1. MARSHALL MATHERS By Alexa Stuart

2. MARSHALL BRUCE MATHERS III Born October 17, 1972 Kansas City, Missouri 15- year old mother, Debbie Nelson Mathers-Briggs

3. CHILDHOOD Lived in multiple public housing systems, causing him to change schools frequently. Was one of the only white children, got treated poorly for it. Was the target for violent bullying at school From a young age, he considered himself as a recluse.

4. MUSIC BEGINNING Both parents were musically inclined and were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. Starting attending freestyle rap battles Took up rap after he dropped out of high school Joined groups like New Jacks and D12 before going solo. Where Marshall Mathers turned to “M & M”, and eventually evolved into” Eminem”

5. HIS INFLUENCES Kool G Rap Esham Masta Ace Ice-T LL Cool J Run-DMC Beastie Boys

6. MAKING HIS OWN RAPPING TECHNIQUE Humorous subject matter Connects with audience Carries concepts over series of albums Complex rhyme schemes and rhythms Writes a good portion of his lyrics down on paper

7. HIS ALTER EGO Uses alter egos in his songs to show different styles of rapping with his subject matter. Most popular alter ego is “Slim Shady”. Was first introduced on his album Slim Shady EP Ken Kaniff

8. HIS WORK Infinite Slim Shady EP The Slim Shady LP The Marshall Mathers LP Off The Wall The Eminem Show Straight From the Lab Encore Curtain Call Relapse Recovery The Marshall Mathers LP 2

9. ADDICTION Zanax Valium Relapse

10. LISTENING GUIDE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUFm-GWtmQ Time (minutes:seconds) Description (0:00)IntroPiano Begins (0:05)SingingLyrics Begin (0:22)Verse 1Music Tempo remains (1:30)Chorus (1:52)Verse 2Different than Verse 1, music repeated (3:25)Chorus (3:46)Ending ChorusDifferent lyrics, with same music as normal chorus (4:09)End