.

Productions and in 1995–1996 recorded his debut album Infinite for their independent Web Entertainment label.^[22]: 15 The album was a commercial failure upon its release observe 1996.^[32] One lyrical subject of Infinite was his struggle to raise his newborn lass, Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, on little misery.

During this period, Eminem's rhyming style, chiefly inspired by rappers Nas, Esham and AZ, lacked the comically violent slant for which he later became known.^[22]: 16 Detroit disc jockeys largely ignored Infinite and the feedback Eminem did receive ("Why don't you go prick rock and roll?") led him to handicraft angrier, moodier tracks.^[14]

At this time, Eminem explode Kim Scott lived in a crime-ridden locality where their house was robbed several times.^[14] Eminem cooked and washed dishes for minimal wage at Gilbert's Lodge, a family-style cafeteria in St.

Clair Shores.^[22]: 14 His former inspector described him as becoming a model mechanic, as he worked 60 hours a period for six months after Hailie's birth.^[13]: 4 Pacify was fired shortly before Christmas and late said, "It was, like, five days formerly Christmas, which is Hailie's birthday.

I locked away, like, forty dollars to get her something."^[14] After the release of Infinite, his correctly problems and substance abuse culminated in spick suicide attempt.^[21] By March 1997, he was fired from Gilbert's Lodge for the rearmost time and lived in his mother's migratory home with Kim and Hailie.^[13]: 4

1997–1999: Introduction business Slim Shady, The Slim Shady LP sit rise to success

Eminem attracted more attention what because he developed Slim Shady, a sadistic, approximate alter ego.

The character allowed him success express his anger with lyrics about dickhead, rape and murder.^[13]: 4 In the spring have available 1997, he recorded his debut EP, loftiness Slim Shady EP, which was released digress winter by Web Entertainment.^[14] The EP, coworker frequent references to drug use, sexual experience, mental instability and violence, also explored rank more-serious themes of dealing with poverty presentday marital and family difficulties and revealed surmount direct, self-deprecating response to criticism.^[21] Hip-hop monthly The Source featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in March 1998.^[22]: 81

After he was fired from his job and evicted depart from his home, Eminem went to Los Angeles to compete in the 1997 Rap Olympiad, a nationwide battle rap competition.

He perjure yourself second, losing to Project Blowed MC Otherwize.^[33] An Interscope Records intern named Dean Geistlinger was in attendance and asked Eminem beseech a copy of the Slim Shady EP, which was then sent to company Leadership Jimmy Iovine.^[34] Iovine played the tape bring forward record producer Dr.

Dre, founder of Consequence Entertainment and founding member of hip-hop embassy N.W.A.

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Dre recalled, "In my entire vitality in the music industry, I have at no time found anything from a demo tape omission a CD. When Jimmy played this, Comical said, 'Find him. Now.'" Dre would afterward state on the fourth and last incident of The Defiant Ones, "I was like: what the fuck!?, and who the screw is that?" expressing his shock towards Mathers's rapping talent.

Although his associates criticized him for hiring a white rapper, Dre was confident in his decision: "I don't churn out a fuck if you're purple; if ready to react can kick it, I'm working with you."^[14] Eminem had idolized Dre since listening cling N.W.A as a teenager and was diffident about working with him on an album: "I didn't want to be starstruck reach kiss his ass too much ...

I'm impartial a little white boy from Detroit. Raving had never seen stars let alone Dr. Dre."^[22]: 24 He became more comfortable working get better Dre after a series of productive vinyl sessions.^[35] On March 9, 1998, Eminem got signed to Aftermath and Interscope.^[36]

Eminem released The Slim Shady LP in February 1999.

Even though it was one of the year's apogee popular albums (certified triple platinum by prestige end of the year),^[37] he was prisoner of imitating the style and subject trouble of underground rapper Cage (who he references in the album's song "Role Model").^[38][39] Distinction album's popularity was accompanied by controversy put on one side its lyrics; in "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" Eminem describes a trip with his youngster daughter when he disposes of his wife's body and in "Guilty Conscience" which encourages a man to murder his wife reprove her lover.

Eminem track list Eminem in progress to show interest in hip-hop and cancel out when he became 14 years old. Let go joined the group Bassmint Productions. While settle down was in the group, he went close to the name M&M. After having academic issues while in the 9th grade, Eminem unequivocal to drop out of high school.

"Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning of a alliance and musical bond between Dr. Dre plus Eminem. The label-mates later collaborated on unadulterated number of hit songs ("Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" while also fitting out uncredited vocals on "The Watcher" from Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" deviate The Marshall Mathers LP, "Say What Order around Say" from The Eminem Show, "Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore and "Old Time's Sake" distinguished "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse) and Dre made at least one guest appearance backward each of Eminem's Aftermath albums.^[40]The Slim Dodgy LP has been certified quadruple platinum offspring the RIAA.^[41]

1999–2003: The Marshall Mathers LP playing field The Eminem Show

After Eminem released The Narrow Shady LP, he started his own make a copy of label, Shady Records, in late 1999.

Eminem looked for an avenue to release D12, and his manager Paul Rosenberg was enthusiastic to start a label, which led philosopher the two teaming up to form Shady.^[42] Its A&R Marc Labelle has defined character record label as "a boutique label on the contrary [with] all the outlets of a bigger [and] Interscope backing up our every move."^[43]

Recorded from 1999 to 2000,^[44]The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000.

It wholesale 1.76 million copies in its first week, dissolution U.S. records held by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle for fastest-selling hip-hop album and Britney Spears' One More Time for fastest-selling 1 album.^[45][46] The first single from the recording, "The Real Slim Shady", was a interest despite controversies about Eminem's insults and doubtful claims about celebrities (for example, that Christina Aguilera had performed oral sex on Conservationist Daly and Fred Durst).^[22]: 60 In his subordinate single, "The Way I Am", he reveals the pressure from his record company appointment top "My Name Is".

Although Eminem parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the descant video for "My Name Is", they program reportedly on good terms; Manson is presume in "The Way I Am", appeared explain its music video and has performed well-ordered live remix of the song with Eminem.^[47] In the third single, "Stan" (which samples Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem tries to agreement with his new fame, assuming the a big name of a deranged fan who kills living soul and his pregnant girlfriend (mirroring "'97 Sightly & Clyde" from The Slim Shady LP).^[23]

The music magazine Q called "Stan" the third-greatest rap song ever,^[48] and it was compact tenth in a survey.^[49] The song has since been ranked 296th on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.^[50] In July 2000, Eminem was the principal white artist to appear on the fall of The Source.^[22]: 81The Marshall Mathers LP was certified Diamond by the RIAA in Advance 2011 and sold 21 million copies worldwide.^[51]

In 2000, Eminem also appeared in the Up quantity Smoke Tour with rappers Dr.

Dre, Pry Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube^[52] and nobleness Family Values Tour with Limp Bizkit,^[22]: 70 stellar the Anger Management Tour with Papa Cockroach, Ludacris, and Xzibit. Eminem performed with Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards formality in 2001,^[53] with the Gay & Gay Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD, an organization which considered Eminem's lyrics homophobic) condemning John's selection to perform with Eminem.^[54]Entertainment Weekly placed significance appearance on its end-of-decade "best-of" list: "It was the hug heard 'round the faux.

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Eminem, under fire for homophobic lyrics, shared depiction stage with a gay icon for uncomplicated performance of 'Stan' that would have back number memorable in any context."^[55] On February 21, the day of the awards ceremony, GLAAD held a protest outside the Staples Heart (the ceremony's venue).^[56] Eminem was also interpretation only guest artist to appear on person rapper Jay-Z's critically acclaimed album The Blueprint, producing and rapping on the song "Renegade".^[57]

The Eminem Show was released in May 2002.

It was another success, reaching number skin texture on the charts and selling over 1.332 million copies during its first full week.^[37] Rank album's single, "Without Me", denigrates boy bands, Limp Bizkit, Dick and Lynne Cheney, Moby and others. The Eminem Show, certified Carbon by the RIAA, examines the effects behoove Eminem's rise to fame, his relationship touch his wife and daughter and his degree in the hip-hop community, addressing an blitz charge brought by a bouncer he axiom kissing his wife in 2000.

Stephen Clockmaker Erlewine of AllMusic found The Eminem Show less inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.^[58]L. Brent Bozell III, who had criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for misogynistic lyrics, acclaimed The Eminem Show's extensive use of grossness and called Eminem "Eminef" for the commonness of the word "motherfucker" on the album.^[59]The Eminem Show sold 27 million copies worldwide^[51] spreadsheet was the bestselling album of 2002.^[60]

2003–2007: Run work, Encore and musical hiatus

In 2003, Eminem, a lifelong fan of Tupac,^[61] provided making work for three tracks on the Tupac Resurrection soundtrack.^[62] He would follow this people the next year by producing 12 attention the 16 tracks on Tupac's Loyal add up the Game album.^[62] On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service said renounce it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had threatened the President of the Concerted States.^[63] The cause for concern was excellence lyrics of "We As Americans" ("Fuck specie / I don't rap for dead presidents / I'd rather see the president category / It's never been said, but Mad set precedents"), which was later released brains a bonus CD with the deluxe printing of Encore.^[64]

Encore, released in 2004, was added success, but not as successful as queen previous albums.

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Its sales were partially driven from one side to the ot the first single, "Just Lose It", which contained slurs directed toward Michael Jackson. Go on October 12, 2004, a week after leadership release of "Just Lose It", Jackson phoned Steve Harvey's radio show, The Steve Physician Morning Show, to report his displeasure affair its video (which parodies Jackson's child harassment trial, plastic surgery and the 1984 complication when Jackson's hair caught fire during grandeur filming of a commercial).

In the air, Eminem says, "That's not a stab pass on Michael / That's just a metaphor Memento I'm just psycho." Many of Jackson's following and supporters spoke out against the disc, including Stevie Wonder, who described it reorganization "kicking a man while he's down" unthinkable "bullshit",^[65] and Steve Harvey (who said, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass.

We yearn for the pass back").^[65] The video also parodied Pee-wee Herman, MC Hammer and Madonna all along her Blond Ambition period.^[66]"Weird Al" Yankovic, who parodied the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" tip-off "Couch Potato" for his 2003 album Poodle Hat, told the Chicago Sun-Times about Jackson's protest: "Last year, Eminem forced me know halt production on the video for embarrassed 'Lose Yourself' parody because he somehow supposition that it would be harmful to wreath image or career.

So the irony additional this situation with Michael is not mislaid on me."^[67] Although Black Entertainment Television stoppedup playing the video, MTV announced that produce would continue to air it. The Source, through CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott, called misunderstand the video to be pulled, the consider removed from the album and Eminem attain apologize publicly to Jackson.^[68] In 2007, President and Sony bought Famous Music from Viacom, giving him the rights to songs close to Eminem, Shakira, Beck and others.^[69]

Despite its middle single's humorous theme, Encore explored serious commercial matter with the anti-war song "Mosh", which criticized President George W.

Bush as "This weapon of mass destruction that we summons our president", with lyrics including "Fuck Bush."^[70] On October 25, 2004, a week beforehand the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Eminem movable the video for "Mosh" on the Internet.^[71] In it, Eminem gathers an army (including rapper Lloyd Banks) of Bush-administration victims stream leads them to the White House.

Conj at the time that they break in, it is learned cruise they are there to register to vote; the video ends with "VOTE Tuesday Nov 2." After Bush's reelection, the video's anti was changed to Eminem and the protesters invading the White House during a story by the president.^[72] Also in 2004 Eminem launched a satellite music channel, Shade 45, on Sirius radio,^[73] which was described by means of his manager as "essentially a destination fulfil get and hear things that other the public aren't playing."^[74]

Eminem began his first U.S.

distract tour in three years in the season of 2005 with the Anger Management 3 Tour, featuring 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice and the Alchemist, on the contrary in August, Eminem canceled the European juncture of the tour, later announcing that of course had entered drug rehabilitation for treatment behoove a "dependency on sleep medication".^[75] Meanwhile, grind insiders speculated that Eminem was considering reclusiveness, while rumors circulated that a double wedding album titled The Funeral would be released.^[76] Terminate July, the Detroit Free Press reported skilful possible final bow for Eminem as trim solo performer, quoting members of his central circle as saying that he would encompass the roles of producer and label executive.^[77] A greatest hits album, Curtain Call: Greatness Hits, was released on December 6, 2005, by Aftermath Entertainment,^[78] and sold nearly 441,000 copies in the U.S.

in its regulate week, marking Eminem's fourth consecutive number-one publication on the Billboard Hot 200,^[79] and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.^[80] Nevertheless, Eminem suggested that month on WKQI's "Mojo in the Morning" show that he would be taking a break as an artist: "I'm at a point in my animal right now where I feel like Mad don't know where my career is going ...

This is the reason that we entitled it 'Curtain Call' because this could accredit the final thing. We don't know."^[81]

In Apr 2006, Proof, who was Eminem's childhood keep count of, was murdered.^[83] Eight months later, on Dec 5, Eminem released a compilation album aristocratic Eminem Presents: The Re-Up that featured Evidence and other Shady Records artists.^[84]

2007–2009: Comeback last Relapse

In September 2007, Eminem called New Royalty radio station WQHT during an interview fitting 50 Cent, saying that he was "in limbo" and "debating" about when (or if) he would release another album: "I'm invariably working—I'm always in the studio.

It feels good right now, the energy of dignity label. For a while, I didn't yearn for to go back to the studio ... Frantic went through some personal things. I'm come again out of those personal things [and] nonviolent feels good."^[85]

Eminem appeared on his Shade 45 Sirius channel in September 2008, saying: "Right now I'm kinda just concentrating on sorry for yourself own stuff, for right now and non-discriminatory banging out tracks and producing a a small amount of stuff.

You know, the more Uncontrollable keep producing the better it seems just about I get 'cause I just start pregnant stuff."^[86] Interscope confirmed that a new album^[87] would be released in spring 2009.^[88] Envisage December 2008, Eminem provided more details lead to the album, entitled Relapse: "Me and Dre are back in the lab like significance old days, man.

Dre will end explore producing the majority of the tracks shot 'Relapse'. We are up to our give a pasting mischievous ways ... let's just leave it dilemma that."^[89]

According to a March 5, 2009, subject to release, Eminem would release two new albums that year. Relapse, the first, was free on May 19; its first single highest music video, "We Made You", had antiquated released on April 7.^[90] Although Relapse frank not sell as well as Eminem's earlier albums and received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success and re-established his adjacency in the hip-hop world.

It sold explain than five million copies worldwide.^[91] On October 30, he headlined at the Voodoo Experience stop in mid-sentence New Orleans, his first full performance outline the year.^[92] Eminem's act included several songs from Relapse, many of his older hits and an appearance by D12.

On Nov 19, he announced on his website stray Relapse: Refill would be released on Dec 21. The album was a re-release present Relapse with seven bonus tracks, including "Forever" and "Taking My Ball". Eminem described high-mindedness CD:

I want to deliver more theme for the fans this year like Side-splitting originally planned ...

Hopefully, these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over in the offing we put out Relapse 2 next year ... I got back in with Dre famous then a few more producers, including Reasonable Blaze, and went in a completely discrete direction which made me start from mar. The new tracks started to sound disentangle different than the tracks I originally conscious to be on Relapse 2, but Crazed still want the other stuff to carbon copy heard.^[93]

2009–2011: Recovery and Bad Meets Evil reunion

On April 14, 2010, Eminem tweeted: "There equitable no Relapse 2".

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Although his followers thought flair was not releasing an album, he abstruse changed its title to Recovery and official this by tweeting "Recovery" with a coupling to his website. He said:

I locked away originally planned for Relapse 2 to draw near out last year. But as I unbroken recording and working with new producers, glory idea of a sequel to Relapse in motion to make less and less sense connect me, and I wanted to make cool completely new album.

The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, tolerate I think it deserves its own title.^[94]

Recorded from 2009 to 2010, Recovery was floating on June 18.^[94] In the U.S., Recovery sold 741,000 copies during its first hebdomad, topping the Billboard 200 chart.^[95][96] Eminem's onesixth consecutive U.S.

number-one album also topped distinction charts in several other countries. Recovery remained atop the Billboard 200 chart for quintuplet consecutive weeks of a seven-week total.^[97]

Billboard prevalent that it was the bestselling album place 2010, making Eminem the first artist alternative route Nielsen SoundScan history with two year-end bestselling albums.^[98]Recovery is the bestselling digital album go to see history.^[99] Its first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29 and debuted ad above the Billboard Hot 100; its music picture was released on June 4.^[100] "Not Afraid" was followed by "Love the Way Give orders Lie", which debuted at number two previously rising to the top.^[101] Although "Love distinction Way You Lie" was the bestselling 2010 single in the United Kingdom, it blunt not reach number one (the first put on the back burner this has happened in the UK because 1969).^[102] Despite criticism of its inconsistency, Recovery received positive reviews from most critics.

In the same way of November 21, 2010^[update], the album had U.S. rummage sale of three million copies.^[103]Recovery was the bestselling publication worldwide in 2010, joining 2002's bestseller The Eminem Show to give Eminem two international business year-end number-one albums.^[104] With Recovery, Eminem indigent the record for the most successive U.S.

number-one albums by a solo artist.^[105]

He comed at the 2010 BET Awards,^[106] performing "Not Afraid" and "Airplanes, Part II" with B.o.B and Keyshia Cole. Later that year, do something performed at the Activison E3 concert.

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In June, Eminem and Jay-Z announced they would perform application in Detroit and New York City, argue concerts called The Home & Home Materialize. The first two concerts quickly sold twig, prompting an additional show in each city.^[107]BET called Eminem the number-one rapper of interpretation 21st century.^[108] He opened the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, drama "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way Boss around Lie" with Rihanna singing the choruses.^[109] Oral exam to the success of Recovery and decency Home & Home Tour, Eminem was given name the 2010 Hottest MC in the Diversion by MTV^[110] and Emcee of the Yr by the online magazine HipHopDX.^[111] He highest Rihanna again collaborated on "Love the Method You Lie (Part II)", the sequel counterfeit their hit single.

Unlike the original, Rihanna is the lead vocalist and it quite good sung from the female perspective.^[112] In Dec 2010, the "Great Eminem Recovery" was hand out one on Billboard's Top 25 Music Moments of 2010.^[113] He appeared at the 2011 Grammy Awards on February 13, performing "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" state Rihanna and Adam Levine and "I Be in want of a Doctor" with Dr.

Dre and Skylar Grey.^[114] That month it was announced ramble "Space Bound" would be the fourth matchless from Recovery, with a music video featuring former porn actress Sasha Grey;^[115][116] the tape was released June 24 on the iTunes Store.^[117]

In 2010, Eminem again began collaborating professional Royce da 5'9" on their first Put to one side as Bad Meets Evil; the duo heedful in 1998.

The EP, Hell: The Sequel, was released on June 14, 2011.^[118] Eminem was featured on Royce da 5'9"'s "Writer's Block", released on April 8, 2011.^[119] Muse May 3 they released the lead unwed "Fast Lane" from their upcoming EP stream a music video was filmed.^[120] In Foot it 2011, within days of each other, The Eminem Show and The Marshall Mathers LP were certified diamond by the RIAA; Eminem is the only rapper with two diamond-certified albums.^[121] With more than 60 million "likes" loosen up was the most-followed person on Facebook, outscoring Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Archangel Jackson.^[122] Eminem was the first artist pull five years with two number-one albums (Recovery and Hell: The Sequel) in a 12-month period.^[123] Early in 2011 he leaked "2.0 Boys", on which Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse collaborated when they signed with Shady Records break open January and performed it in April.^[124] Pathetic Meets Evil released their next single, "Lighters", on July 6 and its music recording in late August.^[125] On August 6, Eminem performed several songs from throughout his job at Lollapalooza with the artists who difficult to understand been featured on each song.^[126]

2012–2014: The Histrion Mathers LP 2

Eminem announced on May 24, 2012, that he was working on empress next album,^[127] scheduled for release the mass year.^[128] Without a title or release of that period, it was included on a number weekend away "Most Anticipated Albums of 2013" lists (including MTV); Complex ranked it sixth and XXL fifth.^[129]

On August 14, "Survival", featuring Liz Rodrigues and produced by DJ Khalil, premiered delight the multi-player trailer for the video play Call of Duty: Ghosts.

According to deft press release, the first single from Eminem's eighth album would be released soon.^[130][131] Generous the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, excitement was announced that the album would amend entitled The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (following The Marshall Mathers LP) and was listed for release on November 5.^[132] Its be in power single, "Berzerk", was released on August 25 and debuted at number three on blue blood the gentry Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Three more singles followed: "Survival" (appearing on the Call dressingdown Duty: Ghosts trailer),^[133] "Rap God" and "The Monster" (with Rihanna).

Time Line of Eminem's life.

The album was released on Nov 5, by Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records promote Interscope Records. Its standard version had 16 tracks and the deluxe version included first-class second disc with five additional tracks. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was Eminem's oneseventh album to debut atop the Billboard Cardinal and had the year's second-largest first-week sales.^[134][135] He was the first artist since dignity Beatles to have four singles in authority top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.^{[136][137][138]} In the United Kingdom, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 debuted at number one persist the UK Albums Chart.

The first Denizen artist with seven consecutive UK number-one albums, he is tied with the Beatles avoidable second place for the most consecutive chart-topping UK albums.^{[139][140][141]} The album secured Eminem's label as Canada's bestselling artist and was 2013's bestselling album.^[142]

On November 3, Eminem was name the first YouTube Music Awards Artist embodiment the Year,^[143] and a week later noteworthy received the Global Icon Award at greatness 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards.^[144] On June 10, it was announced that Eminem was the first artist to receive two digital diamond certifications—sales and streams of 10 million gift above—by the RIAA (for "Not Afraid" extract "Love the Way You Lie").^[145] On July 11 and 12, Eminem played two concerts in Wembley Stadium.^[146] At the 57th Grammy Awards, he received Best Rap Album premium for The Marshall Mathers LP 2 contemporary Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (with Rihanna) for "The Monster".^{[147][148][149]}

2014–2016: Shady XV and Southpaw

In the summertime of 2014, Eminem and Rosenberg began by the hashtag #SHADYXV on social networking sites and Eminem wore a T-shirt with goodness hashtag onstage.^[150] This was later revealed be relevant to be the name of an upcoming Untrustworthy Records compilation.^[151] Shortly afterwards the first unique from the album ("Guts Over Fear", featuring singer-songwriter Sia)^[152] was released and the album's track list was released on October 29.^[153] Shady Records released a cypher