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Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) was born in St. Joseph, Mo., and moved back and forth between his birthplace and Detroit during his childhood. His birthday is Oct. 17, 1972, and his height is 5'8". His talent for rhyming led him to build his reputation as a talented aspiring rapper during open-mic contests in Motor City. Em's rise to fame began in 1997, when one of his mixtapes made its way to Dr. Dre, who signed him to Aftermath in 1998. His debut studio album, 'The Slim Shady LP,' dropped in 1999 and peaked at No. 2, while lead single "My Name Is" reached No. 36. Sophomore album 'The Marshall Mathers LP' was a massive hit, holding the No. 1 spot for eight weeks. Single "Lose Yourself" -- from his 2002 biographical film '8 Mile' in which he starred -- became his first Hot 100 No. 1, staying atop the chart for 12 weeks, and won the Grammy for best rap song and Oscar
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1.DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), better known as Proof, was a stad hip hop rapper and member of the rap groups D12 and 5 Elementz.
Although Proof first rose to national prominence as a part of the rap group D12, he had been fairly successful on his own. Most notably, he was featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype column in 1999 and came close to winning the 1998 Blaze Battle. His first television appearance can be seen in the Aaliyah film "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". In 2000, Proof toured along with Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in the Up In Smoke Tour as a backup rapper for Eminem. He rose to prominence in 2001 with the release of Devil's Night, D12's debut album with Interscope Records. The following year, Proof collaborated with Dogmatic on Promatic and joined Eminem's "Anger Management" tour in support of the release. He also appeared in Eminem's semi-autobiographical film 8 Mile; although in
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The Real Slim Shady
2000 single by Eminem
"The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the lead single a month before the album's release.
The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his biggest hit up to that point.[2] It was also Eminem's first song to reach number one in the UK and Ireland[3] and the song was the 14th best selling of 2000 in the UK. It won multiple awards, including MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video and Best Male Video, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 80 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[4] It was listed at number 396 on NME's 500 greatest songs of all time.
Production
[edit]"The Real Slim Shady" was not originally intended to be part of The Marshall Mathers LP. Interscope Records's Jimmy Iovine wanted Emin