Marshall Bruce Mathers III, known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12, and with Royce da 5’9″ is one half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil. But here are 10 Facts you didn’t know about him :
* Eminem has three aliases: Eminem, The Slim Shady, and his original teenage stage name, which was M&M. His real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III.
* Before he heard rap, he wanted to be a comic book artist.
* Eminem’s relatives used to call him ‘Mickey’ when he was a baby because he had big ears.
* Eminem dropped out of school after failing 9th grade 3 times, mainly because he skipped school too many times to battle kids on the street corners
* Eminem cuts his own hair
* Eminem has been falsely reported dead by a car crash 4 times and a drug overdose once.
* Eminem is in the Guinness Book of world Records for being fastest selling hip-hop artist.
* Eminem wears glasses because he’s near-sighted.
* When Dre first met Eminem, Eminem was wearing a bright yellow tracksuit which he got from a sponsor because he didn’t have the money to buy decent clothes. Dre thought he looked like a banana.
* He is a Spiderman fan.
