Marshall Mathers And Eminem

Marshall Mathers, Slim Shady, or Eminem. All three are the same man who has changed and influenced the way the rap and hip hop industry is portrayed today. His journey from living through the ghetto, poor streets of 8 Mile, Detroit, to becoming a platinum selling artist in the early 2000’s is one with many obstacles that occurred in between. To understand where he came from and where he is now, the movie “8 Mile” is a great visual example of how he struggled with many concepts of sociology prior to his career. The first concept he struggled with, was with his family. His mother was always weak both on the inside and outside. She always needed a man to lead her life because she was miles away from being an independent woman. Her relationships
More specifically, the hip hop culture of the late 90’s. It was all around him and that’s all he ever saw each and everyday. He had no choice but to immerse himself and be involved in the underground rap battles and all the drama that came along. In the beginning of the movie, you see Marshall throw up in a bathroom before a match. He’s nervous and completely pale. He keeps forgetting what he wrote down for the battle, which only made it worse. As soon as it’s his turn to spit some bars on stage, he chokes. He opens his mouth, but no words come out. Eventually, he’s booed off stage with no progress towards his lyrical abilities. Also in the movie, there is a scene where you see Marshall commuting in a bus. He’s listening to some hip hop while looking outside, this causes him to take out a piece of scrap paper filled with lyrics from his pocket and add more to it. He keeps on looking outside the window to get some inspiration from his environment but gains almost nothing from it. He passes by places such as a thrift shop, bowling alley, and liquor store. Once again, lyrical progress is nonexistent. Lastly in the movie, the support he gets from his mother is down to none when it came down to improving upon his lyrical skills and rap flow. In one scene, while getting ready for work in his trailer, he mentioned to his mother that his friend had a way to rent out a booth so that he can spend more time creating some demos from his lyrics. All his other friends down the block all had some way to access a booth. This made him more inclined to practice the same way everyone else chose to