Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He is widely known as Eminem or Marshall Mathers to his fans. Eminem has a rough childhood because his family struggled with poverty and even said that he was abused throughout his childhood. His family relocated to Detroit, Michigan and that is where he began rapping in clubs at the age of 14.
As a child, he wasn’t very focused in school and got held back for unexcused absences, but he finally dropped out because he was determined to make it in the world of music. Eminem was a part of a band D12, or the ‘dirty dozen’, and also performed as a solo artist for a while. He released his first album ‘Infinite’ in 1996 but it sold poorly.
In 1997, Eminem competed in the Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, which allowed him to catch the attention of Dr. Dre, the head of Aftermath Entertainment. Dr. Dre became Eminem’s mentor and producer and helped him release his album The Slim Shady LP in 1999.
Eminem won four MTV video music awards and two grammy awards for the ‘The Slim Shady LP’ album. Even as a star, Eminem had a few rough patches, from his toxic marriage to Kim, to getting arrested, and even with his mother suing him. He has released many albums and songs since, and continues to hold his fan’s attention.
Eminem Quotes
- “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem
- “I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.” – Eminem
- “Don’t do drugs, don’t have unprotected s*x, don’t be violent. Leave that to me.” – Eminem
- “Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.” – Eminem
- “I’ve been running a lot, taking care of myself.” – Eminem
- “I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.” – Eminem
- “But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.” – Eminem
- “A lot of truth is said in jest.” – Eminem
- “Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil.” – Eminem
- “It feels good to have your work respected again.” – Eminem
- “Well, I’m working all the time to stay out of trouble!” – Eminem
- “When you’re a little kid, you don’t see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap.” – Eminem
- “Success is my only option, failure’s not.” – Eminem
- “I’m stupid, I’m ugly, I’m dumb, I smell. Did I mention I’m stupid?” – Eminem
- “I can’t tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.” – Eminem
- “Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.” – Eminem
- “In my mind I’ma fighter, my heart’s a lighter, my soul is the fluid. My flow sparks it right up.” – Eminem
- “Imma be what I set out to be without a doubt undoubtedly.” – Eminem
- “Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.” – Eminem
- “Somewhere deep down there’s a decent man in me, he just can’t be found.” – Eminem
- “Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters.” – Enimem
- “You’d have to walk a thousand miles in my shoes just to see what it’s like to be me!!” – Eminem
- “I’ve accomplished enough with the music that I haven’t had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.” – Eminem
- “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?” – Eminem
- “Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.” – Eminem
- “These times are so hard, and they’re getting even harder.” – Eminem
- “Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.” – Eminem
- “You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.” – Eminem
- “We sing for these kids who don’t have a thing.” – Eminem
- “Yeah, it’s been a ride I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one. Now some of you might still be in that place. If you’re trying to get out, just follow me, I’ll get you there.” – Eminem
- “Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends.” – Eminem
- “To the people I forgot, you weren’t on my mind for some reason and you probably don’t deserve any thanks anyway.” – Eminem
- “D*mn. How much damage can you do with a pen?” – Eminem
- “You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive.” – Eminem
- “Be proud of who you are.” – Eminem
- “Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I’ll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I’ve written a whole song in an hour.” – Eminem
- “Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.” – Eminem
- “Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.” – Eminem
- “Don’t let them say you ain’t beautiful. They can all get f*cked just stay true to you.” – Eminem
- “I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.” – Eminem
- “I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever. I’m not really book-smart.” – Eminem
- “The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I’m just like, ‘Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do’.” – Eminem
- “I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.” – Eminem
- “Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?” – Eminem
- “I come from Detroit where it’s rough and I’m not a smooth talker.” – Eminem
- “My thing is this; if I’m sick enough to think it, then I’m sick enough to say it.” – Eminem
- “Hip-hop saved my life, man. It’s the only thing I’ve ever been even decent at. I don’t know how to do anything else.” – Eminem
- “Honestly, I’d love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I’m doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I’m doing.” – Eminem
- “Don’t ever try to judge me dude, you don’t know what the f*ck I’ve been through.” – Eminem
- “I was a smart kid, but I hated school.” – Eminem
- “If there’s not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.” – Eminem
- “I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.” – Eminem
- “I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don’t know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.” – Eminem
- “Five or six songs leaked from the original version of ‘Encore.’ So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.” – Eminem
- “You’ve got enemies? Good, that means you actually stood up for something.” – Eminem
- “People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.” – Eminem
- “I always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.” – Eminem
- “Why be a king, when you can be a god?” – Eminem
- “It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me. Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you.” – Eminem
- “Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it’s like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can’t really speak on it, because I wasn’t there. I don’t feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person.” – Eminem
- “Sometimes you just gotta let sh*t go and say ‘To h*ll with it’ and move on.” – Eminem
- If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.” – Eminem
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Eminem – Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna
Honestly this is one of my top 5 most favorite Eminem videos – and it’s a collaboration with Rihanna – how can it get better than that? This song was originally written by Sklar Grey. Give it a watch – it’s one of his most popular videos and it will remind you how great Eminem’s videos are.
Summary
Eminem is one of the most controversial best selling artists, one of the most well-known American rappers, as well as a well-known record producer. Many rappers have tried to accomplish all of what Eminem has accomplished and continues to accomplish.
He inspired so many other rappers to pursue their careers in music. In fact, Eminem has worked beside many other known artists to create songs and albums together that are loved by his fans. His quotes show his views, his sense of humor and are also inspiring. Any Eminem fan, or Stan, will love these quotes from their favorite rap artist.
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