Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson, has died Bulletin board can confirm. He was 69 years old.
TMZ was the first to report the news. According to the report, Nelson died of complications related to advanced lung cancer in St. Joseph, Mo. Bulletin board has been referred to the coroner. References of cancer diagnosis occurred earlier in 2024.
Nelson was born on a military base in Kansas as the oldest of five children. She married Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. as a teenager and gave birth to Eminem—born Marshall Mathers—on October 17, 1972.
Em and his mother had a tumultuous relationship during his childhood and Hall-of-Fame career. The Detroit rap icon expressed his mockery of his mother on hits like “Cleanin' Out My Closet” and “My Name Is.”
Nelson ended up suing her son for defamation in 1999, seeking $11 million. Although the judge ruled in her favor, she was awarded only $25,000 in 2001 and got much less after legal fees, per ABC News.
She also exposed much of her relationship with Eminem in her revealing 2007 memoir. My son Marshall, my son Eminem.
Em has publicly extended an olive branch to his mother, lamenting how he handled their relationship over the years on tracks like 2013's “Headlights.”
“And I'm mad that I didn't get a chance to thank you for being my mom and my dad/ So mom, please take it as a tribute that I wrote on this jet,” he raps. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 section.
In more recent years, Nelson applauded her son for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. “Marshall, I just want to say, I couldn't let this day go by without congratulating you on your induction. in the Hall of Fame,” he said in a congratulatory video at the time. “I love you very much. I knew you'd get there. It was a long drive. I am very, very proud of you. And I'm also very proud [granddaughter] Hailie Jade, my big girl. I want to say, Hailie, good job on your podcast and God bless you guys. I love you very much.”
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