I whanau a Marshall Bruce Mathers III i te Oketopa 17, 1972, i St. Joseph, Missouri, ko te tamaiti anake o Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. me Deborah Rae "Debbie" (née Nelson). I tona tamarikitanga, ko ia te Ingarihi, Scottish, Tiamana, Swiss, Polish me Luxembourgish whakapapa. I tata mate tona whaea i roto i tona 73-haora mahi ki a ia. Ko nga maatua o Eminem i roto i te kapa i huaina Daddy Warbucks, e purei ana i Ramada Inns i te rohe o Dakotas <unk> Montana i mua i to ratou wehenga. Ko te papa o Eminem, e kiia ana ko Bruce tona ingoa waenga, i wehe atu i te whanau, i neke ki California me te whai tamariki tokorua: Michael me Sarah Debbie. I muri mai i whanau te tama "Nate" Samara. I te wa o tona tamarikitanga, i whakawakia a Debbie i waenga i a Eminem me Debbie Kane, i noho tata atu i te noho ki te whare kotahi tau, e rua ranei, me te noho tahi me nga mema o tona whanau i te tuatahi. I te 1982, i
17 o Oketopa, 1972