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Eminem's rise to stardom was far from easy. After being born in Kansas City and traveling back and forth between KC and the Detroit metropolitan area, Eminem and his mother moved into the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Rap, however, became Eminem's solace. Battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence. Although he would later drop out of school and land several minimum-wage-paying, full-time jobs, his musical focus remained constant. minem released his debut album, Infinite, in 1996, but after being thoroughly disappointed and hurt by the response Infinite received, Eminem began working on what would later become the Slim Shady EP -- a project he made for himself. Featuring several scathing lines about local music industry personalities as well as devious rants about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. By presenting himself as himself, Eminem and his career took off. Soon after giving the Rap Coalition's Wendy Day a copy of the Infinite album at a chance meeProduct Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139780593051887
eBay Product ID (ePID)87617774
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Book TitleWhatever You Say I am
AuthorAnthony Bozza
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year2003
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages288 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAnthony Bozza
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom