King of hip-hop and legend Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem had been known to shake up the media and fans over the years. Everyone thought they knew his stance on women, relationships and marriage. So imagine everyone's surprise they found out when he married a black woman. Alexis Parsons-Mathers, an incredibly successful R&B singer, actress and model in her own right. She was the woman who stole Slim Shady's heart. He likes to call her his best weakness. A no nonsense, take charge when needed, feisty, sweet woman who shows true submissiveness when it comes to her husband. The two of them run Shady Records together. A force to be reckoned with as far as their roster goes. But what happens when someone threatens to sabotage everything they've created together? Things can't go right when you mess with....THE KINGDOM.

PLEASE READ KINGDOM FIRST BEFORE YOU READ THIS STORY. Let's take it back where it all began...2003. Alexis Parsons, the young R&B starlet beloved by the industry already and quickly working her way to legendary status all on her own. A kind hearted, level headed soul with the quick wit and feisty spirit. Marshall Mathers also known as Eminem, the sharp tongued and sarcastic bad boy of hip-hop. While hated by some, he's also loved by many. August 2003 is when their paths crossed for the very first time. What happened before these two collided their kingdom together? Tune in and find out on Before The Throne...

When Harmony Jones, a member of an up-and-coming r'n'b/hip-hop girl group called Diamond Cuts unexpectedly disses the rapper Eminem, all hell breaks loose and there won't be any prisoners left in the wake of their all out war...

The year is currently 2003 and The Source Magazine has just unveiled an Eminem racist tape, a song where he can clearly be heard rapping disrespectfully about black women. Eminem goes on national TV and apologizes, stating that the song in question was made back in 1989 when he was only 16 years old and was in response to him dating a black girl that had cheated on him and broke his heart. Eminem's PR team thinks that him merely apologizing is not enough to salvage his public image, so Paul Rosenberg gets a bright idea to locate Nikki, the girl whom the song was supposedly about and publicly reunite her with his client, and have Nikki say that she understands where Em was coming from and that she forgives him. Nikki however has other plans. All she really wants is to set the record straight once and for all... This story would take place constantly alternating between the year 2003 which is the current time it takes place, and the year 1989 where it had all began... TW: will contain sexual situations, including an attempted SA, strong language, drugs use, etc..

Blair is a wild, untamed firecracker-sharp-tongued, fearless, and totally done with love after a brutal breakup. She's got walls up so high, no one dares to climb them. Enter Marshall, the one guy who thrives on a challenge. When Blair ripped into him without even blinking, he wasn't just pissed-he was hooked. She didn't care who he was, and that made her unforgettable. Their connection? Pure chaos wrapped in fate. Sparks fly, words cut, and somehow they can't stay away. Blair and Marshall are two halves of the same soul, twin flames destined to clash, burn, and laugh their way through the madness. They might drive each other crazy, but they're irresistibly drawn together-because who doesn't love a little fire with their romance? I do not own any of the music or the pictures in this story, it is fictional but may have similar life events, but these are no where near factual.

Detroit-cold streets, hot beats. The city breathes rhythm, and its pulse is loudest beneath ground level, in the concrete heart of the Shelter. That's where voices rise, verses clash, and dreams either catch fire or burn out. Jimmy Smith Jr., known in the cipher as B-Rabbit, stands on the edge of everything he's afraid of. White, broke, and burdened with the weight of proving himself in a scene that doesn't hand out passes, he's used to spitting bars like they're lifelines. But even raw talent can feel like not enough when you're drowning in doubt, dodging failure, and hustling to flip the script on your life. Enter Tatiana Jackson. A powerhouse with a voice soaked in soul and star potential. She's no stranger to nights on borrowed time, pages of her notebook filled with unreleased and unrecorded material, and chasing the kind of spotlight that rarely shines on women like her. She's fighting for respect in a game that would rather box her in than hear her truth. Their worlds collide on a Saturday night at the Shelter-his rhymes, her reason. Two voices, different cadences, one shared hunger: to be seen, to be heard, to matter. In the city where dreams come with bruises and every mic is a battlefield, Jimmy and Tatiana are about to find out that sometimes the only way to rise is together-rhythm meets melody, rhyme meets reason.

The first series out of a trilogy... Young, selfless and very beautiful with the world at her feet Jodie Rose Mayer was preparing for the concert of a life time. Childhood best friend Karlie wouldn't predict the outcome of upgrading their concert tickets to VIP Meet & Greet for the American rap artist Eminem at the M.E.N arena on his Anger Management Tour. Growing up Jodie was caught up in her parents domestic violence and the loss of her birth father to cancer, freeing her mother from an abusive relationship whom then remarried to a very wealthy CEO of a renowned car dealership, as a newly formed family unit they finally began a happy, wealthy & pampered lifestyle however money brought a lot of unwanted attention throughout high school which lead to jealousy and bullying, one escape route Jodie used throughout being bullied at high school and to escape her recollections of her father was music from an underground MC Eminem. Jodie was a young avid fan from the release of Infinite before his big blow up thanks to her best friend Karlie who had family from Detroit that put them both onto him. Shortly after Karlie and Jodie turn 18 Eminem finally catches his big break and embarks on the Anger Management Tour in which both Jodie and Karlie seize the opportunity to see the man in flesh performing in Manchester. Little did Jodie know this faithful night was about to change her life forever... For everything a reason, right? This story also follows Eminem's timeline events so readers can learn as well as read

The music industry thrives on drama, and Tanya Smith just became its newest headline. At just 19, Tanya is country music's rising star-talented, ambitious, and determined to prove she belongs. But when she takes the stage at the VMAs to present an award, Marshall Mathers-rap's most notorious troublemaker-turns his acceptance speech into a personal attack. The feud is instant. Explosive. The media eats it up. But their mutual friends, Dr. Dre and Sarah, have other plans. Instead of letting them tear each other apart, they force Tanya and Marshall into the studio together. The goal? Channel their animosity into something real. The result? "Superman." A track dripping with tension, defiance, and a chemistry neither of them wants to acknowledge. What starts as a battle of egos turns into late nights in the studio, sharp words that turn softer, and a pull neither of them can ignore. But in an industry that builds people up just to tear them down, nothing stays simple for long. Late-night meetings turn into a tension and a tension turns into a tape. When the music stops, will they be left with nothing but scandals and regret-or will they rewrite the story entirely?

She wasn't made for glass slippers. She was made for bruised knees, smeared mascara, and being told she's pretty with his hand around her throat. Kendra Knox was never anyone's princess. She grew up in a trailer with EBT cards, overdue bills, and a mother who treated her like competition. Fairytales weren't bedtime stories. They were lies people with money got to believe. Now she dances at Eden's Gate, wearing dollar store glitter and six-inch Pleasers, collecting rent one lap at a time. No carriage. No ball. Just blood, tears, and survival. Then he shows up. Not a prince. A problem. Marshall Mathers. Famous. Filthy. Untouchable. He doesn't ride a horse. He rolls up in a black Escalade, smells like smoke and sin, and looks at her like she's already his. He doesn't save her. He drags her into his world. A palace with no exits, a crown that cuts, and rooms that lock from the inside. He calls her beautiful while she's crying. Keeps her quiet with cash and attention that feels like violence. And she lets him. Because it's not love. It's not safety. But it's still better than going back to being nobody. This isn't a fairytale. It's a dirty one. And she wears her crown like a bruise.

Jordyn and Marshall first meet on one of those days Marshall is desperately trying to sell copies of his debut album Infinite, vending on the streets of Detroit, standing right next to his beat down hand-me-down Honda his mom had passed on to him. Jordyn is trying to make it in the music industry as well. She wants to make it as a singer. So, the two of them meet, eventually realize that they have a whole lot in common, and are both there for each other along their journeys to make it big, as well as everything else on between, eventually becoming best friends, then going from friends to lovers, but so many things get in their way right from the get go. Like Jordyn's trust issues with men, Marshall's extremely complicated relationship with his baby's mother, Kim, the fame that one of them acquires way quicker than the other, as well as even more stuff that follows along down the line. Drug addiction, fame, groupies, love, hate... Will all those things eventually tear them apart, or bring them even closer together?! Who the hell knows... TW: will contain sexual situations, strong language, drugs use, etc..