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We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Rapper and music producer Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of the 21 st century and a time Grammy Award winner. His turbulent childhood saw him bounce between Missouri and Detroit, where he dropped out of high school at age He was born on October 17, , in St.

Joseph, Missouri. His famous stage name is taken from his first and last initials. Eminem never knew his father, Marshall Mathers Jr. His mom never managed to hold down a job for more than several months at a time, so they moved frequently between Missouri and Detroit, spending large chunks of time in public housing projects.

This itinerant lifestyle left a large impact on his personality. He had no close friends, kept almost entirely to himself, and was treated like an outcast at each new school.

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Eminem attended Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, where he failed the ninth grade three times and eventually dropped out at the age of Yet despite being a poor student, Eminem always had a deep affinity for language, devouring comic books and even studying the dictionary. Eminem has been scathingly critical of the way his mom raised him.

Through his song lyrics, he has publicly accused her of being addicted to prescription drugs as well as subjecting him to emotional and physical abuse. In the book, she claims to have never exploited her son and that her only concern was for her children.