Debbie Nelson, the mom of rapper Eminem, has died on the age of 69.
Her demise was confirmed by Eminem’s consultant Dennis Dennehy on Tuesday.
The reason for demise is but to be confirmed, though Ms Nelson had battled lung most cancers.
Eminem, whose actual identify is Marshall Mathers III, usually highlighted the strained relationship he had along with his mom in his music.
In two of his hottest songs, My Title Is and Cleanin’ Out My Closet, he accuses Ms Nelson of drug abuse and neglect.
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Eminem talked about his mom in numerous songs early in his profession. Pic: AP
Within the 2002 hit Cleanin’ Out My Closet he says: “Witnessin’ your mama poppin’ prescription pills in the kitchen”. He later claims she was “trying to take what you didn’t help me get”.
Later the identical 12 months, a fictionalised model of his mom who’s an alcoholic, was performed by Kim Basinger within the semi-autobiographical movie 8 Mile which the rapper additionally stars in.
Ms Nelson introduced and settled a pair of defamation lawsuits over Eminem’s statements about her in magazines and on radio discuss reveals.
However in her 2008 e book My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, she tried to set the file straight.
She additionally shared particulars concerning the rapper’s youth, writing that Eminem had forgotten the nice occasions that they had.
Through the years, the tensions between the 2 appeared to simmer, with the rapper apologising to Ms Nelson in his 2013 music Headlights.
“Cause to this day we remain estranged, and I hate it though,” he raps, including: “Cause you ain’t even get to witness your grandbabies grow. But I’m sorry, momma, for Cleanin’ Out My Closet. At the time I was angry, rightfully? Maybe so. Never meant that far to take it, though.”
Ms Nelson additionally publicly congratulated her son in 2022 after he was indicted into the Rock and Roll Corridor Of Fame, Billboard reported, saying in a video shared on the time: “I love you very much. I knew you’d get there. It’s been a long ride. I’m very, very proud of you.”
