Eminem Trivia

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Birth name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III 

Date of birth: 17 October 1972 

Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA 

Nickname: Slim Shady, Eminem 

Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) 

Spouse: Kimberly Anne Scott (14 June 1999 – 11 October 2001) (divorced), (14 January 2006 – present) (filed for divorce) 1 child. Hailie Jade Scott (Mathers).

• The second “E” in his stage name has been reversed on his records since his second album The Marshall Mathers LP. The backwards “E” has become a logo for him, appearing prominently in his videos and stage set. 
• His 2000 album, “The Marshall Mathers LP”, sold 1.76 million copies in the first week of release in the U.S., a record for a solo artist.
• Eminem is a friend of fellow Detroit rap/rock star Kid Rock, and guested on Rock’s “Devil Without a Cause” on the track “Fuck Off”. Rock made uncredited appearances scratching on some of Eminem’s tracks. 
• His wife Kimberly Mathers was granted physical custody of their 5-year-old daughter, continued financial support, a personal driver, and reinstatement of her credit cards. [29 August 2000]
• 2000 Album “The Marshall Mathers LP” sold a reported 7 million copies. [January 2001]
• Nominated for 4 Grammy awards on January 3, 2001.
• Featured in “Entertainment Weekly” magazine (December 22/29, 2000) and was voted #3 for Entertainer of the Year.
• Several songs were released in response to the track “Stan” off of The Marshall Mathers LP. Enemy rapper Canibus released the track “U Didn’t Care,” rapping as the Stan character and implying that Eminem doesn’t care about his fans. The Pet Shop Boys released “The Night I Fell in Love,” in which a male fan goes backstage at an Eminem concert and has a one-night stand with him. Christian rapper KJ-52 released “Dear Slim” and “Dear Slim pt. 2,” open letters to Eminem in a similar style to “Stan.” 
• Dr. Dre is Eminem’s mentor.
• When Dr. Dre first heard his tape, he thought Eminem was black.
• Father of Hailie Jade (b. Christmas Day, 1995)
• Raised in Detroit, Michigan.
• Several of his songs have been parodied. The most famous incident was “Weird Al” Yankovic’s parody of “Lose Yourself,” entitled “Couch Potato” and featuring new lyrics about television programming. He has also been parodied twice by the Christian parody band ApologetiX, with “Lose Yourself” (“Look Yourself”) and “The Real Slim Shady” (“The Real Sin Savior”).
• Got joint custody of daughter Hailie Jade. [2001]
• With the band D12, Eminem has had a number 10 hit with S**t on you, and a number 2 hit with Purple Hills (originally titled Purple Pills).
• The name ‘Eminem’ came from his initials M(arshall) M(athers).
• Eminem is left-handed. This can be seen in a scene in 8 Mile where he is sitting on a bus with a pencil in his left hand, as well as in several of the promotional posters for the film, which depict him writing lyrics with his left hand.
• He has had an operation on his knee, which led to his awkward stance at numerous performances.
• Wanted to be a comic book artist.
• His real hair color is in fact a dark brown, he bleaches his hair with peroxide (as stated in “White America”); he did not bleach his hair in 8 Mile, and so his natural hair color can be seen in the movie. 
• Eminem wears glasses, which can be seen in some of his interviews, as well as on the music videos for “Mockingbird” and “Stan”. 
• His ex-wife, Kim, has a twin sister named Dawn.
• He wears glasses
• Cuts his own hair.
• Parodied on “Saturday Night Live” (1975) by Chris Parnell.
• Has said that he would like his daughter, Haile Jade, to become an actress.
• Has a younger half-brother called Nathan (his mother’s son from a later marriage), born in 1986.
• Eminem listed his favorite rappers as Redman, Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., André 3000 from OutKast, Jadakiss, Kurupt, and Nas in the song “‘Till I Collapse” from his 2002 release, The Eminem Show. 
• In March 2003, Spin Magazine named him The Most Important Artist Making Music Right Now.
• Made $29,000,000 in 2002 with The Eminem Show LP, as the CEO of Shady Records, and the Anger Managment Tour ’02.
• On March 23, 2003 his song “Lose Yourself” from the film 8 Mile (2002) became the first rap song to win an Academy Award. He was not in attendance, and one of the song’s co-writers, Luis Resto, accepted the Oscar on his behalf.
• Won a Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy Awards) for International Album of the Year.
• The only white person to ever be on the cover of “The Source” and “XXL” magazines.
• Adopted niece, Alaina, giving her his last name.
• Was the only guest artist appearing on Jay-Z’s album, “The Blueprint.”
• Has a tattoo of his daughter on his right lower shoulder.
• Eminem’s rap group D12, short for “Dirty Dozen,” has only five members. Many people were often confused by the number. It is “12″ because, before the death of Proof, each of the six members of the group had two pseudonyms or “personas.” (For example, “Eminem” and “Slim Shady”). 
• Eminem’s manager, Paul Rosenberg (who is featured prominently in several skits on Eminem’s solo releases), was once a rapper himself, known as “Paul Bunyan”.
• Born on the same day as Wyclef Jean.
• In acceptance of his Grammy for Best Rap Album (for The Eminem Show) in 2003, he credited his rap influences, saying, “I made me a little list of MCs that I wanted to name off that inspired me to, to bring me where I am today – cause honestly, I wouldn’t be here without them. So the list goes like this, and it’s not in this order, but the list is this: Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Kool G. Rap, Master Ace, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Dr. Dre, all of N.W.A., KRS-One, Treach from Naughty by Nature, Nas, Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z. Thank you, ’cause I learned from all of you. Thank you.” 
• Released song, “Toy Soldiers”, in which he states he no longer want to argue with Ja Rule and other members of Murder Inc.
• Failed the 9th grade three times until finally dropping out. He said that he was not stupid [which is evident from interviews and his obvious success], but said that he lacked an interest in school. All he wanted to do was rap.
• Some of Eminem’s freestyle lyrics in 8 Mile are ones he found in his old house from when he was in his teens; he altered them before the movie. A lot of those lyrics got turned down by director Curtis Hansen, however. 
• Favorite movie of all time is Scarface (1983).
• Marshall and his wife Kim first met at one of his friends’ houses, when Eminem was fifteen and Kim was thirteen. She came over while he was lip synching to LL Cool J songs and jumping on the furniture. 
• He is a fan of the TV show “Crank Yankers”; puppets from the show were included in the video for “Ass Like That”. He has also lent his voice to the show numerous times, and had one of the puppets, Special Ed, host “Eminem’s Special Hits”. 
• He loves South Park, and referred to himself as a “twenty-six-year-old skinny Cartman” in the song “Marshall Mathers”. 
• Eminem has been awarded nine Grammy awards. He also received nominations for Album of the Year for both The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show. 
• The Marshall Mathers LP was the first rap album to be nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards and “Lose Yourself” was the first rap song to be nominated for Song of the Year. 
• Eminem owns a Chihuahua named Smoky. 
• In 8 Mile, an opposing MC, in reference to Rabbit, Eminem’s character, said “I feel bad I gotta murder that dude from Leave It to Beaver.” Interestingly, the name of the actor who played The Beaver was Jerry Mathers. Mathers is Eminem’s last name. 
• Eminem was number 6 on VH1′s 50 greatest hip hop artists of all time. 
• Has a half sister and a half brother on his dad’s side; Sarah and Michael Mathers.
• He was voted the 82nd Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
• In May 2003, a minor media stir came about when Eminem refused to allow rock parodist ‘”Weird Al” Yankovic’ to produce a video for his “Lose Yourself” parody “Couch Potato”. Although semi-official statements from Eminem’s camp stated that the rapper wasn’t being malicious and simply did not want a parody to detract from his image as a serious hip-hop artist, most of the press that covered the story sided with Yankovic. Despite the lack of the music video, the album featuring the parody, “Poodle Hat”, earned Yankovic his highest chart debut in “Billboard” (#17) and, in February 2004, his third Grammy Award.
• Some Em’s textes have been studied in Harvard since the famous Irish poet Seamus Heaney congratulated Eminem. The two textes in question are « Rock Bottom » and « Flying Over The Nest » (released under the name of « It’s Ok » in 1995). 
• Has custody of his niece Lainie (short for Alaina). Lainie and his daughter Hailie have been brought up together and are considered sisters and he refers to both as his daughters. Lainie was mentioned in the song Mockingbird on the “Encore” album.
• Spoofs his character from 8 Mile (2002) in his music video “Just lose it”
• Is a Detroit Pistons fan
• Has his own record company called Shady Records
• The Eminem Show has sold more than eight million albums
• To help support his mother, young Marshall worked as a short-order cook at a Michigan family restaurant called Gilbert’s Lodge
• At the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, he came in second.
• Announced he is to remarry his ex-wife, Kim Mathers.
• He has sold over 65 million records worldwide (February 2006).
• Created his own fashion line called Shady Limited.
• Filed for divorce less than 3 months after re-marrying his ex-wife.
• Hired young actress Karli Filips twice to portray his daughter, Hailie Jade in his music videos for “Lose Yourself” and “Like Toy Soldiers”. When they shot the Toy Soldiers video, Eminem had to be reminded Karli had played his daughter once before.
• Adopted his ex-wife’s, Kim, other daughter with another man. Her name is Whitney