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The music business, how eminem got into the music business from his hard times living at home with his mother who was suffering from
Munchausen Syndrome which means she was making Marshall (Eminem) take medicines he didnt need. First i will talk about eminems life when he was a kid and his relationship with his mother and uncle Ronnie.
Eminems father left him when he was only 6 months old and his mother was sick and sort of retarded. Eminem was often left with his relative and he became realy close with his uncle Ronnie who was about the same age as he was, they became best friends.
At the age of 13 eminem started writing his own …show more content…

Eminem was soon invited to rap at detroits biggest radio station
WHYT. This was also great for his career because he got a taste of how hard rapping infront of alot of people is and that not everyone is going to like him.
This was another way to get his name out into the public and get noticed by someone. When eminems first cd came out called Infiniti it was just like a and he was just trying to see how he wanted his rapping style to be. Right from the begining he was already being compared to Naz and Jay Z. Eminem was hurt by the response that Infiniti got and he later began working on the
Slim Shady EP. By presenting himself as himself eminems rap career took off.
January of 97 Slim Shady was born, Slim Shady was eminems alterego.
After 10 months of performing at underground night clubs he was invited to the 97 rap olymipics in Los Angeles. Battling for first place for 6 rounds and than looses to Juice. Even though he was in 2nd place he gets noticed by a producer Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre immediatly takes to liking eminem and signs him to his label, Aftermath Records. Within a week eminem gets to work on his album. On Feb. 23, 1999, The Slim Shady LP released. The album debuts at number 2 on the Billboard charts. He wins Grammy Awards for it and also the MTV awards: Best New Artist, Best Solo Hip Hop

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