Eminem themes and topics

A large part of Eminem's popularity is his separation from the over-abundance of "pop-rap", in which rhymes rarely stray from bragging about money and jewelery, fast cars with large rims, huge parties, and constant casual sex. Instead, Eminem's songs typically explore deeper anger, thoughts, questions, and statements about his life and how he is treated. Common topics are:

• Drugs and self-abuse (mostly in his early Slim Shady-era album and freestyles)
• His mother and childhood
• Being white in a black business/culture and growing up in a black neighborhood
• His wife (Kim Mathers, whom he remarried in 2006)
• Disgust with groupies/dating
• Growing up in poverty-ridden Detroit
• Raising his daughter and niece
• America and the government
• Poking fun at celebrities and American pop culture
• Annoyance and/or amusement with people's literal interpretation of lyrics in songs like "Criminal" and "Stan".

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