Birth name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Born on: 17. Oct. 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Zodiac sign: Libra

Family members:

Mother - Debbie Mathers- Briggs
Father - Marshall Mathers II
Grandmother - Betty Kresin
Ex-wife - Kim Scott
Daughter - Hailie Jade Scott
Uncle - Ronald Dean Polkingharn
Half brother - Nathan
Uncle - Todd Nelson
Hailie's cousin - Amanda

Grew up in Kansas City and Metro Detroit.

School: Lincoln Highschool in Warren von 1986-89

Career aspiration: first comic strip drawer, after uncle Ronnie gave him Ice T's album 'Reckless' he would become a rapper: "That day I figured it'd be good to become a rapper."

Role models: LL Cool J, DMX, ICE T, NWA

The Detroit Free Press feautures an article about Eminem's childhood.

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