Wins second place at the Rap Olympics in Los Angeles. The juvenile court papers say that she “exhibits a very suspicious, almost paranoid personality” and one social worker accuses her of having Munchausen by proxy syndrome, a mental illness that causes a parents to harm their child in order to get attention.ĭue to the lack of record sales, Marshall gets work as a cook. His mother is accused of abusing his half-brother Nathan and she loses custody of him. He sells about five hundred copies from the backseat of his car. Those who don’t accuse him of plagiarism, and mock his little-too-late anti-Gulf War lyrics. Those who do accuse him of ripping off other artists. Releases debut album Infinite but few people notice. Kim gives birth to their daughter Hailie Jade Mathers. On his 20th birthday, his mom accuses him of assault and battery. Andrew’s Hall which is located in the back-in-the-day Hip-Hop Shop. His death has a profound effect on him.īegins making appearances at Detroit’s St. It was Ronnie who introduced him to hip hop. His uncle Ronnie, more like an older brother to him, uses a shotgun to commit suicide. Clair Shores restaurant, where his friend Mike Ruby works. Pens his first rhyme that talks smack about LL Cool J, who’s actually one of his favorite rappers.ĭrops out of Lincoln High School and gets a job washing dishes at Gilbert’s Lodge, a St. Eminem eventually begins a relationship with her.
His mom takes in a runaway named Kimberly Ann Scott. 8 Mile is the name of the street that separates Warren from Detroit. His mother gives birth to his half-brother, Nathan Kane “Nate Kane” Samara.Įnrolls in Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. His Uncle Ronnie gives him a copy of Ice T’s Reckless and after listening to it, he decides to become a rapper. His mother sues Dort Elementary School in Roseville, Michigan where De’Angelo Bailey, a classmate, supposedly has beaten her son so bad every day that it has led to him experience severe headaches and to have a tendency toward anti-social behavior. Joseph, Missouri to Debbie Mathers and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr.
From his tumultuous childhood in Detroit, troubled relationship with his mother, on-again off-again relationship with Kimberly Scott, substance abuse problems, and record-breaking career as a hip hop artist, Eminem has a lot going on.īorn as Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St.