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Marshall Mathers III was born in Missouri.
He was born in St. Joseph Missouri to Debra Mathers and Marshall Mathers Jr. His father ended up leaving the family shortly after Marshall was born. -
Marshall starts rapping at 14.
After his Uncle Ronnie inspired Marshall, he began to rap in his early teen years. -
Eminem dropped out of high school.
At age 17, he dropped out of high school and pursued his rap career. -
Uncle Ronnie dies.
Eminem's Uncle Ronnie comitted suicide, which was rough considering he helped Eminem get into rap. -
Hailie Jade Mathers is born.
Eminem and Kim's daughter, Hailie is born on Christmas in 1995. Hailie is mentioned in a lot of Eminem's songs. She means a great deal to him. -
Eminem releases his first album.
Infinite was Eminem's first studio album. Most people don't know of this album, and it wasn't very sucessful, but it was a start. -
D12 is formed.
D12, an intialism for the dirty dozen, is a rap group featuring Eminem and his old friends from his early life in Detroit. Aside from Eminem, the other rappers in D12 were Swifty McVay, Kon Artist, Fuzz Scoota, Proof, Kuniva, Bugz, and Bizarre. -
Slim Shady LP was released.
Eminem's second album is released, and he has his first hit song: "My Name Is". This album was first truly sucessful album, and it got him on the charts. -
Kim Scott and Eminem got married.
The couple ends up getting divorced, then re-married in 2006, then got divorced again, ending their relationship for good. -
Marshall Mathers LP is released.
This album was probably his most sucessful, and was one of the fastest selling hip-hop albums. -
8 Mile movie was released.
8 Mile is a movie very similar to Eminem's life and his struggle to pursue is dream of being rapper. One result of this movie was the 8 Mile Soundtrack, which arguably contained his most sucessful song, "Lose Yourself". -
Proof is killed.
One of Eminem's close friends and D12 member was shot to death while drunk. This had an affect on Eminem and D12. -
Eminem overdoses.
Eminem overdosed on methadone, a drug he was strongly addicted to. He almost died from the overdose. -
Recovery album is released.
Now off drugs, Eminem made this album, which featured his hit song: "Not Afraid". -
Marshall Mathers LP2 released.
This is his latest album, and it has a hit song featuring Rihanna called "The Monster".
