Eminem Research Paper

The Eminem Paper Marshall Bruce Mathers III, also known as Eminem, is an American rapper. He is also known to be a member of D-12 and Royce da 5’9”, two famous hip-hop groups. Eminem is the best-selling rapper in the US and was one of the top 100 best rapper. The artist sold almost 50 billion albums in the States, a million albums around the world and is still part of the music industry until today. The reason why I chose him as a successful man is not because of his music, but rather how he portrays his past through music. His success is explained through two psychological concepts: the personality structure, specifically the id, and the need of self-esteem. Marshall Mathers was born in 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He suffered from his …show more content…
The self-esteem is part of the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory of the Motivation aspect of Psychology. The theory argues that all of the human beings’ needs are classified in five different ranks: the physiological needs, the safety needs, the belonging and love needs, the self-esteem needs and the need of self-actualization. The most basic need, physiological, must be satisfied if one desires to achieve the highest rank needs: self-actualization. The World of Psychology, by Samuel Wood, explains that the demand of the self-esteem is to accomplish a task and to gain recognition for it (Wood, 2010). Eminem already satisfied his previous needs despite the hard times he went through. He worked a job that enabled him to bring food on the table, he lived in a house with a family. He needed to get to the next level, which requires the concept of the self-esteem. He started as an underground rapper, where independent rappers discouraged Mathers from becoming a rapper because of skin tone and rap is only performed by the African Americans. In this aspect of his life, he exhibits his motivation to prove to the public that he can rap. This motivation produced demonstrates a need for