Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972),<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|coauthors=Torreano, Bradley|title=Eminem — Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0xfpxqyjldke~T1|publisher=All Music Guide|date=2006|accessdate=2008-01-30</ref> better known by his stage name Eminem, is an Academy Awards|Academy Award-<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2008-04-22|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2879415.stm|title=Oscars 2003: The winners|publisher=BBC News</ref> and multiple Grammy Award-winning United States|American rap artist. Eminem is one of the highest-selling musicians of the early 2000s. He has sold over seventy million music album|albums worldwide, and is one of the List of best-selling music artists|highest-selling rap artists of all time. Eminem was discovered by rapper and producer Dr. Dre, who later signed Eminem to his record label, Aftermath Entertainment. He has been married twice to Kim Mathers (married June 14, 1999; divorced October 11, 2001; remarried January 14, 2006; divorced December 19, 2006).
Eminem signed to Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998 and released ''The Slim Shady LP'', which went triple platinum by the end of the year. In 2000, he released ''The Marshall Mathers LP'', and sold 1.65 million copies in its first week, the best first ... read all