Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I whanau a Marshall Bruce Mathers III i te Oketopa 17, 1972, i St. Joseph, Missouri, ko ia anake te tamaiti o Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. me Deborah Rae "Debbie" (née Nelson). He Ingarihi, Scottish, Tiamana, Swiss, Polish me Luxembourg. I tata mate tona whaea i roto i ona haora 73 i roto i a ia. Ko nga maatua o Eminem i roto i tetahi roopu e kiia ana ko Daddy Warbucks, e purei ana i Ramada Inns i te rohe o Dakotas-Montana i mua i to raatau wehenga. Ko te papa o Eminem, e kiia ana ko tana ingoa tuarua ko Bruce, i wehe i te whanau, ka neke ki California ka whai tamariki tokorua: ko Michael raua ko Sarah. I muri mai ka whanau a Debbie i te tama a Nathan "Nate" Kane Samara. I a ia e tamariki ana, ka huri a Eminem raua ko Debbie i waenga o Michigan me Missouri, kaore i noho ki tetahi whare neke atu i te kotahi tau, e rua ranei, ka noho tahi me nga mema o te whanau. I Missouri, i noho raua i etahi waahi, tae atu ki a St. Joseph, Savannah, me Kansas City. I a ia e taiohi ana, i tuhi a Eminem i nga reta ki tona papa, i kii a Debbie i hoki mai katoa me te tohu "whakaora ki te kaituku". Ka maumahara nga hoa me te whanau ki a Eminem hei tamaiti koa, engari "he tangata takitahi" i te nuinga o te wa i whakawakia. Ko tetahi o nga kaiwhaiwhai, ko D'Angelo Bailey, i whara kino i te mahunga o Eminem i roto i te whakaeke (i whakahuatia i roto i tana waiata "Brain Damage"); I whakaekea e Debbie he whakawa ki te kura i te 1982, i whakakahoretia i te tau e whai ake nei na te mea i kii te kaiwhakawa o Macomb County (Mich.) ko nga kura kaore i te whakawakia. I noho a Eminem i te nuinga o tona tamarikitanga i roto i te akomanga mahi, ko te nuinga o te iwi pango, i te rohe o Detroit. Ko ia rāua ko Debbie tētahi o ngā hapū mā e toru i tō rāua rohe, ā, he maha ngā wā i whiua ai a Eminem e ngā rangatahi pango. I a ia e tamariki ana i hiahia ia ki te korero korero, e hiahia ana kia waiho hei kaitoi pukapuka pakiwaitara i mua i tana kitenga i te hip hop. I rongo a Eminem i tana waiata rap tuatahi ("Reckless", e whakaatu ana i a Ice-T) i runga i te Breakin'soundtrack, he koha mai i te tuakana o Debbie a Ronnie Polkinghorn, i tata ki a ia, a, i muri mai ka noho hei kaiako puoro ki a ia. I te wa i whakamate ai a Polkinghorn i te tau 1991, ka mutu te korero a Eminem mo nga ra, kaore hoki i tae ki tana tangihanga.  Pātai: I whānau mai a Mathers i tehea tau?
17 o Oketopa, 1972