Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A mụrụ Marshall Bruce Mathers III na Ọktoba 17, 1972, na St. Joseph, Missouri, naanị nwa nke Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. na Deborah Rae "Debbie" (née Nelson). O si n'agbụrụ ndị Bekee, ndị Skọtland, ndị Jamanị, ndị Swizaland, ndị Poland na ndị Luxembourg. Ọ fọrọ nke nta ka nne ya nwụọ mgbe ọ na-amụ nwa ruo awa iri asaa na atọ. Nne na nna Eminem nọ n'òtù a na-akpọ Daddy Warbucks, na-egwu egwu na Ramada Inns n'akụkụ ókèala Dakotas na Montana tupu ha ekewa. Nna Eminem, nke a na-akpọ aha nke abụọ ya bụ Bruce, hapụrụ ezinụlọ ahụ, kwaga California ma mụta ụmụ abụọ ọzọ: Michael na Sarah. Debbie mechara mụta nwa nwoke aha ya bụ Nathan "Nate" Kane Samara. N'oge ọ bụ nwata, Eminem na Debbie na-agagharị n'etiti Michigan na Missouri, na-adịkarịghị ịnọ n'otu ụlọ karịa otu afọ ma ọ bụ abụọ ma na-ebi na ndị òtù ezinụlọ. Na Missouri, ha biri n'ọtụtụ ebe, gụnyere St. Joseph, Savannah, na Kansas City. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma, Eminem degaara nna ya akwụkwọ ozi, nke Debbie kwuru na ha niile laghachiri akara "laghachi na onye zitere ya". Ndị enyi na ndị ezinụlọ na-echeta Eminem dịka nwatakịrị nwere obi ụtọ, mana "obere onye owu na-ama" onye a na-emegbu emegbu. Otu onye na-emegbu mmadụ, D'Angelo Bailey, merụrụ isi Eminem ahụ nke ukwuu n'ọgba aghara (nke a kpọtụrụ aha n'abụ ya "Brain Damage"); Debbie gbara akwụkwọ megide ụlọ akwụkwọ na 1982, nke a jụrụ n'afọ na-eso ya n'ihi na onye ọka ikpe Macomb County (Mich.) kwuru na ụlọ akwụkwọ enweghị nsogbu na ikpe. Eminem nọrọ ọtụtụ oge ntorobịa ya n'ime ndị ọrụ, ọkachasị ndị isi ojii, na mpaghara Detroit. Ya na Debbie bụ otu n'ime ezinụlọ atọ ndị ọcha nọ n'ógbè ha, ndị ntorobịa ndị isi ojii tiri Eminem ihe ọtụtụ ugboro. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata, o nwere mmasị n'ịkọ akụkọ, na-achọ ịbụ onye na-ese akwụkwọ akụkọ tupu ịchọpụta hip hop. Eminem nụrụ abụ rap mbụ ya ("Reckless", na-egosi Ice-T) na Breakin'soundtrack, onyinye sitere n'aka nwanne Debbie bụ Ronnie Polkinghorn, onye dị ya nso ma mesịa bụrụ onye nkụzi egwu ya. Mgbe Polkinghorn gburu onwe ya n'afọ 1991, Eminem kwụsịrị ikwu okwu ruo ọtụtụ ụbọchị ma ghara ịga olili ya.  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe a mụrụ Mathers?
Ọktoba 17, 1972