Eminem turns 50 today

KATHMANDU,

American rapper Marshall Bruce Mathers III, popularly known as Eminem turns 50 today.

After the release of his debut album Infinite (1996) and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP. His next two releases, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002), were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

After the release of his next album, Encore (2004), Eminem went on hiatus in 2005. He returned to the music industry four years later with the release of Relapse (2009) and Recovery (2010) which became the best-selling album worldwide of the year. Then, he released the US number one albums The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018) and Music to Be Murdered By (2020).

He has won many awards including 15 Grammy Awards, eight American Music Awards, 17 Billboard Music Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award.