Eminem
Detroit rapper Marshall Mathers, or Eminem, accepts the Best Rap Album Award for ‘Recovery’ onstage during The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. He had a school career plagued by truancy and poor grades, even repeating ninth grade because of it. He dropped out of high school at age 17.
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