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From the liner notes

Using borrowed money, rapper Slim Shady recorded and released his 1996 debut Infinite. A year later, Dr. Dre discovered Slim's demo tape on the floor of Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine's garage.

Now named Eminem, he would take second place in the freestyle category of 1997's Rap Olympics in Los Angeles. This was impressive enough for Dr. Dre, who signed the white rapper and released the Slim Shady LP in early 1999. Selling over a million copies before year's end and landing at #1, Eminem's future was assured.

With his turbulent personal life, powder-keg temper and tendency to tangle with the law, it is still uincertain how long his career will last before he burns out, but it's already obvious that his music had made history and will long outlast any controversy that dogs him.