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Facts

Also Known As Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Born October 17, 1972 (age 54) • Saint Joseph • Missouri
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (2022) • Grammy Award (2014) • Grammy Award (2014) • Grammy Award (2010) • Grammy Award (2009) • Grammy Award (2009) • Grammy Award (2003) • Grammy Award (2003) • Academy Award (2003) • Grammy Award (2002) • Grammy Award (2000) • Grammy Award (2000) • Grammy Award (1999)
Notable Works “Curtain Call: The Hits” • “Encore” • “Kamikaze” • “Love the Way You Lie” • “My Name Is” • “Recovery” • “Relapse” • “Revival” • “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” • “The Eminem Show” • “The Marshall Mathers LP” • “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” • “The Slim Shady LP”

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Eminem stands on stage wearing a black hooded jacket and holding a microphone, with blurred purple and white lights in the background during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show.
Eminem in 8 Mile
Eminem performs on stage wearing a black cap, black vest, and red shirt, holding a microphone and pointing with both hands, with stage lights in the background.
50 Cent, Eminem, and Dr. Dre stand together in suits at an event, posing in front of a backdrop with Shady National Convention text.
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JAY-Z
American rapper and entrepreneur
Missy Elliott performs on stage wearing a black and gold outfit, holding a sparkling microphone and smiling during the MTV Video Music Awards.
Missy Elliott
American rapper and music producer
LL Cool J smiles while wearing a black flat cap, black suit, and patterned tie against a blue background at the Paramount Network Launch Party.
LL Cool J
American rapper and actor
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Dr. Dre
American rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur
Isaac Hayes wearing sunglasses and a vest made of chains sings into a microphone onstage in a scene from the 1972 film Wattstax.
Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
Queen Latifah smiles at the camera, wearing a black jacket with white lapels and a large jeweled heart necklace at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Queen Latifah
American musician and actress
Ludacris wearing a gray suit, light blue shirt, and patterned tie, smiling at an event in 2011.
Ludacris
American rapper and actor
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage wearing a black outfit and patterned sash, holding a microphone, with stage lights and smoke in the background.
Kendrick Lamar
American musician
Sean Combs poses on the red carpet in a white suit at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, with event signage in the background.
Sean Combs
American rapper and record producer
Common, the American rapper, smiles while wearing a black jacket and shirt at an event in 2016.
Common
American hip-hop artist, actor, and activist
Paul Williams
Paul Williams
American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor
Lady Gaga performing onstage in a sparkling blue outfit with dramatic shoulders, long platinum blonde hair, pink glitter mask, and holding a gold microphone.
Lady Gaga
American singer-songwriter and actress
Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress
Prince stands on stage in a turquoise suit, holding a purple, symbol-shaped guitar above his head, during his Super Bowl XLI halftime performance.
Prince
American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor, and activist
Bruce Springsteen plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on stage at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala.
Bruce Springsteen
American singer, songwriter, and bandleader
The Shakespeare of his generation
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
Stevie Wonder smiling and wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket while performing outdoors.
Stevie Wonder
American singer, composer, and musician
Carly Simon
Carly Simon
American singer-songwriter
Randy Newman in a suit holding his Academy Award Oscar and raising his fist in celebration, standing in front of a gold Oscar statue.
Randy Newman
American musician

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