Next week I will be presenting about 2000s Hip-Hop & Rap incorporating the artist Eminem featuring one of his top hips called “lose yourself”. A very talented and misunderstood rapper, real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers lll, He had a rough upbringing, his father left him when he was just a baby, and his mom was mentally ill with Munchausen syndrome and used to beat him constantly, as Eminem admitted to in the 1999 interview with Howard Stern.

Eminem was bullied growing up, and one time he got beaten so bad he got a concussion and had to relearn basic skills slowly to regain his full consciousness, this experience was inspired by his song “brain damage”. This is why Eminem is well respected, because all of his music has a reason, and comes from personal experience, but this is also why he is misunderstood, because people don’t realize he is only speaking his feelings from his upbringing, he admitted this multiple time in his books and interviews.

Before Eminem got a record deal he was known for his underground rap and rap battles that eventually got him noticed by Andre Romelle Young. Bbetter known by his stage name Dr.Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre was previously the co-owner of and artist of Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including 2Pac, The D.O.C. Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, Knoc-turn’al, 50 Cent, The Game and Kendrick Lamar.

Although Eminem was underestimated before he was famous, it took a lot of convincing for Eminem to win respect because of his race, but most people realize hip hop is a social political movement meant for people who grew up in the ghetto to find a voice through hip hop, like Eminem, not for specific races. Eminem is always real, never faked an accent when rapping, always respected the hip hop culture and black history and culture, he is now an iconic legend that will forever be known and continues to inspire many rappers. In my personal opinion and to many others that are rap fans/ Eminem fans, I believe that Eminem is probably one of the greatest rappers to ever come out and make it. He is truly a lyrical genius with a style of rap that no one else can compare to.