Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million records.

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He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time.

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Eminem's global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music.

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While much of his transgressive work during the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass.

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He has been influential for many artists of various genres.

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He has won numerous awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, an Academy Award and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award.

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Eminem has had ten number-one albums on the Billboard 200 which all consecutively debuted at number one on the chart, making him the only artist to achieve this and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

Born: 17 October 1972