Eminem (Oct 17 birthday)

[Charlie]

Marshall Mathers III pka Eminem born 17 October 1972, St. Joseph, Missouri USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HdRxlJ ... ed&search=

Is he the only rapper named after a brand of sweets (M'n'Ms)? Only as I ask the question do I understand how he arrived at his name - M'n'M - the initials of his first and last names - how slow can I go?

So where's the rapper called Smart Ass (near enough to Smarties to count, surely)?

[NormanD]

In the UK, he's the Artist Formerly known as Treets

[Gordon Neill]

how slow can I go?

Not as slow as me. For some reason, I thought his name was something to do with MM, the Roman numeral for the year 2000. By comparison with that convoluted nonsense, it was perfectly reasonable to assume that the sweet talkin' guy was named after M'n'Ms.

PS Has he ever sang with the Sugarhill Gang?

[kevin]

Didn't he do the soundtrack for Chocolat?

[Martin_Edney]

Is he the only rapper named after a brand of sweets (M'n'Ms)?

Probably. The closest I can think of are "Vanilla Ice" (who probably doesn't count as a rapper, on account of being too poppy), "Ice T" and the similarly named "Ice Cube".