Eminem
Eminem is an american rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor, starring in his own film based on his own life, 8 Mile.
He has had around 9 successful albums with his most successful album being 'Marshall Mathers LP' selling 27million copies worldwide, starring songs such as 'Stan ft. Dido' and 'The Way I Am'.
Eminem - Stan ft. Dido
Selling 805k singles just in the UK
His early star image was very humorous however he also had a lot of more emotional songs.
Most of Eminem's songs are about his childhood and his upbringing. He never had a great mother to depend on and his father was never around for him. This is mostly what he raps about in his songs, and all the tough times he has been through. He also has a lot of songs in which he talks about his child 'Hailie' who he cares for and her mother 'Kim' who he raps about in a very negative way.
Although he talks about such sensitive topics in some of his songs he also has a lot of humorous and comical songs.
This is Eminem's song 'Kim' where he talks about her in a very negative and mocking way.
Both of these images are from the song 'Without Me', released in 2002. It is obvious that in one of his images he is mocking the death of Elvis. He knows that he will be potentially offending people however due to his care-free personality it doesn't bother him.
Eminem was most famous in the 2000's until around 2010, however he had a four year writers block due to his addiction and prescription on sleeping medication. This resulted in not releasing an album since 'Encore' released in 2004, until his album 'Relapse' was released in 2009. His star image began to change more since this album, and due to him being away from the music industry so long his album 'Relapse' which talks about his struggle with drugs, reached number one in the US Billboard 200 Charts. He then released an album a year after named 'Recovery' in 2010, showing that he is dealing with his issues. During his came back in 2009, he also changed his iconic blonde hair, potentially showing signs of growing up. His songs also became more meaningful and emotive however his song 'We Made You' shows that he has not ditched the humours and parody side of his songs.
Although Eminem raps about a lot of negative and emotional things he also has a lot of parody videos throughout his career. A lot of these videos include dressing up as certain people and characters and being particularly offensive which is another thing he is known for. He doesn't care what anybody thinks and isn't afraid of mocking and offending people, which is also why some people have such a negative view on him and why he is not praised by a lot of people.
Both of these images are from the song 'Without Me', released in 2002. It is obvious that in one of his images he is mocking the death of Elvis. He knows that he will be potentially offending people however due to his care-free personality it doesn't bother him.
In this image he is mocking the relationship between him and his mother. He has dressed up as his mother, showing that he doesn't care about embarrassing himself or having people laugh at him. He has also got someone to dress up as him rather than him playing himself and have someone dress up as his mother to make the situation more funny and offensive.
His more well known video which is a parody is 'We Made You', which was released in 2009, where he mocks many well known celebrities along the lines of Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Elvis and Amy Winehouse.
His physical image
He is very well known for his bleached hair and his very hip-hop/rap style. He is very famous for being a very successful white rapper due to the fact that most rappers in the music industry are black. He was the first white rapper to be so successful and well known, he also raps about this in his songs and how people thought he would not be successful due to his skin colour. He is also known as 'Slim Shady' in his earlier days which is when his bleached hair was iconic to his image.
This eminem in his very early days when he was just becoming successful. This pictures sums up what he is known for such as the blonde hair the care-free personality, due to him sticking up his middle fingers.
Eminem was most famous in the 2000's until around 2010, however he had a four year writers block due to his addiction and prescription on sleeping medication. This resulted in not releasing an album since 'Encore' released in 2004, until his album 'Relapse' was released in 2009. His star image began to change more since this album, and due to him being away from the music industry so long his album 'Relapse' which talks about his struggle with drugs, reached number one in the US Billboard 200 Charts. He then released an album a year after named 'Recovery' in 2010, showing that he is dealing with his issues. During his came back in 2009, he also changed his iconic blonde hair, potentially showing signs of growing up. His songs also became more meaningful and emotive however his song 'We Made You' shows that he has not ditched the humours and parody side of his songs.
This is Eminem's song 'Beautiful' which starred on his album 'Relapse'. It is showing how his star image has changed and he has made it very meaningful and emotional.
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