Eminem

Early life and first releases
Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, the son of Deborah Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.[9] Shortly after his birth, his father abandoned his family. Until he was twelve, Marshall Mathers and his mother often moved between St. Joseph; Kansas City, Missouri and Warren, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. As a teenager, Mathers became interested in hip hop, performing amateur raps at age fourteen under the pseudonym "M&M" and joining the group Soul Intent around 1995, when his first single was released.[1] Although a student at Lincoln High School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles at Osborn High School across town,[10] gaining the approval of underground hip hop audiences.[1] After repeating the ninth grade twice due to truancy,[11] he dropped out of high school at age 17.[9]

Since 1992, Mathers had been signed to FBT Productions, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage job of cooking and dishwashing at the restaurant Gilbert's Lodge at St. Clair Shores for some time.[12] In 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassment, a recording ...