Great article. However, some of the information is inaccurate. And my intention is not to ridicule your research. I just wanted to assist you with accurate information.

• Jimmy Iovine, Interscope Records CEO, should be credited for discovering Eminem's music, then introducing it to Dr. Dre. If Jimmy never played Eminem's music, Dr. Dre would have never heard of Eminem. Also, that event was in 1997; so the chronlogy of the events listed is inaccurate.

• Eminem's epiphany of defining his life purpose did not make him the greatest rapper. The reason he is arguably the greatest rapper is because of his passion of honing the art of rap. You don't become the greatest by epiphanies, but by hard work and practice. This motivation occured when Eminem created his alter ego, Slim Shady.

• The reason working with Dr. Dre was a dream is because his favorite rap group was N.W.A. and Tupac. Your rationale for working with Dr. Dre was unforeseen at that moment.

• Eminem's drug overdose occured in 2007, well beyond after meeting Dr. Dre in 1997. This occured years after his 2004 release, "Encore", and hence the title of his 2009 project, "Relapse", followed by the 2010 album, "Recovery".

• Eminem was never restricted with his freedom of speech (he never had to develop freedom of speech). Since his first commerical album as "Slim Shady", he spoke freely regardless of the consequence. This controversy is partly the reason the public media gave him even more attention. Fortunately for him, we was also an exceptional songwriter.

• His first few albums were not a failure. That's a very subjective situation. His earlier projects with Detroit's top battle emcees, Proof and D12, made a lot of noise locally. Perhaps his debut album, Infinite, acheived little commercial success, but once his next project, Slim Shady EP, was released it gained the attention of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. Success. In fact, Eminem was actually appreciated by the underground hip-hop audiences during his stinct as a battle rapper.

• In addition to the previous comment, the so-called failure didn't give him severe depression. The negative response of his debut album, Infinite, actually angered him, which eventually created his alter ego, "Slim Shady". In other words, it motivated him. Severe depression would create the opposite result -- lack of motivation.

• As a side note to consider: statistically, a lot of rappers during his era and prior, was raised poor without a father. In other words, his upbringing is not particularly an unique circumstance compared to his peers. Having said that, I'm not talking away his experiences of getting bullied and the abuse from his mother.

I hope that cleared up any misinformation. I encourage you to dig deeper with the research so that whatever you post is absolutely accurate, except of course if its based on subjective opinions.