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Eminem Biography My name is...Marshall Mathers – just doesn’t have the same effect. Easy to see the reasons behind this name change. Eminem entered the music scene in 1996 with the release of Infinite . With qualities like violent, sexist and bigoted pouring from every piece of his work, it is really difficult to understand the faithful followers who know all the lyrics to the Real Slim Shady’s work. Post a message in the Eminem Fan Forum Eminem managed to earn the respect of Dr. Dre which lead to him being signed to the Aftermath label. The release of The Slim Shady hit No.2 one the Billboard album charts within weeks of its release with the super success of “My name is". "I Just Don't Give A Fuck" and "Brain Damage" are the two songs comprising the Slim Shady LP. The same album garnered two awards at the 42nd annual Grammy awards: Best Rap Solo Performance for “My name is" and Best Rap Album. Eminem has also found success at the MTV Video Music Awards winning Video of the Year and Best Male Video. In the spring of 2000, The Marshall Mathers LP was released. Eminem has struck a chord with a multitude of crowds with his controversial and undoubtedly offensive songs. Recently in Canada Valerie Smith registered a complaint with the Toronto Police hate crimes unit on October 4, 2000 trying to block Eminem’s entrance into the country for the Toronto stop of his “Anger Management Tour."

Sponsored Links: EMusic FREE Trial MP3 Subscriptions  Market your band or artist Get 100 Free 80's MP3s at EMusic Eminem @ CanEHdian Message Board Audio Files Album Reviews Interactive Poll Links Store Newsletter Smith, a "media violence" watchdog says lyrics like those to the song "Kim" (in which he murders his wife) constitute hate propaganda and thus are in violation of the Canadian Criminal Code. The Ontario Attorney General gave support to the ban on Eminem however federal immigration officials ruled that they had no grounds on which to keep him out. Eminem performed to a full-house at Toronto’s Skydome. The controversial lyrics are parallel with the rapper’s life. He is part of an on-going abusive relationship with his on-again off-again wife. His mother launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against him after he depicted her in some of his lyrics as a drug-dependent bingo-addicted lowlife. She denies it. It’s not much of a surprise that Eminem carries some of the view he does. As stated by a reviewer of his latest release at Epinion.com “Eminem is one very angry, disturbed, repugnant, and socially retarded individual who sees fit to share his demented and twisted mind and screwed-up life with us!" Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Erin Boyle, CanEHdian.com. Copyright 2000.