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Synopsis
A biography of rap artist Eminem.
Library Journal
Gr 4-8-Disorganized information about this superstar is dispensed in five chapters but there is too little explanation for readers who do not know much about the hip-hop scene. The author addresses the young man's difficulties, including dropping out of school after flunking freshman year three times. Bankston also shows some of the things that advanced Marshall's career but points out that negative things continued to happen in his life. The closing chapter provides information on Vanilla Ice, the only other white rapper of note, and his negative legacy, which Eminem had to overcome. Too much is left unexplained in this book (and the vice president's wife's name is incorrect). A few full-color, captioned photographs decorate the text but add little to it. Most pages have a sidebar, colored gold and shaped like a ribbon, that reiterates what is in the text. There isn't enough information on the pages to warrant the sidebars, which are not particularly attention getting. Eminem fans will be disappointed at the lack of substance.-Kathleen Simonetta, Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.