Happy Birthday Eminem Hip Hop rap Lose Yourself Some unknown facts about the king of rap

Happy Birthday Eninem

Eminem was born to a wrecked home and today, He overcame all the odds and the world knows him as the king of rap. Born as Marshall Bruce Mathers III, he is also a record producer and an actor. Eminem has dominated the rap genre for years and is considered one of the greatest of all time by many established artistes in the entertainment industry. However, behind the piles of awards and records, this rap god suffered many great a deal to be what he is. This lyrical genius continues to inspire us through his mastery. As he turns 46 today, we are unraveling some unknown facts behind this rap-god:

Hip Hop star

1.It is an undisputed fact that this Hip Hop star has impressed the music industry with his talent but did you also know that this impression stretches to the movie industry too? His first movie, 8th mile which was about his life-story had him take home the Academy Award for the movie’s theme song, Lose Yourself. It was the first ever rap song to win the Oscars.

Lose Yourself

He wrote the lyrics of the Oscar song, Lose Yourself while he was on the set of the movie, 8th mile itself. Jogging and noting down notes between the takes of the scene and when it came for the time to perform, he dumbfounded the whole crew and the world by nailing all the three verses in one single go.

The Marshall Mather’s Foundation

Many know Eminem for his reclusiveness but behind all the privacy, Eminem is also a philanthropist. He has established many foundations and charities which many are not aware of such as his favourite, The Marshall Mather’s Foundation which is geared towards helping youths going through a turmoil in his home state of Michigan.

Most Successful #1 Albums by a solo artist

Awards and Eminem go hand in hand. But leaving aside these awards, this rap-god has been in the Guinness Book of World Record not just once but many times such as the Most Successful #1 Albums by a solo artist. He has also won a total of 15 Grammy awards in total, impressive! Isn’t it?

A lyrical genius

Everyone knows him as a lyrical genius and a study showed that out of the 93 artists in over 25 genres, Eminem was found to have the widest vocabulary with 8,818 unique words beating Jay Z by nearly 2000, words.