This critically acclaimed musician, who has won numerous Grammys, is also an Oscar winner.
Dropping out of high school at age 17, he worked a minimum-wage job as a dishwasher and cook.
His first commercial album, released in 1999, debuted at #2 on the charts, went triple platinum within a year and was later certified 5x platinum. In 2003 the album was ranked 273 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
After a three year hiatus and a stint in the hospital, he recently announced plans for a sixth album.
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Rapper Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, won an Oscar for his work in the film 8 Mile in 2002.
His first commercial album was The Slim Shady LP.
After a recent stint in the hospital for pneumonia, Eminem announced that he is working on his sixth studio album.
Eminem called into New York radio station Hot 97 during a 50 Cent interview and confirmed he is hard at work on his first studio album in three years. He said, “I’m always working — I’m always in the studio. It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I didn’t want to go back to the studio … I went through some personal things. I’m coming out of those personal things it feels good.” And though he jokingly said he’d release the new CD “tomorrow,” there is no official release date.