What does the name Eminem stand for?

Marshall Bruce Mathers III gets his stage name Eminem from the initials of his name Marshall and Mathers. In high school he started rapping with with a friend of his, Mike Ruby who adopted the stage name Manix while Marshall took on M&M.

When did Eminem get his name Eminem?

At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn’t until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M&M, which he would later respell as “Eminem”.

Is Eminem named after the candy?

The Stage Name Eminem Doesn’t Come From Candy Contrary to the belief that he was named after the famous chocolate candy, Eminem came up with his stage name by combining the first initial of his first and last name.