It was a miracle really: A self-described “white boy” from Detroit travels to Los Angeles to battle in the Rap Olympics and comes in second place. An Interscope employee witnesses said kid in action ...

It’s an exercise in futility, but it’s hella fun. Whittling down the vast Eminem catalog—a trove of records deeper than Jack Handey’s thoughts—to 32, and then ranking them, should only spark debate ...

Happy birthday, Marshall. And Eminem. And Slim Shady. Marshall Mathers, the rapper who set the world on fire when he stepped onto the scene with his major label debut album "The Slim Shady LP" back in ...

Hear tracks by Clairo, Nathy Peluso, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and others. By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new ...

Eminem’s struggles with addiction are as well-known now as his triumphs in sobriety. But less well-documented is the story of how he first became so enamored of popping pills. Who better to tell that ...

Today, Eminem is considered one of the best rappers of all time. The lyricist’s use of rhyme, especially of the internal variety, is unmatched. But did you know the Detroit-born artist is also a ...

Eminem has never seemed real. Pressing play on one of his songs has always felt like gaining admission into a house of mirrors inside of a house of horrors. A twisted distortion of the human ...

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (commonly known by his stage name, Eminem) was born October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph Missouri to two parents who were musicians themselves. His father, Marshall (called Bruce) ...

Editor’s note, February 2024: In the two and a half years since Rolling Stone rolled out the all-new, fully revamped version of our 500 Greatest Songs list in September 2021, artists like Beyonce, ...