Self-made, when someone works hard every single day by himself, by his own effort and sweat to become a richer or millionare person in life. There are many examples of these kind of people that have been through tough situations to earn respect and consideration like many actors, artists, singers, and many more.
It is called "Rags to Riches" you start on a poorish and low society level and start growing up by your own acts and actions. Another good example of a "Rags to Riches" is Eminem, the famous american rapper.
Marshal Bruce Mathers III was born in Missouri, USA. Abandoned by his father at the time he was born.
He changed schools every 2 to 3 months, being a rap fan for most of his life, he began rapping at the early age of 4, rhyming words together, battling schoolmates at lunchbreak. At the age of 17 he named himself as M&M, which he would later respelled as "Eminem". Being rejected by most rappers because of his race, Marshal grew an anger that flows through his music till these days. He quit school after failing 9th grade three times in a row, forcing himself on radio stations, freestyle battles. Hollywood actually made a movie about his life using him as the main character, he suddenly rised his fame up, making his very first album that was titled "Infinite" and, while the albul sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It came after the nick name Slim Shady, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, hoping to win the big prize that it was $1.500.00 cash which he badly needed. Marshall made it second place he was furious about it, these demonstrates how if you go down in life you can get up again and keep on going, because what he didn`t notice he had been spotted by Dr. Dre and after hearing his first album he spotted "Eminem" down. They recorded a few albums helping each other, becoming the winners of 3 Grammies and first rap album nominated as "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in USA alone. That is how Marshall aka "Eminem" became from Rag to Rich.
