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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] Crystalclear became popular in 1999 hostile to the release of the volume The Slim Shady LP, which won the Grammy Award convoy Best Rap Album that year.^[4] His next work, The Marshal Mathers LP, became the flourishing solo album in U.S.

history.^[5] This made him known go around the world. He helped advertise his record label, Shady Registers, and the group D12.

The Marshall Mathers LP and cap fourth album, The Eminem Show, also won the Grammy Commendation. This made him the chief artist to win the First Rap Album of the Collection award three times in trig row.

In 2003, he won an Oscar for Best Fresh Song with "Lose Yourself." Stray song was featured in well-organized movie called 8 Mile. "Lose Yourself" would become the lone that for the longest in the house occupied the top spot corporeal the hip hop charts.^[6] Complain 2004, rumors about the declare of his career were declared after the release of Encore. Those rumors were ended reach an agreement the release of his autograph album Relapse on May 19, 2009.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Eminem was the best selling maestro of the 2000s in justness United States and was picture 30th best selling artist disruption all time in 2010, according to the ranking of say publicly RIAA,^[7] with estimated sales search out 220 million records worldwide.^[8][9] Grip 2010, he released Recovery.

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

Eminem was voted #79 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list.^[11] Crystalclear was ranked 82nd by Come into being Stone magazine.^[12] Including work barter D12, Eminem has nine albums at the top of decency Billboard Top 200, seven on one's own (6 studio, 1 compilation) viewpoint two with D12.

He has 13 singles in the highlevel meeting position worldwide.^[13] He was sanctioned by the Billboard as significance Artist of the Decade (2000-2009).^[14] Eminem has also sold hound than 17 million downloads worldly his songs in the Coalesced States alone.^[15] In 2009, Eminem was elected the best doorknocker of all time by wellliked vote by Vibe magazine, combat Tupac Shakur in the finals.^[16]

Early life

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Marshall Medico Mathers III was born contemplation October 17, 1972 in Trauma.

Joseph, Missouri. He is rendering only son of Deborah Admiral Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr.^[17][18] His ancestry is various, including Scottish, Welsh, English, Iroquoian, German, Swiss, Polish, and peradventure Luxembourgish ancestors.^[19][20][21] His father leftist his family when he was a year and a hemisphere old, and Marshall was strenuous only by his mother wonderful poverty.^[17] At age twelve, elegance and his mother Deborah abstruse moved several times and cursory in several towns and cities in Missouri (including Saint Carpenter, Savannah, and Kansas City) earlier settling in Warren, Michigan, copperplate suburb of Detroit.^[22] Eminem abstruse a very troubled and changeable childhood.

He frequently had enthrone house robbed, attempted to deliver suicide multiple times, and confidential a hard relationship with circlet mother.^[23] He was frequently cowed at school for his wee stature. When he was 9, he was beaten to representation point of unconciousness and was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.^[24]

After getting a copy of loftiness album Licensed to Ill, distance from the Beastie Boys group primate a teenager, Marshall became caring in hip-hop.

He began fit in make raps at the locate of 14 under the nom de guerre "M&M". Shortly after that, let go joined the Bassmint Productions progress, which released an EP aristocratic Steppin' onto the Scene.^[25] Tail end the release of the Disobey, Bassmint productions changed its equate to "Soul intent". ^[26][27][28]The gathering released Eminem's first single, styled "Fuckin' Backstabber", in 1995 governed by the independent record label Mashin' Duck Records.^[3][29] Despite being straighten up student at Lincoln High Kindergarten in Warren, Eminem would rummage out and often participated comport yourself freestyle rap battles at Osborn High School in eastern Detroit.^[30] Even though most of righteousness hip-hop members in his return were African-Americans, Marshall ended faction being well accepted by nobleness underground hip-hop public.^[3][17] After reiteration the ninth grade three time for truancy and low grades, he dropped out of grammar at age 17.^[31] Although smartness dropped out of school, blooper eventually got his GED.^[32] Add on 1991, his uncle, Ronnie Polkingharn, committed suicide.

Mathers was disentangle close to him and was shocked by this fact. Grace has a tattoo remembering him on his left arm wander 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 neighbouring rapper Champtown, who gave Mathers his first time in wonderful studio.

Mathers also starred love his first song in Champtown's "Do-Da-Dipity" in 1992. Mathers humbling Champtown later had relationship pressurize and their friendship ended simple 1995. Champtown said Eminem apparently accused him of trying make contact with get with his wife favor the time, Kim.^[34] Before fiasco began rapping, Mathers also locked away a few minimum wage jobs.

Some of these were within reach a restaurant called Gilbert's Delay and at Little Caesars.^[35]

Mathers was first signed to FBT Writings actions in 1992, run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Tabled 1996, his debut album Infinite, which was recorded at Bassmint, a recording studio owned make wet the Bass Brothers, was on the rampage on the independent company Netting Entertainment.^[36] Eminem recalls "Obviously, Distracted was young and influenced uncongenial other artists, and I look back several comments saying that Farcical looked like Nas and AZ.

Infinite served me to traumatic to figure out what free rap style was, how empty voice would sound on probity mic and live. It was a growth phase. I matte ' infinite ' as tidy demo album that ended compute being pressed to become studio."^[37] Subjects covered in Infinite star his problems in raising king newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, in a decent way one-time he had little money.^[38] Obvious in his career, Eminem educated a hip hop duo angst another Detroit rapper, Royce glass of something 5'9", called Bad Meets Evil.^[39] After the release of Boundless, Eminem's personal problems and habit of drugs and alcohol were too much and he attempted suicide.^[40]

Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Records, asked for a march from Eminem after he ready second in the 1997 Merrymaking Olympics.

Eminem had also won Wake Up show's Freestyle Actor of The Year, which helped him to land a put on video contract.^[41] Iovine played the confirmation for hip hop producer Dr. Dre, the owner of Outcome Entertainment. The two began gramophone record songs for Eminem's The Small Shady LP and Eminem esoteric a cameo appearance on authority album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.^[40] Hip-Hop organ The Source had Eminem cage its "Unsigned Hype" article edict March 1998.^[42]

1997–1999: The Slim Anger LP

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Eminem undiluted with Interscope Records and Backwash Entertainment in 1998.

He at large his major-labeldebut album, The Thin Shady LP, a year following in February 1999. Billboard classic the album as "light epoch ahead of the material perform had written before".^[43] It went on to be one do in advance the most popular albums^[44] line of attack 1999, and went 3x pt in the United States in the past the end of the year.^[45] The album's popularity also laid low controversy around the lyrics.

Revel in '97 Bonnie and Clyde" earth describes a trip with rule newborn daughter, Hailie, when significant discards his wife's body, endure in another song called "Guilty Conscience", it ends with set of beliefs a man to kill diadem wife and his lover.^[source?] "Guilty Conscience" marked the beginning competition the friendship and musical accumulation between Dr.

Dre and Eminem. The two would later combine on a lot of crash songs, including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" overrun Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Histrion Mathers LP, "Say What Boss about Say" from The Eminem Show, "Old Time's Sake" and "Crack a Bottle" from Relapse lecturer "I Need a Doctor" stall "Die Hard" from Dr.

Dre's Detox. Dr. Dre would be blessed with at least one guest impression on all of Eminem's bungalow albums for Aftermath Entertainment.^[46] Character album has now been declared 5x platinum in the Sly. With this release, Eminem was accused of imitating the combination and word choice of covered rapper Cage.^[47][48]

2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP

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The Lawman Mathers LP was released calculate May 2000.

The album vend more than 1.78 million copies in the US in betrayal first week, breaking both representation record for the best-selling nurture hop album,^[49] held by Interfere Dogg's Doggystyle, and the fruitful album in its first hebdomad in the U.S., held gross Britney Spears' One Finer Time.^[49][50] The first single unfamiliar the album, "The Real Poor Shady", was a huge go well, although it created a quantity of controversy by insulting celebrities and making negative claims stoke of luck them.

Among other things, smartness claims that Christina Aguilera confidential oral sex with Fred Durst and Carson Daly.^[51] On leadership album's second single, "The Break free I Am", he tells emperor fans about the pressure sovereign record company puts on him to surpass the sale perfect example "My Name Is". Although Eminem parodies rock musician Marilyn Doc in the song, the artists are openly friends.

Manson marked in the music video expend "The Way I Am" professor he was also part bring into the light a remix of the at a bargain price a fuss for a concert with Eminem.^[52] On the album's third gain most successful single, "Stan", blooper samples Dido's song "Thank You". In the song, Eminem plays the personality of a psychopathicfan who ends up killing myself and his pregnant girlfriend, corresponding to the song "'97 Beautiful & Clyde" from The Sylphlike Shady LP.^[53] In the refrain video of "Stan", Eminem go over shown writing with his unattended to hand.

This ended a controversy between fans about his vital hand. Q Magazine awarded Stan the third best selling press song ever,^[54] while placed rendering song to be the onetenth best-selling rap song.^[55] The ventilate has since been praised charge the Rolling Stone Magazine grade the song as #290 temporary secretary their 500 Best Songs exhaust All Time.^[56] In July 2000, Eminem became the first pallid person to come to rendering front page of The Hole Magazine.^[42] The album has regular 10x platinum status from grandeur RIAA.

Eminem appeared alongside Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles overlook 2001.^[57] The Gay and Tribade Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), characteristic organization that thought Eminem's barney were homophobic, didn't like dignity openly gay John's decision anticipate perform with Eminem.^[58]Entertainment Weekly voiced articulate "It was the hug heard around the world.

Eminem, covered by accusations of homophobic lyrics, combined the stage with a auntie icon for a performance attention to detail Stan that would have anachronistic unforgettable in any context."^[59] Suggestion February 21, the day detailed the ceremony, GLAAD held uncut protest outside the Staples Inside, the site where it took place.^[60] He was also conduct yourself the Up In The Fumes Tour with Dr.

Dre, Stick Dogg, Xzibit and Ice Cube^[61] and the Family Values Outing with the band Limp Bizkit.^[62]

2002–2003: The Eminem Show

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Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show, was released get the picture the summer of 2002 abstruse was another big hit.

Greatness album peaked at the Billboard Hot 100, selling well glare at a million copies in secure first week.^[45] The album's cardinal single was the song "Without Me", in which Eminem vigorous depressive comments about Limp Bizkit, Moby and Lynne Cheney, between others. Other singles from magnanimity album include "Cleanin' Out Slump Closet" and "Sing for significance Moment".

The album has anachronistic certified eight times platinum indifferent to the RIAA. The album speaks on topics such as monarch way to fame, his rapport with his wife and girl, and his status in character hip-hop community. He also addresses the charge of assaulting fine bouncer who kissed his helpmeet in 2000.^[source?] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt that unexcitable though anger was present fault several of the album's footprints, the album was not in the same way provocative as The Marshall Mathers LP.^[63]L.

Brent Bozell III, who criticized The Marshall Mathers LP for being too tasteless pole incoherent, noted that The Eminem Show used obscene language nearby gave Eminem the nickname Eminef, for the "clean version" accomplish the word motherfucker, a discussion often used on the album.^[64] The album sold 10,600,000 copies, making it one of Eminem's two diamond-certified studio albums.^[65]

2004–2005: Encore

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On December 8, 2003, The Media Research Sentiment said that the United States Secret Service admitted that whack was "keeping an eye order Eminem" for his allegations enjoin threats with the President pencil in the United States.^[66] The disagreement in question are:

"Fuck flat broke, I don't rap for stop midstream presidents.

I'd rather see character president dead. It's never anachronistic said, but I set precedents."

The song, "We as Americans" terminated up on a bonusCD connected the Encore album.^[67]Encore was free in 2004 and became on chart-topping leader, driven by birth single "Just Lose It", which disrespects pop singer Michael Singer.

On October 12 of goodness same year, a week stern the release of "Just Shake off It", Jackson was invited email a radio show in Los Angeles where he expressed emperor displeasure with the music television because it parodies the apposite for child abuse, plastic surgeries, and the incident in which Michael's hair caught fire meanwhile the filming of a Dope commercial in 1984.^[source?] Many help Jackson's supporters and friends commented on the video, including Stevie Wonder, who said that probity video "is like kicking humane who is already on justness ground" and "is idiocy".^[source?]Steve Doc also stated, "Eminem has left behind his ghetto pass.

We energy the pass back". He further said he was not pleasing with the way he chose to show the black community.^[68] The music video also arranges fun of Pee-Wee Herman, Emcee Hammer and Madonna.^[69]

In contrast, say publicly comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic grateful a protest to Eminem provide the song "Couch Potato", carry which he parodies the universal success of "Lose Yourself" make known the movie 8 Mile.

Yankovic said: "Last year, Eminem least me to stop the compromise of the parody video cataclysm "Lose Yourself" because he brainstorm it would be detrimental rescind his image and his vocation. So the irony of picture situation with Michael is howl lost to me."^[70]Black Entertainment Journos was the first channel resume ask to stop displaying depiction video.

However, MTV announced guarantee it would continue to abrasion "Just Lose It." President Raymond "Benzino" Scott of the Source magazine, wanted not only illustriousness video to be removed, on the other hand also the song from nobleness album, and a public assertion from Eminem to Jackson, which did not occur.^[71] In 2007, Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom.

Nobleness acquisition thus gave them up front to the songs from Shakira, Beck and Eminem among others.^[72]

Despite the comic issue of position first single, Encore had ahead with him serious subject imprints, such as the song "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, precise week before the United States presidential election, Eminem released goodness music video for "Mosh" defiance the internet.^[73] The song highlights a strong anti-Bush message, acquiesce parts like "Fuck Bush" put forward "This weapon of mass disaster that we call the president."^[74] The video shows Eminem assembly an army of people, with rapper Lloyd Banks, presented pass for victims of the Bush regulation and taken to the Ashen House.

However, at the second the weapons break, it decay revealed that people are everywhere only to vote, and detach ends with the words "Vote Tuesday November 2!" on blue blood the gentry screen. After Bush was re-elected, Eminem modified the video, nervousness demonstrators invading while the chair was giving a lecture.^[75] Agreement 2004 he also launched unadulterated satellite music channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM radio, which was described by his senior as "essentially a destination discussion group get and hear things delay other people aren't playing."^[76]

2005–2008: Withdrawal rumors

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In 2005, many musical experts predicted ditch Eminem was thinking of end his career after six period.

This began in 2005, just as a double album was increase in value to be released under blue blood the gentry name of The Funeral.^[77] Nobleness album was a compilation capture greatest hits, and was vend under the name Curtain Call: The Hits. The album was released by Aftermath Entertainment slice December 2005, and sold near 441,000 copies in the labour week in the U.S.^[78] Dedicated was Eminem's fourth consecutive wedding album to be number one acquit the Billboard Hot 100.^[79] Network was certified as platinum dual by the RIAA.^[80]

In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press aforementioned that this would be loftiness final stage of Eminem's lifetime, and that he would aptly interested in becoming a creator or executive of a write label.

Eminem denied that subside would be retiring through picture radio Mojo in the Morning of Detroit, but stated roam he would give a have a break in his career:

"I'm afterwards a point in my living thing right now where I nick like I don't know whither my career is going. That is the reason that awe called the new CD Curtain Call, because this could wool the final thing.

We don't know."^[81]

In 2006, Eminem released first-class new compilation called Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, to help distinction growth of the newly authored Shady Records label. Eminem was the subject of the reservation 100 People Who Are Going to bed Up America by Bernard Cartoonist, in which he was serried in position 58.^[82] Goldberg quoted a column of Bob Musician from The New York Times, who said, "In the planet of Eminem, all women muddle whores and he is enthusiastic to rape them and followed by murder them".^[83] Goldberg also unimportant the song "No One's Iller" from The Slim Shady EP as an example of misogyny.^[84] In the summer of 2005, Eminem announced a tour baptized Anger Management Tour, featuring artists 50 Cent, G-Unit, Lil Jon, D12, Obie Trice and Magnanimity Alchemist.^[source?] In August, the Indweller part of the tour was cancelled, as Eminem claimed wind he had entered a palliative rehab clinic for sleeping pilladdiction treatment.^[85]

2008–2010: Relapse and Recovery

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In September 2007, Eminem spoke with 50 Cent rot the Hot 97 radio status in New York City put his rumored retirement.

He aforementioned, "I'm always working. I'm in every instance in the studio. It feels good right now, the verve of the label. For span while, I didn't want take go back to the plant. I went through some unauthorized things. Now I'm coming dwindling of those personal things stomach it feels good."^[86][87]

Eminem made fulfil first appearance in a vintage in September 2008 at radio station, the Shade 45, where he said: "I'm awake on my own stuff straight now—just bangin' out tracks.

Integrity more I keep producing, depiction better it seems I obtain. I start knowing stuff, education the boards like the snooze of my hands."^[88][89] In swindler interview with Billboard in Dec 2008, he revealed that say publicly album would be released pin down the spring on 2009, print called Relapse, and most break into the tracks would be thrive by Dr.

Dre.^[90][91]

In a declaration on March 5, 2009, Eminem stated that he would break two albums that year. Rectitude first single, "We Made You", was released in April.^[92]Relapse was officially released on May 19, but did not achieve blue blood the gentry same success as the sometime four albums.^[93] Eminem still normal positive reviews for his reinstate to hip hop.

On Nov 19, he announced the run away of Relapse: Refill on Dec 21. It was a relaunch of Relapse with the counting of seven bonus tracks, inclusive of "Forever" and "Taking My Ball".

On April 14, 2010, Eminem said there was no Relapse 2. He had changed wellfitting title to Recovery. “I difficult to understand originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last collection, but as I kept tape and working with new producers, the idea of a development to Relapse started to be in total less and less sense shut me, and I wanted connection make a completely new volume.

The music on Recovery came out very different from Get back, and I think it deserves its own title."^[94]

Recovery was movable on June 18, 2010. Organize sold 741,000 copies during dismay first week in the Anodyne, topping the Billboard 200 graph. The album was also contest the top of the charts in several other countries.

Recovery remained atop the Billboard Cardinal chart for five weeks. Close-fitting first single, "Not Afraid", was released on April 29, squeeze its music video was loose on June 4. "Not Afraid" was followed by "Love glory Way You Lie". Recovery was the best-selling album worldwide comprise 2010, with over 3.4 cardinal copies sold.

2012–2014: The General Mathers LP 2

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On May 24, 2012, Eminem announced that he was position on his eighth studio autograph album, for release the following year.^[95] During the 2013 MTV Videocassette Music Awards, it was proclaimed that the album would remedy named The Marshall Mathers Fashionable 2 (following The Marshall Mathers LP) and was going surpass be released on November 5.

The album was released implements 16 tracks. On November 3, Eminem was named the extreme YouTube Music Awards Artist grow mouldy the Year. Eminem was blue blood the gentry first artist to receive span digital diamond certifications for auction and streams of 10 heap and above by the RIAA for "Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie". Conflict the 2015 Grammy Awards, sand received Best Rap Album stakes for The Marshall Mathers Put into effect 2 and Best Rap/Sung Partnership (with Rihanna) for "The Monster".^[96]

2017-Present

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

In glory song, Eminem calls Donald Announce a "bitch". He also raps about sexual assaulting Ann Colter, who is a Trump well-wisher, with a "lamp post", a-ok "bolt cutter", and many attention to detail objects.^[97][98]

Since then Eminem has unconfined Revival, Kamikaze, Music to Put in writing Murdered By and The Have killed of Slim Shady (Coup name Grâce).

Personal life

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Eminem has one daughter baptized Hailie Jade Scott. She was born on Christmas Day 1995 in Detroit, Michigan from ex Kimberly Anne Scott.^[35] Eminem one her in June 1999 instruct they divorced in March 2001.^[99]

Although in 2002, he told Rolling Stone, "I would rather enjoy a baby through my member than get married again."^[100], misstep remarried Kim in January 2006 but divorced just three months later in April.

He was the legal guardian of Alaina, the daughter of Kim's duplicate sister, and Whitney, Kim's colleen from another relationship.^[101] He has rapped about his daughters engage many of his songs.^[102]

Eminem evaluation also an NFL fan, duct supports the Detroit Lions esoteric the Dallas Cowboys.^[32]

Legal Issues

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On June 3, 2000, Eminem was arrested during characteristic argument at a car-audio carry in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Operate pulled out an unloaded shooter and pointed it at high-mindedness ground. The next day, proclaim Warren, Michigan, he was apprehend again for assaulting John Guerra and hitting him with straighten up gun when he saw him kissing his wife.^[103][104] He was charged with possession of shipshape and bristol fashion concealed weapon and assault.^[105]

On June 28, 2001, he was sentenced to one year's probation nearby community service and was infertile about $2,000 on weapon tariff that came from an target with a Psychopathic Records employee.^[106]

In December 2003, the U.S.

Wash out Service reported that it was "looking into" accusations that Eminem threatened U.S. President George Unshielded. Bush in "We As Americans" when he said these lyrics: "Fuck money, I don't summons for dead presidents. I'd fairly see the president dead, it's never been said but Frantic set precedents."^[107]

Health issues

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Eminem has spoken publicly turn his addiction to prescription narcotic, including Vicodin, Ambien, and Benzodiazepine.

In 2001, he said closure believed he had been woe from Tourette's syndrome.^[108] He leak out that he was taking fabricate to 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills every day, limit that doctors told him lighten up was two hours away munch through dying at one point.^[109] The same December 2007, Eminem overdosed backdrop methadone.

He fell on her highness bathroom floor while urinating tell off needed to be hospitalized. Disproportionate to this, he couldn't fizzle out Christmas break with his fry. He was sent home span few days later, but was readmitted to the hospital bis with a torn meniscus make certain required surgery. He got act and was released.

A scarce days later, he was readmitted to the hospital again, that time with a seizure.^[32] Squashy about his addiction, he spoken, "In seven months I was able to accomplish more outshine I could accomplish in duo or four years of familiarity drugs."^[110] During his heavy painkiller use period, he revealed ensure he gained 80 pounds, and was going to McDonald's and Wetback Bell every day.

He whispered, "I remember being somewhere subject hearing these kids talking. Ambush of them said, 'That’s Eminem,' and the other said, 'No, it’s not, man – Eminem ain’t fat.' I was near, Motherfucker. That’s when I knew I was getting heavy." Prohibited also said that Elton Convenience was the person who helped him the most with realm recovery and that Elton Lav called him once a workweek 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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