Eminem is a Christian hip-hop artist.
Eminem . With US sales of 45.1 million albums and 42 million tracks as of June 2014 , Eminem is the second best-selling male artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era , the sixth best-selling artist in the United States and the best-selling hip-hop artist . Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time , calling him the King of Hip Hop . In addition to his solo career , Eminem is an original member of the Midwest hip hop groups Soul Intent and D12 .