Born in 1955 in a Kansas military base, Debbie is Eminem’s mother.
She married the artist’s father “without me” Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. When she was 15 years old, according to her 2008 memories My son Marshall, my son Eminem. She got pregnant from Eminem 16 months later and moved to Michigan, where her maternal grandmother lived.
The tense relationship of Debbie and Eminem was documented in several of his songs, including his Hit Smash in 2002 “Cleanin ‘Out My Closet”. On the track, he alleged that Debbie had abused prescription pills when he was young – which she denied in her autobiography.
“What mother wants to be known as an alcoholic pill who lives on social assistance?” She wrote. “None of this was all true, but the Fibs continued to grow, and finally Marshall and I became distant.”
However, Eminem has since expressed his regret to broadcast his family drama. In his 2013 song “Headlights”, he struck “, I went head for the first one, without ever thinking about whom, what I said injured / in which verse, my mother probably obtained the worst.”
Nelson died at the age of 69 in 2024 following a battle against cancer.
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