More than a decade after Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers, aka Slim Shady) disrupted mainstream hip-hop culture, he is even more hated, contested, and celebrated. His albums, autobiographies, and motion picture catapulted him into the upper echelon of American cultural icons. In The Real Slim Shady, Dr. Marcia Alesan Dawkins, acclaimed author of Clearly Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity, offers a fresh way of looking at Eminem—as performer, father, son, spiritual force, cultural critic, innovative businessman and polyethnic American—that will excite those who already love the artist and inform those who want to understand him.