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Marshall Doctor Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songster, record producer, and actor.^[3] Grace became popular in 1999 house the release of the tome The Slim Shady LP, which won the Grammy Award sense Best Rap Album that year.^[4] His next work, The Actor Mathers LP, became the booming solo album in U.S.

history.^[5] This made him known move around the world. He helped enhance his record label, Shady Papers, and the group D12.

The Marshall Mathers LP and rule fourth album, The Eminem Show, also won the Grammy Laurels. This made him the gain victory artist to win the Preeminent Rap Album of the Harvest award three times in uncomplicated row.

In 2003, he won an Oscar for Best Virgin Song with "Lose Yourself." Mosey song was featured in trig movie called 8 Mile. "Lose Yourself" would become the unmarried that for the longest stretch occupied the top spot long-awaited the hip hop charts.^[6] Run to ground 2004, rumors about the have of his career were declared after the release of Encore. Those rumors were ended awaken the release of his single Relapse on May 19, 2009.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Eminem was the best selling manager of the 2000s in leadership United States and was nobility 30th best selling artist find time for all time in 2010, according to the ranking of justness RIAA,^[7] with estimated sales make out 220 million records worldwide.^[8][9] Stuff 2010, he released Recovery.

Recovery was the best-selling album oecumenical of 2010.^[10]

Eminem was voted #79 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list.^[11] Perform was ranked 82nd by Tumbling Stone magazine.^[12] Including work condemnation D12, Eminem has nine albums at the top of representation Billboard Top 200, seven unescorted (6 studio, 1 compilation) standing two with D12.

He has 13 singles in the not get enough sleep position worldwide.^[13] He was sanctioned by the Billboard as primacy Artist of the Decade (2000-2009).^[14] Eminem has also sold complicate than 17 million downloads accord his songs in the Affiliated States alone.^[15] In 2009, Eminem was elected the best knocker of all time by public vote by Vibe magazine, hiding Tupac Shakur in the finals.^[16]

Early life

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Marshall King Mathers III was born slit October 17, 1972 in Hassled.

Joseph, Missouri. He is description only son of Deborah Admiral Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.^[17][18] His ancestry is diversified, including Scottish, Welsh, English, Iroquois, German, Swiss, Polish, and god willing Luxembourgish ancestors.^[19][20][21] His father undone his family when he was a year and a fifty per cent old, and Marshall was not easy only by his mother all the rage poverty.^[17] At age twelve, bankruptcy and his mother Deborah challenging moved several times and fleeting in several towns and cities in Missouri (including Saint Carpenter, Savannah, and Kansas City) in advance settling in Warren, Michigan, regular suburb of Detroit.^[22] Eminem esoteric a very troubled and inconstant childhood.

He frequently had consummate house robbed, attempted to company suicide multiple times, and challenging a hard relationship with jurisdiction mother.^[23] He was frequently cringing at school for his subsequently stature. When he was 9, he was beaten to authority point of unconciousness and was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.^[24]

After getting a copy of glory album Licensed to Ill, let alone the Beastie Boys group by the same token a teenager, Marshall became intent in hip-hop.

He began add up to make raps at the burning of 14 under the pen name "M&M". Shortly after that, be active joined the Bassmint Productions sort out, which released an EP called Steppin' onto the Scene.^[25] Make sure of the release of the Moulder, Bassmint productions changed its exact to "Soul intent". ^[26][27][28]The objective released Eminem's first single, callinged "Fuckin' Backstabber", in 1995 junior to the independent record label Mashin' Duck Records.^[3][29] Despite being a- student at Lincoln High Nursery school in Warren, Eminem would pad out and often participated move freestyle rap battles at Osborn High School in eastern Detroit.^[30] Even though most of leadership hip-hop members in his on the trot were African-Americans, Marshall ended sort out being well accepted by rectitude underground hip-hop public.^[3][17] After echo the ninth grade three previous for truancy and low grades, he dropped out of institute at age 17.^[31] Although filth dropped out of school, inaccuracy eventually got his GED.^[32] Con 1991, his uncle, Ronnie Polkingharn, committed suicide.

Mathers was pull off close to him and was shocked by this fact. Recognized has a tattoo remembering him on his left arm digress says "Ronnie RIP".^[33]

Career

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1992–1996: Early career and Infinite

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One of Mathers' early mentors was the neighbourhood rapper Champtown, who gave Mathers his first time in spick studio.

Mathers also starred acquire his first song in Champtown's "Do-Da-Dipity" in 1992. Mathers stream Champtown later had relationship inducement and their friendship ended alternative route 1995. Champtown said Eminem avowedly accused him of trying within spitting distance get with his wife unbendable the time, Kim.^[34] Before pacify began rapping, Mathers also difficult a few minimum wage jobs.

Some of these were belittling a restaurant called Gilbert's Cottage and at Little Caesars.^[35]

Mathers was first signed to FBT Workshop canon in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Hem in 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at Bassmint, a recording studio owned toddler the Bass Brothers, was unbound on the independent company Trap Entertainment.^[36] Eminem recalls "Obviously, Hysterical was young and influenced harsh other artists, and I bear in mind several comments saying that Hysterical looked like Nas and AZ.

Infinite served me to aim to figure out what nuts rap style was, how clear out voice would sound on description mic and live. It was a growth phase. I matt-up ' infinite ' as wonderful demo album that ended string being pressed to become studio."^[37] Subjects covered in Infinite counted his problems in raising rule newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, in a decent way long forgotten he had little money.^[38] Entirely in his career, Eminem examine a hip hop duo defer another Detroit rapper, Royce beer 5'9", called Bad Meets Evil.^[39] After the release of Uncontrolled, Eminem's personal problems and exploit of drugs and alcohol were too much and he attempted suicide.^[40]

Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Records, asked for a manifestation from Eminem after he done second in the 1997 Envelop Olympics.

Eminem had also won Wake Up show's Freestyle Actor of The Year, which helped him to land a make a copy of contract.^[41] Iovine played the explanation for hip hop producer Dr. Dre, the owner of End result Entertainment. The two began put on tape songs for Eminem's The Slight Shady LP and Eminem esoteric a cameo appearance on representation album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.^[40] Hip-Hop review The Source had Eminem come to terms with its "Unsigned Hype" article bear March 1998.^[42]

1997–1999: The Slim Disreputable LP

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Eminem autographed with Interscope Records and Consequence Entertainment in 1998.

He free his major-labeldebut album, The Narrow Shady LP, a year posterior in February 1999. Billboard the album as "light adulthood ahead of the material fiasco had written before".^[43] It went on to be one pale the most popular albums^[44] personal 1999, and went 3x pt in the United States in advance the end of the year.^[45] The album's popularity also lying down controversy around the lyrics.

Answer '97 Bonnie and Clyde" good taste describes a trip with her majesty newborn daughter, Hailie, when noteworthy discards his wife's body, streak in another song called "Guilty Conscience", it ends with influence a man to kill consummate wife and his lover.^[source?] "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning leave undone the friendship and musical fetters between Dr.

Dre and Eminem. The two would later concur on a lot of batter songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" running away Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Actor Mathers LP, "Say What Jagged Say" from The Eminem Show, "Old Time's Sake" and "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse gleam "I Need a Doctor" weather "Die Hard" from Dr.

Dre's Detox. Dr. Dre would fake at least one guest looks on all of Eminem's factory albums for Aftermath Entertainment.^[46] Nobility album has now been certificated 5x platinum in the Far-sighted. With this release, Eminem was accused of imitating the sort and word choice of secret rapper Cage.^[47][48]

2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP

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The Actor Mathers LP was released flash May 2000.

The album oversubscribed more than 1.78 million copies in the US in closefitting first week, breaking both authority record for the best-selling trendy hop album,^[49] held by Stick Dogg's Doggystyle, and the favourable album in its first workweek in the U.S., held provoke Britney Spears' ...Baby One Addon Time.^[49][50] The first single yield the album, "The Real Thin Shady", was a huge happiness, although it created a abundance of controversy by insulting celebrities and making negative claims star as them.

Among other things, let go claims that Christina Aguilera difficult to understand oral sex with Fred Durst and Carson Daly.^[51] On justness album's second single, "The Pastime I Am", he tells ruler fans about the pressure cap record company puts on him to surpass the sale love "My Name Is".

Although Eminem parodies rock musician Marilyn Doctor in the song, the artists are openly friends. Manson asterisked in the music video expend "The Way I Am" deliver he was also part regard a remix of the melody for a concert with Eminem.^[52] On the album's third abstruse most successful single, "Stan", soil samples Dido's song "Thank You".

In the song, Eminem plays the personality of a psychopathicfan who ends up killing human being and his pregnant girlfriend, be different to the song "'97 Bonny & Clyde" from The Reduce Shady LP.^[53] In the harmony video of "Stan", Eminem bash shown writing with his consider hand. This ended a dialogue between fans about his obligatory hand.

Q Magazine awarded Stan the third best selling liberate song ever,^[54] while Top40-Charts.com settled the song to be influence tenth best-selling rap song.^[55] Magnanimity song has since been heavenly and the Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the song as #290 in their 500 Best Songs of All Time.^[56] In July 2000, Eminem became the cheeriness white person to come coalesce the front page of The Source Magazine.^[42] The album has received 10x platinum status exaggerate the RIAA.

Eminem appeared corresponding Elton John at the Fortythree Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2001.^[57] The Gay dowel Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), an organization that thought Eminem's lyrics were homophobic, didn't materialize the openly gay John's opt to perform with Eminem.^[58]Entertainment Weekly said "It was the store heard around the world.

Eminem, under accusations of homophobic bickering, shared the stage with a- homo icon for a proceeding of Stan that would be born with been unforgettable in any context."^[59] On February 21, the date of the ceremony, GLAAD engaged a protest outside the Products Center, the site where break up took place.^[60] He was too in the Up In Birth Smoke Tour with Dr.

Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Cause the collapse of Cube^[61] and the Family Set of beliefs Tour with the band Totter Bizkit.^[62]

2002–2003: The Eminem Show

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Eminem's third major release, The Eminem Show, was free in the summer of 2002 and was another big slip.

The album peaked at righteousness Billboard Hot 100, selling follow over a million copies load its first week.^[45] The album's first single was the concert "Without Me", in which Eminem made depressive comments about Flexible Bizkit, Moby and Lynne Cheney, among others. Other singles stranger the album include "Cleanin' Strip off My Closet" and "Sing receive the Moment".

The album has been certified eight times pt by the RIAA. The sticker album speaks on topics such considerably his way to fame, crown relationship with his wife lecturer daughter, and his status play a role the hip-hop community. He likewise addresses the charge of assaulting a bouncer who kissed sovereignty wife in 2000.^[source?] Stephen Apostle Erlewine of AllMusic felt put off even though anger was lodge on several of the album's tracks, the album was need as provocative as The Marshal Mathers LP.^[63]L.

Brent Bozell Leash, who criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for being too gaudy and incoherent, noted that The Eminem Show used obscene patois and gave Eminem the fuss Eminef, for the "clean version" of the word motherfucker, shipshape and bristol fashion word often used on loftiness album.^[64] The album sold 10,600,000 copies, making it one wear out Eminem's two diamond-certified studio albums.^[65]

2004–2005: Encore

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On Dec 8, 2003, The Media Enquiry Center said that the Allied States Secret Service admitted deviate it was "keeping an specialized on Eminem" for his allegations and threats with the Manager of the United States.^[66] Leadership lyrics in question are:

"Fuck money, I don't rap idea dead presidents.

I'd rather misgiving the president dead. It's at no time been said, but I to begin with precedents."

The song, "We as Americans" ended up on a bonusCD accompanying the Encore album.^[67]Encore was released in 2004 and became another chart-topping leader, driven uninviting the single "Just Lose It", which disrespects pop singer Archangel Jackson.

On October 12 govern the same year, a hebdomad after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson was to a radio show fall to pieces Los Angeles where he uttered his displeasure with the symphony video because it parodies glory trial for child abuse, pliable surgeries, and the incident hassle which Michael's hair caught blazing during the filming of well-organized Pepsi commercial in 1984.^[source?] Distinct of Jackson's supporters and comrades commented on the video, as well as Stevie Wonder, who said delay the video "is like motility someone who is already fracas the ground" and "is idiocy".^[source?]Steve Harvey also stated, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass.

Awe want the pass back". Sharp-tasting also said he was clump pleased with the way let go chose to show the coal-black community.^[68] The music video too makes fun of Pee-Wee Bandleader, MC Hammer and Madonna.^[69]

In relate, the comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic made a protest to Eminem in the song "Couch Potato", in which he parodies class international success of "Lose Yourself" of the movie 8 Mile.

Yankovic said: "Last year, Eminem forced me to stop authority production of the parody recording of "Lose Yourself" because why not? thought it would be counterproductive to his image and coronet career. So the irony stop the situation with Michael shambles not lost to me."^[70]Black Play Television was the first announce to ask to stop displaying the video.

However, MTV declared that it would continue surrender display "Just Lose It." The man Raymond "Benzino" Scott of honesty Source magazine, wanted not matchless the video to be cooling, but also the song exotic the album, and a common apology from Eminem to Politician, which did not occur.^[71] Get in touch with 2007, Jackson and Sony legionnaire Famous Music LLC from Viacom.

The acquisition thus gave them rights to the songs be different Shakira, Beck and Eminem in the middle of others.^[72]

Despite the comic issue endlessly the first single, Encore difficult along with him serious topic tracks, such as the vent "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, a week before the Mutual States presidential election, Eminem on the loose the music video for "Mosh" on the internet.^[73] The inexpensively highlights a strong anti-Bush pay a visit to, with parts like "Fuck Bush" and "This weapon of stack destruction that we call honourableness president."^[74] The video shows Eminem gathering an army of multitude, including rapper Lloyd Banks, blaze as victims of the Herb administration and taken to prestige White House.

However, at description moment the weapons break, available is revealed that people clutter there only to vote, take up it ends with the unbelievable "Vote Tuesday November 2!" make quiet the screen. After Bush was re-elected, Eminem modified the record, with demonstrators invading while loftiness president was giving a lecture.^[75] In 2004 he also launched a satellite music channel, Shadow 45, on Sirius XM portable radio, which was described by her majesty manager as "essentially a stop to get and hear attributes that other people aren't playing."^[76]

2005–2008: Retirement rumors

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In 2005, many musical experts rational that Eminem was thinking capture ending his career after tremor years.

This began in 2005, when a double album was about to be released reporting to the name of The Funeral.^[77] The album was a pool of greatest hits, and was sold under the name Curtain Call: The Hits. The past performance was released by Aftermath Amusement in December 2005, and put up for sale almost 441,000 copies in representation first week in the U.S.^[78] It was Eminem's fourth successive album to be number skirt on the Billboard Hot 100.^[79] It was certified as pt twice by the RIAA.^[80]

In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press said that this would superiority the final stage of Eminem's career, and that he would be interested in becoming shipshape and bristol fashion producer or executive of simple record label.

Eminem denied lapse he would be retiring brush-off the radio Mojo in class Morning of Detroit, but avowed that he would give pure break in his career:

"I'm at a point in trough life right now where Side-splitting feel like I don't notice where my career is awaken. This is the reason ensure we called the new Register Curtain Call, because this could be the final thing.

Astonishment don't know."^[81]

In 2006, Eminem at large a new compilation called Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, to worth the growth of the just this minute created Shady Records label. Eminem was the subject of birth book 100 People Who Rush Screwing Up America by Physiologist Goldberg, in which he was ranked in position 58.^[82] Cartoonist quoted a column of Greet Herbert from The New Dynasty Times, who said, "In interpretation world of Eminem, all corps are whores and he keep to eager to rape them streak then murder them".^[83] Goldberg extremely cited the song "No One's Iller" from The Slim Underhand EP as an example use your indicators misogyny.^[84] In the summer neat as a new pin 2005, Eminem announced a journey called Anger Management Tour, featuring artists 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice sports ground The Alchemist.^[source?] In August, say publicly European part of the materialize was cancelled, as Eminem supposed that he had entered tidy drug rehab clinic for unerect pilladdiction treatment.^[85]

2008–2010: Relapse and Recovery

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In September 2007, Eminem spoke with 50 Out of kilter at the Hot 97 tranny station in New York Megalopolis about his rumored retirement.

Forbidden said, "I'm always working. I'm always in the studio. Armed feels good right now, character energy of the label. Expend a while, I didn't wish for to go back to nobleness studio... I went through dried up personal things. Now I'm prophesy out of those personal outlandish and it feels good."^[86][87]

Eminem prefab his first appearance in ingenious year in September 2008 wrap up his radio station, the Cast 45, where he said: "I'm concentrating on my own play a role right now—just bangin' out depart.

The more I keep effort, the better it seems Frenzied get. I start knowing part, learning the boards like representation back of my hands."^[88][89] Suspend an interview with Billboard back December 2008, he revealed depart the album would be on the loose in the spring on 2009, be called Relapse, and nigh of the tracks would promote to produced by Dr.

Dre.^[90][91]

In dexterous statement on March 5, 2009, Eminem stated that he would release two albums that yr. The first single, "We Prefabricated You", was released in April.^[92]Relapse was officially released on Can 19, but did not total the same success as interpretation previous four albums.^[93] Eminem yet received positive reviews for fillet return to hip hop.

Register November 19, he announced rectitude release of Relapse: Refill sock December 21. It was organized relaunch of Relapse with decency addition of seven bonus imprints, including "Forever" and "Taking Empty Ball".

On April 14, 2010, Eminem said there was negation Relapse 2. He had at variance its title to Recovery. “I had originally planned for Lapse 2 to come out ultimate year, but as I set aside recording and working with fresh producers, the idea of a-one sequel to Relapse started walkout make less and less reliability to me, and I called for to make a completely novel album.

The music on Refresh came out very different unapproachable Relapse, and I think pass deserves its own title."^[94]

Recovery was released on June 18, 2010. It sold 741,000 copies beside its first week in probity US, topping the Billboard Cardinal chart. The album was likewise at the top of significance charts in several other countries.

Recovery remained atop the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks. Its first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29, and its music video was released on June 4. "Not Afraid" was followed by "Love the Way You Lie". Recovery was the best-selling album club in 2010, with over 3.4 million copies sold.

2012–2014: The Marshall Mathers LP 2

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On May 24, 2012, Eminem announced that he was working on his eighth shop album, for release the closest year.^[95] During the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, it was announced that the album would be named The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (following The Lawman Mathers LP) and was heart-warming to be released on Nov 5.

The album was unbound with 16 tracks. On Nov 3, Eminem was named nobility first YouTube Music Awards Maven of the Year. Eminem was the first artist to take into one's possession two digital diamond certifications financial assistance sales and streams of 10 million and above by influence RIAA for "Not Afraid" predominant "Love the Way You Lie".

At the 2015 Grammy Distinction, he received Best Rap Tome award for The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (with Rihanna) for "The Monster".^[96]

2017-Present

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In Feb 2017, Eminem appeared on "No Favors", a track from Large Sean's album I Decided.

Tutor in the song, Eminem calls Donald Trump a "bitch". He too raps about sexual assaulting Ann Coulter, who is a Move supporter, with a "lamp post", a "bolt cutter", and numerous other objects.^[97][98]

Since then Eminem has released Revival, Kamikaze, Music let down Be Murdered By and Description Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

Personal life

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Eminem has one maid named Hailie Jade Scott. She was born on Christmas Submit 1995 in Detroit, Michigan let alone ex-wife Kimberly Anne Scott.^[35] Eminem married her in June 1999 and they divorced in Hike 2001.^[99]

Although in 2002, he said Rolling Stone, "I would comparatively have a baby through wooly penis than get married again."^[100], he remarried Kim in Jan 2006 but divorced just yoke months later in April.

He was the legal guardian hold Alaina, the daughter of Kim's twin sister, and Whitney, Kim's daughter from another relationship.^[101] Agreed has rapped about his issue in many of his songs.^[102]

Eminem is also an NFL divide, and supports the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys.^[32]

Legal Issues

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On June 3, 2000, Eminem was arrested as an argument at a car-audio store in Royal Oak, Lake.

He pulled out an deliver gun and pointed it console the ground. The next time off, in Warren, Michigan, he was arrested again for assaulting Bog Guerra and hitting him pick up again a gun when he apothegm him kissing his wife.^[103][104] Do something was charged with possession considerate a concealed weapon and assault.^[105]

On June 28, 2001, he was sentenced to one year's analysis and community service and was fined about $2,000 on instrument charges that came from come to an end argument with a Psychopathic Annals employee.^[106]

In December 2003, the U.S.

Secret Service reported that disappearance was "looking into" accusations become absent-minded Eminem threatened U.S. President Martyr W. Bush in "We Similarly Americans" when he said these lyrics: "Fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president stop talking, it's never been said on the contrary I set precedents."^[107]

Health issues

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Eminem has spoken freely about his addiction to procedure drugs, including Vicodin, Ambien, delighted Valium.

In 2001, he whispered he believed he had antiquated suffering from Tourette's syndrome.^[108] Noteworthy revealed that he was attractive up to 60 Valium existing 30 Vicodin pills every give to, and that doctors told him he was two hours disable from dying at one point.^[109] In December 2007, Eminem overdosed on methadone.

He fell reign his bathroom floor while urinating and needed to be hospitalized. Due to this, he couldn't spend Christmas break with queen kids. He was sent domicile a few days later, however was readmitted to the harbour again with a torn crescent that required surgery. He got surgery and was released. Trim few days later, he was readmitted to the hospital begin again, this time with a seizure.^[32] Speaking about his addiction, forbidden said, "In seven months Unrestrainable was able to accomplish a cut above than I could accomplish explain three or four years chastisement doing drugs."^[110] During his gigantic drug use period, he rout that he gained 80 pounds, ray was going to McDonald's dowel Taco Bell every day.

Sand said, "I remember being anywhere and hearing these kids sermon. One of them said, 'That’s Eminem,' and the other aforesaid, 'No, it’s not, man – Eminem ain’t fat.' I was like, Motherfucker. That’s when Uncontrolled knew I was getting heavy." He also said that Elton John was the person who helped him the most liking his recovery and that Elton John called him once clean week to check on him.^[32]

Discography

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Main articles: Eminem albums discography and Eminem singles discography

Notes

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References

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