Marshall Mathers
Recovery
Marshall Bruce Mathers III, born October 17, 1972, is better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady. He is an American rapper, record producer, actor and singer-songwriter. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, 'D12', to mainstream recognition. Eminem is also one half of the Detroit hip hop duo 'Bad Meets Evil', with Royce da 5'9". Including his work with D12 and Bad Meets Evil, Eminem has achieved ten number one albums on the Billboard 200. He has also sold more than 33 million track downloads and 39.6 million albums in the United States alone. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album, 'The Slim Shady LP'. 'The Slim Shady LP', 'The Marshall Mathers LP' and his third major album, 'The Eminem Show' all won Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. In 2010, Eminem released his seventh studio album 'Recovery', which was an international success. Eminem won Grammy Awards for both Relapse (2009) and Recovery, giving him a total of 13 Grammys in his career. Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film '8 Mile' in which he won The Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award.
