Eminem’s mother dead at 69

3 December 2024

Eminem‘s mother Debbie Nelson has died.

Eminem’s mom Debbie Nelson has passed away following a battle with lung cancer

The 52-year-old rap icon’s 69-year-old parent is said to have battled lung cancer and passed away on Monday (01.12.24) in St. Joseph, Missouri, according to TMZ.

The ‘Lose Yourself’ hitmaker and Debbie had a rocky relationship, with the rapper documenting their ups and downs in hits including, ‘Cleanin’ Out My Closet’ and ‘Headlights’.

The Mom’s Spaghetti restaurant founder’s mother’s passing comes five years after his estranged father, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr, passed away after a heart attack at the age of 67 in 2019.

Debbie became pregnant with Eminem – whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III – when she was just 18 in 1972.

She sued her son for $11 million for defamation because of the lyrics to 2002’s ‘Cleanin’ Out My Closet’, on which he rapped: “Now, I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition

“Take a second to listen ‘fore you think this record is dissin’

But put yourself in my position, just try to envision

Witnessin’ your mama poppin’ prescription pills in the kitchen.”

Eminem starred in the 2002 film ‘8 Mile’, which was loosely based on his own life growing up in a trailer park and his strained relationship with his mother.

It told the story of Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr. (Eminem), a young white rapper trying to make it in the predominantly black hip-hop scene of Detroit.

In an interview in 2008, Debbie admitted she wanted to put their differences aside.

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