Marshall Bruce Mathers III\u00a0(born October 17, 1972), known professionally as\u00a0Eminem (often stylized as\u00a0EMIN\u018eM), is an American\u00a0rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Credited with popularizing\u00a0hip hop\u00a0in\u00a0Middle America, Eminem’s global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in\u00a0popular music. While much of his\u00a0transgressive\u00a0work during the early 2000s made him hugely controversial, he came to be a representation of popular angst and the American\u00a0underclass. He has been\u00a0influential for many artists of various genres\u00a0and is often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time.<\/p>\n
Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of more than 220 million records. He was the\u00a0best-selling music artist in the United States\u00a0of the 2000s and the best-selling male music artist in the United States of the 2010s.\u00a0Billboard<\/i> named him the “Artist of the Decade (2000\u20132009)”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marshall Bruce Mathers III\u00a0(born October 17, 1972), known professionally as\u00a0Eminem (often stylized as\u00a0EMIN\u018eM), is an American\u00a0rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Credited with popularizing\u00a0hip hop\u00a0in\u00a0Middle America, Eminem’s global success and acclaimed works are widely regarded as having broken racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in\u00a0popular music. While much of his\u00a0transgressive\u00a0work during the early 2000s …<\/p>\n