In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Eminem was considering ending his rapping career after six years and several multi-platinum albums.After a five year hiatus, and much speculation of his own career, Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, released an album in May of 2009 titled Relapse, and it is rumored that another LP, “The Releapse II” will be released sometime later this year. He is sure to go on tour this year, so Be The First To Know with Gotickets.com so you wont miss one of the greatest, most influential rap and music stars of all time.

Eminem has sold over 75 million albums worldwide. He quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the fastest-selling hip hop album in history. It brought Eminem increased popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his group project D12 to mainstream recognition. The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won Grammy Awards, and in 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for a song in the film 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead.

Eminem also has had 10 singles to reach the number one spot. These famous songs, which he still performs while on tour, are “The Real Slim Shady,” “Stan,” “Lose Yourself,” “Without Me,” “Just Lose It,” “Like Toy Soldiers, “When I’m Gone,” “Smack That,” “Crack a Bottle,” and “We Made You.” Eminem has won many Grammy Awards, been praised for having “verbal energy”, high quality of lyricism and been ranked at number nine on MTV’s list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, number 13 on the MTV’s “22 Greatest Voices in Music” and number 82 on Rolling Stone’s “The Immortals”. Just last year the readers of Vibe Magazine voted him “The Best Rapper Alive”.