Eminem Biography

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1972/17/10

 Eminem is born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1972

Eminems family moves to North Dakota
1973 Debbie left Eminem's father and moves back to St.Josephs, Kansas City
1976-1982 Several moves between Missouri and Michigan
1983 Ronnie, Eminem's uncle, gives him Ice-T's album 'Reckless'

1986

 Nathan, Eminem's half brother is born
1986-1989 Eminem attends the Lincoln High School where he meets Proof. Eminem participates some rap battles in hiphop shops and founds with Proof, Mike Ruby and Jay Fields 'Basemant Productions'. The stage name M&M originates.
1990-1995 Eminem starts working at 'Gilbert's Lodge' (a small restaurant) as a cook and does the dishes ($5,50 per hour). He participates in freestyle battles in hiphop clubs and is rapping every week at 'Friday Night' (Radio WHYT-FM'. He meets Royce 5'9 and the rest of his crew D-12. Paul 'Bunyan' Rosenberg becomes Em's manager, which told him to change his stage name to EMINEM.
1990 Eminem is wounded by a neighbourhood gang

1991

 Eminem's uncle Ronnie commits suicide with a gun
1995 Em receives a contract at 'Web Entertainment', a small record label in Detroit
1995/25/12 Daughter Hailie Jade Scott is born

1995-1998

 Again working at 'Gilbert's Lodge' in Str. Clair Shorg to earn money for his daughter. He is rapping the menu on and on - and annoys the staff
1996 Eminem records 'Infinite': 1000 copies are distributed in Detroit. The record is not successfull - crtitcs say that it's 'fucked up'...
X-mas 1996 Eminem tries to commit suicide:
he swallows a handful 'Tynenol' tablets. He couldn't cope with the flop of 'Infinte' and that he was fired. He even has not enough money for Hailie's nappies. That's too much for him!
1997 Eminem introduces his 'alter ego' named 'Slim Shady'
1997 Release of 'The Slim Shady EP' (Web Entertainment)
1998 Participation at the legendary Rap Olimpycs: Eminem is on the second place. At the after-show-party he distributes demo tapes; Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records) gets one and passes it to Dr. Dre.
1998 Eminem gets a record contract at Dre's Aftermath label.

1999/23/02

 Release of 'The Slim Shady LP' (Aftermath; triple platinum in the USA)

1999/20/07
Eminem marries Kim, the mother of his daughter
1999/09/09

Eminem wins his first award at the MTV Music Awards:
Best New Artist in a Video - My Name is (Eminem}
1999

Eminem wins his first grammys:
Best Rap Solo Performance - My Name is (Eminem)
Best Rap Album - The Slim Shady LP (Eminem)
2000/23/05

Release of 'The Marshall Mathers LP' (Aftermath, eightfold platinum, USA)
The 'MMLP' is record-selling: two and a half million copies are sold in the first two weeks

2000/03/06

 Eminem threatons a member of ICP with a weapon
2000/04/06 Eminem is arrested after beating down a man who is kissing Kim. He has to account at the law for illegal gun possessment and mayhem.
2000/07/06 Detroit Free Press publishes an item of written comment of Kim concerning Eminems

2000/07/10

 Kim tries to commit suicide by slitting her pulse veins, while Eminem is at a After-Show party. Her mother finds her in time and brings her to hospital.
July 2000 Up In The Smoke Tour (Eminem with Dr.Dre, Snoop, Warren G, ICE-T, ...)

July 2000

 Anger Management Tour (Eminem mit Limp Bizkit, Pappa Roach)

2000/28/11

 Eminem's songbook is stolen at the airport in L.A. and is never found
2000/28/11 Eminem's mother releases the song called 'Dear Marshall'

2000/17/12

 CNN reports a canard:
'Eminem was killed in a car crash' - the fans are in panic
January 2001 Eminem's European Tour
February 2001

Eminem wins three more grammys:
Best Rap Solo Performance - The Real Slim Shady (Eminem)
Best Rap Performance By a Duo Or a Group - Forgot About Dre (Dr. Dre ft. Eminem)
Best Rap Album - The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem)
His performance with Elton John at the Grammys 2001 is the height of the evening
April 2001 Eminem's music DVD 'E' becomes platinum
April 2001 Eminem is divorced.
2001/11/04

Eminem's first law-suit ended:
Two years probation with tough sanctions
The second law-suit is scheduled on 2001/05/06
June 2001 A radio station in Colorado was fined $7000 for playing "The Real Slim Shady.
June 2001 Eminem received 1 year of probation from gun charges stemming from an incident last year in Michigan involving the road manager of the Insane Clown Posse. The probation sentence was added on to a previous probation sentence Eminem received in April.
September 2001 Eminem's video for "Stan" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, Best Direction (Dr. Dre & Philip Atwell), and Best Cinematography (Dakek Wolski).
September 2001 Eminem's video for "Stan" won a Source Award for Video of the Year.
November 2001 Eminem won a MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Act and was nominated for Best Song ("Stan") and Best Male Act.
April 2002 Eminem settled a lawsuit against him by a man he was accused of assaulting after the man allegedly kissed his wife.
May 2002 Eminem hit the Top 40 with "Without Me."
May 2002 Eminem moved up the release date for The Eminem Show after the LP was leaked to the Internet and bootlegs were found on the street for as little as $5.
Juhe 2002 "Without Me" topped the UK Singles chart.
Eminem topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart, the Internet Album Sales chart, and the R&B/Hip-Hop chart with The Eminem Show. The Eminem Show topped the UK and Canadian LP charts.
The video for "Without Me" topped MTV Video Countdown. Eminem hit the Top 10 with "Without Me."

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