Then in late 1997.
while performing on, "The Wake Up Show" with Sway and Tech he was discovered by.
infamous producer Dr. Dre. When looking back on the performance that changed his.
life he's quoted as saying, "I felt like it was my time to shine.at that time I felt.
as if it were a life and death situation.". That determination and seriousness would.
serve him well for the roller coaster ride that was to come.
"I do know one thing though, bitc*es they come they go. maybe I"ll love you one day,.
maybe we"ll someday grow."- "Superman" from "The Eminem Show".
The focus of many of Eminem's most passionate,.
brutal, and moving songs have been inspired by the women in.
his life. One of them is his wife and twisted muse, Kim. She was.
a woman he dated and loved for ten years before marrying.
Sadly their union didn't last, and it ended eight months later.
with an attempted suicide from her and a file for divorce from.
him. Even now he says he could 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 moving songs a.
listener could hope for. Songs such as "Kim", "Drips", "97' Bonnie & Clyde", and the.
break up anthem "Superman" will hit home to anyone who's sweet love has gone sour.
These songs chronicle the disintegration of an eleven year long love that slowly.
turns to loathing. On the other hand his declarations of devotion in "Hailie's Song".
might catch some fans off guard with it's sincerity and soul. However his strongest.
feelings of hate and rage are still reserved for his mother. Since his breathtaking.
success she has tried everything in her power to take what she never helped him to.
get. In fact on September 17, 1999 she went so far as to sue him for "defamation of.
character" (Bozza, Anthony: pg.