His 2000 album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", sold 1.76 million copies in the first week of release in the U.S., a record for a solo artist.

(January 2001) 2000 Album "The Marshall Mathers LP" sold a reported 7 million copies.

Nominated for 4 Grammy awards on January 3, 2001.

Raised in Detroit, Michigan.

(2001) Got joint custody of daughter Hailie Jade.

The name 'Eminem' came from his initials M(arshall) M(athers).

He has had an operation on his knee, which led to his awkward stance at numerous performances.

Refuses to use the 'N' word in any of his songs.

Wanted to be a comic book artist

Eminem's ex-Wife Kim has a twin sister named Dawn.

Has said that he would like his daughter, Hailie Jade, to become an actress. ~ E M I N E M is left-handed.

~ EM cuts his own hair.

~ EM wishes he had a Taco Bell in his backyard cuz he likes it so much. He likes the beef burrito and beef chalupa. Some of his other favorite fast food places are Burger King, McDonald's, & Wendy's.

~EM's favorite drink is Mountain Dew.

~ EM's finished working on a movie that will be loosely based on his life. He will play a rapper who struggles to gain fame. It's gonna be called "8 Mile" (named after tha street in Detroit that divides the black and white neighborhoods).

~EM had been wanting 2 sample Aerosmith's "Dream On" since he was 16 or 17. Proof reminded him about it and EM sampled it for "Sing For The Moment".

~The name of the song playing in the background of The Kiss (skit on The Eminem Show) is called "Everyone's Looking At Me." It was a song that EM recorded 4 The Wash soundtrack, but never made it.

~EM was embarrased 2 release "Hailie's Song" at first.

~Hailie plays video games and colors while EM records in the studio. She came up w/the hook to "My Dad's Gone Crazy" one day-while EM was mixing "Soldier"-she was there playing around and said "Somebody please help him!" LoL

~EM hung out w/Jay-Z at his record release party in NY till 3am.

~EM's doing some collabos w/Kid Rock and Xzibit that will B out soon.

~EM likes to play arcades at his house. He has Popeye, Dig Dug, and Ms. Pacman.

~EM says that the next group he's gonna sign 2 his label, Shady Records are the Outsidaz.

~The name of EM's NU DJ is Green Lantern.

~EM watches Dora the Explorer, Hey Arnold, and the Powerpuff Girls w/Hailie.

~ Some of EM's favorite movies are How High?, Orange County, and The Matrix.

~ EM wears glasses.

~EM leases a Mercedes Benz. EM traded in his '99 purple Mustang 2 to Russ Milne Ford Inc of Macomb, Michigan, and the car was later auctioned off online 4 for $27,900.

~EM's favorite color is light blue.

~EM's shoe size is 10 1/2.

~EM likes shopping at K-Mart, but is mad cuz he can't go as much cuz of his fame.

~ Tom Green and South Park make him laugh like crazy.

~When EM writes his lyrics, he starts at the corner of the paper and writes downward instead of writing on the lines.

~ To record "Just the Two of Us" w/Hailie in the studio, (now known as "Bonnie and Clyde '97") EM told Kim he was gonna take Hailie to Chuck E. Cheese.

~EM got his Rolex watch from Jimmy Iovine, the head of Interscope Records. 1 day, he was playing around and started complaining about how Kid Rock got a Rolex for Christmas and all he got was some free CDs to give to his cousins. So yeah, they gave EM a Rolex and he was happily surprised.

~EM attends public community meetings and even lets kids in the neighborhood play basketball at his house.

~ EM's 8 year old niece, Amy is a big influence on Hailie. He says that she and Hailie feed off of each other because Hailie learns a lot from her.

~ EM’s major influences growing up were his uncle Ronnie, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, Run DMC, and 3rd Bass.

~ EM's uncle Ronnie bought him his 1st rap album, the "Breakin'" soundtrack. The album also inspired him to become the expert breakdancer he is today.

~ EM has a total of 10 tattoos. He has an E M I N E M tattoo on his upper right arm, a picture of Hailie right above it that says Bonnie & Clyde underneath it, a vertical Hailie Jade tattoo on the back of his right arm, a D near his right elbow (the 1st part of his D-12 tattoo), a 12 near his left elbow, a tribal sign on his left wrist that he got in memory of Bugz (a former member of D-12 that passed away), a Slim Shady tattoo complete with mushrooms on his upper left arm, a Ronnie RIP tattoo that’s right under the Slim Shady one, a Kim Rot In Pieces tattoo on his torso, and a Slit Me tattoo on his right wrist.

~The name of EM's tattoo artist is Mr. Cartoon-who is located in California.

~ EM and Dido had never met until the "Stan" video and the 1st time the 2 performed the song 2gether was on SNL.

~ EM was in a couple of groups before he decided to go solo in 1997. Some of the groups included: Bassment Productions, the New Jacks, and Soul Intent. 1 of these groups would perform wearing ski masks and sweat suits. When they finished their set, they would “unmask” themselves.

-Loves Shakira's CD and her song 'Poem to a Horse'

-once gave Pink a note that said "I love you"

-thinks Beyonce (Destiny's CHild) is beautiful.

-cherishes his fans "my fans get me. I don't care about anyone else. My younger fans have a sense of humor and can determine right from wrong" ~EM fell in love with rap when he 1st heard Ice-T’s “Reckless” & started writing rhymes when he was 12 years old.

~ EM would spend hours at night studying the dictionary so that he could expand his vocabulary for his raps.

~ EM still gets nervous before going on stage.

~EM worked for a factory called Gibbs Machinery when he was 16. He had a lot of odd jobs (sweeping floors, taking out the trash) and also worked at Little Ceaser's pizza.

~ EM was a short-order cook at a restaurant called Gilbert's Lodge in St. Claire Shores, Michigan. Whenever he had some lyrics he needed to write down, he'd write them on some receipts. He also used to write his lyrics in pencil on the wall above his bed, but his mom got really pissed cuz the paint came off after trying to erase them. When his friends came to eat, he would also rap things off the menu to them.

~ EM was really quiet at school and had a hard time making friends, but started becoming more social in the 8th grade. He used to spend his free time watching TV and reading comic books.

~ Before EM heard rap, he wanted to be a comic book artist.

~ EM’s idea of splurging is spending $500 or $600 at Nike Town. He’s not used to having so much money and doesn’t really know what to do with it.

~EM and Kim used to live in all black neighborhoods, so they would usually meet each other half way or at the railroad tracks to avoid harm. EM would usually get beat up on the way there and even got shot at once.

~ Dre discovered EM after finding his demo tape on the floor of his studio. Then after EM won 2nd place in the Rap Olympics, he decided to sign him to his label.

~ EM has his own record label-Shady Records & has D-12, Obie Trice, & 50 Cent signed to it.

~ EM’s favorite collaboration with Dre is “Forgot About Dre,” but both of them say that they haven’t even come close to the best that they can do on a record.

~ EM and Dre got the idea for “Guilty Conscience” ‘s second verse from the movie “Animal House.”

~ EM gave Paul Rosenberg one of the Grammys that he won in 2000.

~ Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg has been EM’s mananger since 1995.

~ EM feels that he can’t trust anybody that he meets because the thinks that they are just trying to befriend him because he’s famous. He likes to keep in touch with his circle of friends who know him as Marshall Mathers.

~ The background for “Kim” was on a 1983 episode of “Growing Pains.”

~ EM considers himself to be a “happy individual” even though a lot of people think he’s pissed off 24/7. He says that writing lyrics is his way of venting.

Eminem started walking at eleven months

As a young boy, Eminem had crush on Madonna

Em was 14 when he wrote his first rap song and he wrote it to LL Cool J's "I'm Bad."

Eminem has two half brothers: Nathan, 14 and Michael, 23. He also has a half sister named Sarah who is 21.

Eminem's great-great-great grandmother, Alisa MacAllister, was Scottish > When Eminem was younger, he would often come up with rhymes while trying to fall asleep. In order to remember them, he used to write them above his bed in pencil. Once, while he was trying to rub one of his rhymes off, he accidentally scraped the paint off. Eminem's great-great-great grandmother, Alisa MacAllister, was Scottish

Eminem's mother is Scandinavian and his father's family is from the South of Wales.

In the video for "My Name Is," Eminem was not supposed to get hit in the face with the newspaper at the beginning and he wasn't supposed to fall of the chair. They were both accidents but the directors decided to keep them in the video.

Although Eminem likes playing basketball, his friends say he can't dribble the ball without travelling

The Marshall Mathers LP was originally going to be titled Amsterdam

Eminem hates it when people spell Hailie's name wrong

~ The 4 recorded dates for EM getting beat up by D'Angelo Bailey were: October 15, 1981-Marshall got beat up, was bruised, got the wind knocked out of him, had nausea, abnormal sleepiness, and had injuries toward his lips and tongue. November 14, 1981-Marshall suffered another beating during recess, but had sleeplessness, vomiting, nightmares, and antisocial behavior. December 21, 1981-Marshall suffered yet another beating with injuries toward his face, head, back, and legs. January 13, 1982-Marshall was intentionally hit with a snowball containing a heavy object, was mainly wounded severely while lying on the ground and eventually went into a coma and an intermittent loss of vision in his right eye and an intermittent loss of hearing. (This info was based on official legal documents because the Mathers family tried to sue the school board, but lost).

~ EM says that D'Angelo was the biggest kid in school and he was the smallest. EM claims he still sees a white dot in his right eye from time to time.