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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024
Eminem's household is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a loved one.
The "Without Me" rapper's parent Debbie Nelson has died astatine the property of 69 pursuing a conflict with precocious lung cancer, sources with nonstop cognition told TMZ Dec. 3. News of her passing comes astir 3 months aft aggregate outlets reported she was battling a terminal illness.
E! News has reached retired to Eminem's reps for remark and has not heard back.
Born astatine a subject basal successful Kansas successful 1955, Nelson joined Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. when she was 15, according to her 2008 memoir My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem. She became large with Eminem—whose existent sanction is Marshall Bruce Mathers III—16 months aboriginal and relocated to Michigan, wherever her maternal grandma lived.
Throughout the aboriginal days of his career, Eminem publically accused his parent of being abusive, noting the strain of their narration wrong respective songs, including successful "Cleanin' Out My Closet."
“Now, I would ne'er diss my ain mama conscionable to get recognition,” helium rapped successful the 2002 single. “Take a 2nd to perceive 'fore you deliberation this grounds is dissin' / But enactment yourself successful my position, conscionable effort to envision / Witnessin' your mama poppin' medicine pills successful the kitchen.”
However, Nelson has spoken retired against her son's lyrics, denying his accusations.
"What parent wants to beryllium known arsenic a pill-popping alcoholic who lives connected welfare?" she wrote successful her biography. "None of it was true, but the fibs kept getting bigger, and yet Marshall and I became estranged."
The Grammy winner later shared that his position connected their narration changed implicit the years, noting that helium had a antithetic outlook arsenic grew older.
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“One of the things that I said and that I realized is, I mean astatine the extremity of the day, she’s my parent and I emotion her, due to the fact that she’s mother,” helium said during a 2009 quality connected BET's 106 & Park. “I mean, adjacent though we don’t truly speak, she is my mother. I bash emotion her and I deliberation I got a amended knowing of what she was going done oregon what she whitethorn beryllium going through, present that I spot myself and however I really became. I deliberation that’s determination a small compassion origin that goes with that.”
But helium admitted that they had yet to reconnect astatine the time, adding that the past clip the 2 spoke, “Probably been a mates of years, astir apt astir three, possibly 4 years, thing similar that.”
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He besides went connected to explicit regret successful sharing his household play with the world, detailing the rift successful his 2013 opus "Headlights."
"I went successful headfirst, ne'er reasoning astir who, what I said hurt," helium said. "In what verse, my ma astir apt got it the worst. The brunt of it, but arsenic stubborn arsenic we are, did I instrumentality it excessively far? / "Cleanin' Out My Closet" and each them different songs / But regardless, I don't hatred you 'cause, Ma / You're inactive beauteous to me, 'cause you're my Ma."
Read connected for a much in-depth look astatine Eminem's household tree.
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Kim Mathers
Born Kimberly Ann Scott, the Michigan autochthonal was Eminem's precocious schoolhouse sweetheart. She welcomed their daughter Hailie Jade in 1995.
Kim was joined to the rapper from 1999 to 2001, and concisely again successful 2006. Their tumultuous narration has been referenced successful respective of Eminem's songs, including "'97 Bonnie & Clyde," "Puke" and "Bad Husband."
"In our relationship, there's a pattern," Kim said of their on-and-off romance successful a 2007 interrogation with 20/20. " We'll person 2 bully years and past it volition spell atrocious for immoderate reason. It's similar a two-year max with america and we hadn't reached the 2 years yet. I conscionable didn't privation to unreserved into thing earlier the 2 years."
However, Kim noted that Eminem has ever been an "excellent" father.
"He loves the kids precise much," she shared. "He's ever lending a helping hand."
Hailie Jade Scott
Eminem and Kim welcomed Hailie connected Dec. 25, 1995. According to euphony star, her commencement was a "real wake-up call" to "get my a-- successful gear."
"Everything that I americium doing close present is for Hailie," helium told Q mag successful 2001. "The money—it's for her college."
She spent astir of her younker nether Eminem's 15,000-square-foot extortion successful the Detroit suburbs, earlier attending Michigan State University to survey psychology. There, she met her now-husband Evan McClintock, who she married successful May 2024 aft getting engaged the twelvemonth prior.
"She's doing good," Eminem said of Hailie during a 2020 occurrence of Hotboxin' With Mike Tyson, adding that the influencer—who present goes by Hailie Jade—graduated from assemblage with a 3.9 GPA. "She's made maine arrogant for sure."
In October 2024, Hailie announced her pregnancy with her and Evan's archetypal child, a babe boy.
Alaina Marie Scott
Born on Feb. 22, 1993, Alaina is the girl of Kim's sister Dawn Scott.
She was adopted by Eminem successful the aboriginal aughts owed to her mother's struggles with addiction. "I person afloat custody of my niece and associated custody of Hailie," the 8 Mile prima told Rolling Stone successful 2004. "I was ever determination for Hailie, and my niece has been a portion of my beingness ever since she was born. Me and Kim beauteous overmuch had her, she'd unrecorded with america wherever we was at."
Having been mostly raised by Eminem, the Oakland University alum calls him "dad" and had him travel her down the aisle erstwhile she wed Matt Moeller successful June 2023.
"He wasn't going to miss that," she told People after the nuptials, during which Hailie served arsenic a Maid of Honor. "None of this would person been imaginable without my dad. I'm beyond blessed."
Her parent passed distant successful 2016 astatine the property of 41.
Stevie Laine Scott
Kim welcomed Stevie connected April 16, 2002, with her then-boyfriend Eric Hartter. Eminem legally adopted Stevie successful 2005, erstwhile helium reconciled with Kim.
Stevie came retired arsenic nonbinary successful August 2021, sharing successful a TikTok video that they place utilizing "all pronouns."
They added successful the caption, "forever increasing and changing."
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Debbie Nelson
Born successful 1955 astatine a subject basal successful Kansas, Debbie is the parent of Eminem.
She joined the "Without Me" artist's father Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. when she was 15, according to her 2008 memoir My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem. She became large with Eminem 16 months aboriginal and relocated to Michigan, wherever her maternal grandma lived.
Debbie and Eminem's strained narration has been documented successful respective of his songs, including his 2002 smash deed "Cleanin' Out My Closet." In the track, helium alleged that Debbie abused medicine pills erstwhile helium was young—which she denied successful her autobiography.
"What parent wants to beryllium known arsenic a pill-popping alcoholic who lives connected welfare?" she wrote. "None of it was true, but the fibs kept getting bigger, and yet Marshall and I became estranged."
However, Eminem has since expressed regret successful airing retired his household drama. In his 2013 opus "Headlights," helium rapped, "I went successful headfirst, ne'er reasoning astir who, what I said wounded / In what verse, my ma astir apt got it the worst."
Nelson died astatine the property of 69 successful 2024 pursuing a conflict with cancer.
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