Rapper Eminem, a.k.a. Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Slim Shady, has sold more than 80 million albums internationally, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists. Since getting his start as Dr. Dre’s protégé, he’s won 11 Grammys, an Oscar (for Best Song, from the autobiographical film 8 Mile), and a whopping 11 EMAs—the most any artist has accumulated to date. The Detroit-born MC’s rhymes range from playful trash talk about celebrities to raw confessionals about his often dysfunctional emotional life, all delivered with his trademark rapid-fire wordplay.

His latest album, Recovery, became his sixth consecutive number-one album in the U.S. and charted at number one in several other countries. It was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.