A very talented and misunderstood rapper, real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers lll, He had a rough upbringing, his
father left him when he was just a
baby, and his mom was mentally ill with münchausen symdrome and used to
beat him constamely, as Eminem admitted to in the 1999 interview with Howard Stern. He was bullied growing up, and one time he got beaten so
bad he got a concussion and had to relearn basic skills slowly to regain his full consciousness, this experience was inspired by his song "brain damage". This is why Eminem is well respected, because all of his
music has a reason, and comes from personal experience, but this is also why he is misunderstood, because
people don'
t realize he is only speaking his feelings from his upbringing, he admitted this multiple times in his books and interviews. He didn't get a record deal until Dr. Dre heard his album the "Slim Shady EP" and instantly he got a record deal and instantly he became famous. Although Eminem was underestimated before he was famous, it took a lot of convincing for Eminem to win
respect because of his race, but most
people realize hip hop is a social political movement meant for
people who grew up in the ghetto to find a voice through hip hop,
like Eminem, not for specific races. Eminem is always real, never faked an accent when rapping, always respected the hiphop culture and black history and culture, he is now an iconic legend that will forever be known and continues to inspire many rappers.
Person
1: "do you think Eminem is only famous because he's
white?"
Person 2: "no, many rappers now a days are
white, and they are not even close to eminems fame, in fact Eminem is the only extremely famous and respected white rapper,
people just want to pull the race card out on his because they can't accept that a white rapper is one of the best rappers."
Person H: "Is Eminem overrated?"
Person G: "no, most
people don't realize the truth Eminem is speaking in his songs and instantly underestimate him, no rapper has gone as personal in their
music as Eminem, no
one has put as much emotion in their
music as Eminem, take the misunderstood song "Kim" for example, his
music is so personal, unique and timeless that it's untouchable, nobody has albums that unique, nothing that personal can be overrated, and adding on his lyrical ability makes him almost underrated, or extremely underestimated. Don't you understand?
People want to hear VAGUE
music, they don't want to hear the truth, that's why they stay stupid things like 'he's overrated' whichout even breaking down the things he is actually rapping about."
Person Y: "is Eminem a wigger?"
Person Z: "NO, he has always and still does respect black culture, he doesn't fake black accents and he respects cultural appropriation, that's why he raps in his own style, and even if he did rap in a black accent, he grew up in a Black community, so he has a right to, but he shows so much respect that he doesn't rap in a black accent."