what school did tupac go to?
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Baltimore School for the Arts Tamalpais High School
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 Eminem 's home life was seldom stable ; he frequently fought with his mother , whom a social worker described as having a " very suspicious , almost paranoid personality " . When her son became famous , Debbie bristled at suggestions that she was a less @-@ than @-@ ideal mother contending that she sheltered him and was responsible for his success . In 1987 , Debbie allowed runaway Kimberly Ann " Kim " Scott to stay at their home ; several years later , Eminem began an on @-@ and @-@ off relationship with Scott . After spending three years in ninth grade due to truancy and poor grades , he dropped out of Lincoln High School at age 17 . Although he was interested in English , he never explored literature ( preferring comic books ) and disliked math and social studies . Eminem worked at several jobs to help his mother pay the bills , later maintaining that she often threw him out of the house anyway . When she left to play bingo , he would blast the stereo and write songs . 

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 He decided to pursue a career in film . After attending two other film schools , he graduated from Full Sail University in another Central Florida town , Winter Park , as the class valedictorian . He moved to Southern California and began working as a story editor , primarily doing uncredited rewrites . 

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 Campbell attended the Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School in the Bronx , where his height , frame , and demeanor on the basketball court prompted the other kids to nickname him " Hercules " . He began running with a graffiti crew called the Ex @-@ Vandals , taking the name Kool Herc . Herc recalls persuading his father to buy him a copy of " Sex Machine " by James Brown , a record that not a lot of his friends had , and which they would come to him to hear . He and his sister , Cindy , began hosting back @-@ to @-@ school parties in the recreation room of their building , 1520 Sedgwick Avenue . Herc 's first soundsystem consisted of two turntables connected to two amplifiers and a Shure " Vocal Master " PA system with 2 amazing speakers columns , on which he played records such as James Brown 's " Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose " , The Jimmy Castor Bunch 's " It 's Just Begun " and Booker T & the MG 's ' " Melting Pot " . With Bronx clubs ' struggling with street gangs , uptown DJs ' catering to an older disco crowd with different aspirations , and commercial radio also catering to a demographic distinct from teenagers in the Bronx , Herc 's parties had a ready @-@ made audience . 

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 Young is the cousin of producer Sir Jinx . He attended Centennial High School in Compton during his freshman year in 1979 , but transferred to Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles due to poor grades . Young attempted to enroll in an apprenticeship program at Northrop Aviation Company , but poor grades at school made him ineligible . Thereafter , he focused on his social life and entertainment for the remainder of his high school years . Young fathered a son with Cassandra Joy Greene named Curtis ( born December 15 , 1981 ) . Curtis was brought up by his mother and first met his father 20 years later , when Curtis became rapper Hood Surgeon . 

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 At age 14 , he began rapping with high @-@ school friend Mike Ruby ; they adopted the names " Manix " and " M & M , " the latter of which evolved into " Eminem " . Eminem snuck into neighboring Osborn High School with friend and fellow rapper Proof for lunchroom freestyle rap battles . On Saturdays they attended open @-@ mic contests at the Hip @-@ Hop Shop on West 7 Mile , considered ground @-@ zero for the Detroit rap scene . Struggling to succeed in a predominantly black industry , Eminem was appreciated by underground hip hop audiences . When he wrote verses , he wanted most of the words to rhyme ; he wrote long words or phrases on paper and , underneath , worked on rhymes for each syllable . Although the words often made little sense , the drill helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes . 
