Eminem is an American rapper who is widely known for his music and is arguably one of the most provocative artists of our time. Originally born, Marshall Mathers III, Eminem had suffered through a lot to be as successful as he is today. He uses his songs such as, “Hailie’s Song”, “Mockingbird” and even “Cleaning Out My Closet”, to tell stories about his life and the struggles he has had to overcome. Eminem’s rough upbringing and childhood motivated him to make music and influenced the songs that
Eminem, one of the most influential rappers in the history of Hip-Hop has been known to suffer from drug addiction to painkillers such as Valium, Xanax and Vicodin. He started his rap career in Detroit and the movie 8 Mile is based upon how he got his start in the rap industry and became one of the most biggest and influential rappers in history. He helped pave the way in a majority African-American industry and helped other white rappers to come into the picture. However, in the early 2000’s he
Hi Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the United States;[3] Rolling Stoneranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time,[4] calling him the King of Hip Hop.[5] Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200. fter his debut album Infinite (1996), Eminem achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP; the commercially successful second album received his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His
their true lifestyle, but the image they have in media is what is famous and most of them just go with it. Rappers are not encouraging the youth to go out and do what they rap about, they are only expressing ideas and emotions. Mentioned early in this paper is a statement on retaliation or “payback”, the social learning theory plays a big part in that. It is called the “code of the street” where delinquency is justified if you are provoked or insulted and feel a need to protect your reputation against