Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Deborah “Debbie” Nelson (1955–2024) and Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. (1951–2019).
For it occurred to me that I should find much more truth in the reasonings of each individual with reference to the affairs in which he is personally interested, and the issue of which must presently punish him if he has judged amiss, than in those conducted by a man of letters in his study, regarding speculative matters that are of no practical moment, and followed by no consequences to himself, farther, perhaps, than that they foster his vanity the better the more remote they are from common sense; requiring, as they must in this case, the exercise of greater ingenuity and art to render them probable.
Mr. Bailey complains that his rap is trash / So he’s seeking compensation in the form of cash / Bailey thinks he’s entitled to some monetary gain / Because Eminem used his name in vain / The lyrics are stories no one would take as fact / They’re an exaggeration of a childish act / It is therefore this court’s ultimate position / That Eminem is entitled to summary disposition.