The Greatest Rappers Alive. Vol 6

Proudly the most successful white rapper in the world, this highly controversial man has conjured both love and hate in the eyes of the public, with twenty three years in the game, seven studio albums, six EP albums, five compilation albums, one soundtrack album, five video albums, thirteen Grammy awards, an Oscar award for ''Best Original Song'' and an outstanding one hundred and sixty one other awards, i cannot talk about greatness and not mention this prolific songwriter and record producer, EMINEM!

Mr Eminem gained mainstream attention in 1999 after he was discovered by Dr Dre in 1998, it is said that Dre found Eminem's Demo on the office floor of  Interscope Geffen A&M's chairman Jimmy Lovine, he hooked up with Eminem and together they made a mind blowing team with Dre as his producer, they released his first commercially successful album ''The slim Shady LP'' that went triple platinum before the end the year. This was just a tip of the iceberg as the year 2000 saw the release of ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' and there was another BOOM! in the hip hop scene, this album sold 1.76 million copies the first week, beating Snoop's ''Doggystyle'' record of seven years and beating Britney Spears Album as the fastest selling solo album in the U.S. In spite of Eminem's notoriety for taking verbal shots at some celebrities in his songs, the world could not but love his outstanding lyrical delivery sharpened by years of freestyle battling in rap competitions while trying to find his identity as a rapper in a world where the game is dominated by blacks.
 
Hip hop culture was undeniably re-branded when Slim Shady made his bold entrance into the rap hall of fame, changing the notion that rap is a ''black thing''. We give it to the black rappers for the notable publicity they gave this genre of music but we give it to Em for taking rap to a whole new level, with a a million more white folks embracing the music after Eminem made it clear to them that if they thought Vanilla Ice's success was a fluke, he was the truth, ''White men can jump''. He has virtually murdered every beat his voice was on, weather on his own track or being featured or with his former group D12, Em goes in with his multisyllabic rhyming method, a master of the act of complex rhyme schemes, it is impossible not to recognize or distinguish Eminem's voice on any track. Little wonder he is often declared as the king of hip hop and top on the list among the greatest musicians in history, with over 100 million records sold worldwide. it will only be natural for me to join the popular opinion  to state here that Eminem is respectfully one of the greatest rappers alive. If you dont believe me, ask 50 cent or Dr Dre lol.

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