Eminem is a person.
Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop duo composed of Detroit-based rappers , Royce da 5 ' 9 '' ( Bad ) and Eminem ( Evil ) . Marshall Bruce Mathers III ( born October 17 , 1972 ) , known professionally as Eminem ( often stylized as EMINƎM ) , is an American rapper , record producer , and actor . In November 2002 , he starred in the hip hop film 8 Mile , which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song , for `` Lose Yourself '' , becoming the first rap artist to win the award . Relapse is the sixth studio album by American rapper Eminem . The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the eighth studio album by American rapper Eminem .