When the New Jacks fell apart, Eminem became a member of the rap group Soul Intent. The first rap group that he was part of was called the New Jacks. Early careerĭuring Eminem’s early career, he was part of different rap groups. Even though Eminem struggled with fitting into a mostly black industry, Eminem was acknowledged by the underground rappers and audiences. The Shop was an underground for rappers, and a lot of freestyle rap battles were organized there. Eminem spent a lot of time at a Hip-Hop Shop on West 7 Mile.
He gave himself the nickname M&M, what he later changed to Eminem. Together with his friend from high school, Eminem started rapping when he was fourteen years old. From a young age, Eminem worked different jobs to pay the bills at home together with his mom. However, he disfavoured subjects like maths and social studies. One interest he had that was school-related, was English. He dropped out of Lincoln High School when he was seventeen, since he had to repeat ninth grade three times. Eminem had a lot of fights with his mother when he was a teenager. However, Polkinghorn commited suicide in 1991. Polkinghorn became an important person in Eminem’s life and even became his musical mentor. He received the song from his half-uncle called Ronnie Polkinghorn. Eminem’s interest in hip hop and rapping began when he listened to his first rap song, Reckless featuring Ice-T. Eminem was one of the few white people in the neighbourhood and got bullied and was beaten up many times. Eminem grew up in a neighbourhood in Detroit, which is a low/middle class black neighbourhood. They have lived in cities like Kansas City, Savannah and St. When Eminem was still a child, he and his mother moved quite frequently. After his father left their family and moved to California, Eminem’s mother gave birth to another son, Nathan ‘’Nate’’ Kane Samara. Eminem is the son of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. Joseph, Missouri in the United States of America.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known as Eminem, was born on October 17 in 1972.