Born
in
1955
at
a
military
base
in
Kansas,
Debbie
is
the
mother
of
Eminem.
She
married
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
pregnant
with
Eminem
16
months
later
and
relocated
to
Michigan,
where
her
maternal
grandmother
lived.
Debbie
and
Eminem’s
strained
relationship
has
been
documented
in
several
of
his
songs,
including
his
2002
smash
hit “Cleanin’
Out
My
Closet.”
In
the
track,
he
alleged
that
Debbie
abused
prescription
pills
when
he
was
young—which
she
denied
in
her
autobiography.
“What
mother
wants
to
be
known
as
a
pill-popping
alcoholic
who
lives
on
welfare?”
she
wrote. “None
of
it
was
true,
but
the
fibs
kept
getting
bigger,
and
ultimately
Marshall
and
I
became
estranged.”
However,
Eminem
has
since
expressed
regret
in
airing
out
his
family
drama.
In
his
2013
song “Headlights,”
he
rapped, “I
went
in
headfirst,
never
thinking
about
who,
what
I
said
hurt
/
In
what
verse,
my
mom
probably
got
it
the
worst.”
Nelson
died
at
the
age
of
69
in
2024
following
a
battle
with
cancer.
Latest Stories
