... youth. Without stability finding friends and staying out of trouble became all but impossible. Yet the one solace he discovered was rap music. Even while dropping out of high school and working several full time, low pay jobs, he kept an unwavering focus on his ... never go through that kind of pain again. His cherished daughter, Hailie who he shares custody with Kim and his resentful mother are also targets for his music. These three women have inspired, tormented, and betrayed him. But it is Eminem's fans that have benefitted by gaining some of the most bone chillingly ... acclaim have...

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... 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 ... 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 ...

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... thoughts and words indirectly through a medium to their audience. In some cases an artist's beliefs can be extremely controversial and could cause much debate in society. Music is one of the arts that has been found to be controversial in the past few decades as musicians try to express what's going on in the minds ... though the medium of music. Over the past five years, there has been no other artist who has been more controversial and in the middle of numerous debates in society than Eminem. ... limits in some people's minds and talked about things that have never been touched on bef...

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