When Polkinghorn committed suicide in 1991, Eminem stopped speaking for days and did not attend his funeral. Eminem heard his first rap song ("Reckless", featuring Ice-T) on the Breakin' soundtrack, a gift from Debbie's half-brother Ronnie Polkinghorn, who later became a musical mentor to him. As a child he was interested in storytelling, aspiring to be a comic-book artist before discovering hip hop. He and Debbie were one of three white households on their block, and Eminem was beaten by black youths several times. Eminem spent much of his youth in a working-class, primarily black, Detroit neighborhood. One bully, De'Angelo Bailey, severely injured Eminem's head (mentioned in his song "Brain Damage") Debbie filed a lawsuit against the school in 1982, which was dismissed the following year. Friends and family remember Eminem as a happy child, but "a bit of a loner" who was often bullied. 2.1 Influences, style, and rapping techniqueĪs a teenager, Eminem wrote letters to his father according to Debbie, all came back marked "return to sender".1.9 2014–2016: Shady XV, vinyl box set, and Southpaw.1.7 2010–2011: Recovery and Bad Meets Evil reunion.1.5 2003–2007: Encore, more lyrical conflicts and musical hiatus.1.4 2000–2002: The Marshall Mathers LP, lyrical conflicts and The Eminem Show.1.3 1998–1999: Introduction to Slim Shady, The Slim Shady LP and rise to success.1.2 1992–1997: Early career, Infinite and family struggles.In 2017, he released his ninth studio album, Revival. Eminem's eighth album, 2013's The Marshall Mathers LP 2, won two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album it expanded his record for the most wins in that category and his Grammy total to 15. Both won Grammy Awards and Recovery was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide, the second time he had the international best-selling album of the year (after The Eminem Show). Eminem went on hiatus after touring in 2005, releasing Relapse in 2009 and Recovery in 2010. They were followed by Encore in 2004, another critical and commercial success.
sales, and both winning Best Rap Album Grammy Awards-making Eminem the first artist to win the award for three consecutive LPs. His next two releases, 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002's The Eminem Show, were worldwide successes, with each being certified diamond in U.S. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP, which earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. After his debut album Infinite (1996) and then Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem signed with Dr.
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