While Eminem continues to write offensive songs, people fail to understand what motivates him. Living a horrible childhood, Eminem, born as Marshall Mathers, deserves to write these songs (Gundersen 1). Everyone deserves to have some type of therapy, Eminem's therapy happens to be writing songs, as he stated in his book, " My true feelings were co

ming out, and I just needed an outlet to dump them in…I needed an excuse to let go of all this rage, this dark humor, the pain, and the happiness" (Angry Blonde 003). In his song "Cleanin' Out My Closet", Eminem mentions watching his mother as she becomes addicted to prescription pills. Many artists write songs reflecting upon their past or childhood, yet because Eminem's lyrics expose the negative life of his mother as well, people will not tolerate them. In an interview with The Rolling Stone Magazine, Mathers refers to his song written about his daughter, "That song was stress of my chest. That's how it is with every song I do; it's therapy and it's releasing everything onto a record instead of doing any of it" (Bozza 1). This quote demonstrates how Eminem becomes motivated to write a song--to prevent himself from actually following through with any of the actions in his songs. People accuse him of plotting plans to murder his wife, whereas, according to the above statement, he is simply relieving stress. While people constantly misunderstand what Eminem's message, similarly graffiti artists are also misunderstood. As people attempt to put an end to graffiti, they fail to realize the reason these artists continue to graffiti, "We haven't looked at why they're painting," says Marty Trotter of the Vernon Central Merchants association… "They want to communicate something to us, and we're not listening" (Martinez 174). People that listen to Eminem's music need to understand the message, whether or not fans take Eminem's lyrics literally has nothing to do with Eminem. He has made several statements similar to the following; "A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anyone with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious" (Brown 76). Fans may be influenced by his lyrics, but no one has actually attacked a homosexual or killed their wife and held Eminem responsible. Furthermore, as true fans they should know that Eminem is not telling them to do the actions in his songs, he is simply saving himself from doing them. Growing up in Detroit, Michigan must not be easy; however, obviously none of Eminem's enemies can relate to this (Walsh 1). Eminem was constantly teased for being a white boy in a mostly black neighborhood and attempting to rap along with them. Not only does Eminem's past childhood have an impact on his songs, the situation with his wife also adds to the controversy.

While Eminem had horrible experiences as a childhood and grew up only to divorce his wife who attempted suicide and being sued by both her and his own mother, he still grew up to be a successful rapper. Despite the hardships Eminem has been through, his career thrives off of all these hardships. In an article, Edna Gundersen wrote, "Apparently immune to calamities and blunders that once ruined stars, Eminem's career couldn't be healthier" (Gundersen 1). Kim Mathers can continue to fight for full custody of Hallie, attempt to commit suicide and keep filing lawsuits against Eminem.

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