Eminem Early life

Posted on 10. Jan, 2010 by admin in Eminem

Mathers was born in St. Joseph, Missouri the son of Deborah Mathers-Briggs and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. He is of Scottish, English and distant Swiss and German ancestry. Shortly after his birth, his father abandoned his family. Until he was twelve, Mathers and his mother moved between various cities and towns in Missouri (including St. Joseph, Savannah and Kansas City) before moving to Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. After procuring a copy of the Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill as a teenager, Mathers became interested in hip hop, performing amateur raps at age fourteen under the pseudonym “M&M” and joining the group called “Bassmint Productions” and released their first EP called “Steppin’ Onto The Scene”.

They later changed their name to “Soul Intent” and around 1995 they released their first single called “Fuckin’ Backstabber” under the record label Mashin’ Duck Records. Although he was enrolled at Lincoln High School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles at Osborn High School across town, gaining the approval of underground hip hop audiences. After repeating the ninth grade twice due to truancy, he dropped out of high school at age 17.