October 17, 2013 
Today, Thursday (October 17) is celebrated rapper Marshall “Eminem” Mathers’ birthday. The Detroit Hip Hop icon turned 41-year-old.
Before Eminem was the megastar he is today, he was born in Missouri before he and his mother settled down in Warren, Michigan right outside of Detroit. Moving into Detroit in his teenage years, Eminem began to hone his craft and aligned himself with brothers Jeff and Mark Bass who signed the rapper in the early 90s to their FBT Productions outfit. Em also made his mark in the gritty world of rap battles, earning his stripes in various competitions in and around Detroit before going second in 1997 Rap Olympics battle which caught the ear of Interscope exec Jimmy Iovine.
Many wishing him happy birthday, but this particular one from Riyanah caught our fancy:
Riyanah
Happy Birthday Mr Mathers, Marshall,Slim Shady, Eminem, let me just be 1 of nearly the whole world to say you have brought so much inspiration in this world with your ability to take your outlook on life and reality and show it through rapping and or singing, making your message and voice heard to a new level where each song somehwhere hits home to billions of people across the globe who have the same views as you do and this is turn make them feel like someone cares. For countless years you have given us so much not just entertainment but hope, hope for those who feared the rap inddustry and gang culture, you’ve shown us both the good and bad side of situations and how things can get better or worse, and no matter what happened you never gave up even though the world felt like it was crashing down all around you, with all the media and press on you constantly and all the lawsuits and court orders, you showed them you can always come out on top and never let no-one tell you otherwise, follow your dreams have faith in yourself and remind yourself you are loved by so many, so when life gets you down you know you have friends and family and people out there that support you.
But to make a long story short thank you for all you’ve done in the music industry and thank you for showing so many people out there to not be afraid to show the world what you can do.
and with that I light a candle and raise it to the sky in your honour to show you my respect and my support of your music and way of life.
Happy Birthday Eminem
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HBD My man, the lord is there 4 u have faith luv u!
HBD My man, the lord is there 4 u have faith luv u!
OLD MEAT!!! SMH!!!