{"id":136244,"date":"2024-12-03T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/eminems-mother-dead-at-69\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T16:11:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:11:43","slug":"eminems-mother-dead-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/eminems-mother-dead-at-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem&#8217;s mother dead at 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-12-03\" datetime=\"1733242303\" pubdate=\"\">3 December 2024<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/eminem\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,eminem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eminem<\/a>&#8216;s mother Debbie Nelson has died.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Eminem&#8217;s mom Debbie Nelson has passed away following a battle with lung cancer<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old rap icon&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Lose Yourself&#8217; hitmaker and Debbie had a rocky relationship, with the rapper documenting their ups and downs in hits including, &#8216;Cleanin&#8217; Out My Closet&#8217; and &#8216;Headlights&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Mom&#8217;s Spaghetti restaurant founder&#8217;s mother&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie became pregnant with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/eminem\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,eminem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eminem<\/a> &#8211; whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III &#8211; when she was just 18 in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe sued her son for $11 million for defamation because of the lyrics to 2002&#8217;s &#8216;Cleanin&#8217; Out My Closet&#8217;, on which he rapped: &#8220;Now, I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Take a second to listen &#8216;fore you think this record is dissin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\nBut put yourself in my position, just try to envision<\/p>\n<p>\nWitnessin&#8217; your mama poppin&#8217; prescription pills in the kitchen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nEminem starred in the 2002 film &#8216;8 Mile&#8217;, which was loosely based on his own life growing up in a trailer park and his strained relationship with his mother.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt told the story of Jimmy &#8220;B-Rabbit&#8221; Smith Jr. (Eminem), a young white rapper trying to make it in the predominantly black hip-hop scene of Detroit. <\/p>\n<p>\nIn an interview in 2008, Debbie admitted she wanted to put their differences aside.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe told Village Voice: \u201cI\u2019m not ever gonna give up on my kids. I won\u2019t give up on anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s hope for everybody. It\u2019s a matter of just basically swallowing your pride. It\u2019s like a cashed check. It\u2019s over, it\u2019s done. You need to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBy 2013, Eminem released &#8216;Headlights&#8217; as an apology to his mom.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe spat: \u201cI went in headfirst, never thinking about who what I said hurt\/My mom probably got it the worst.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nEminem added: \u201cAnd I\u2019m mad I didn\u2019t get the chance to thank you for being my mom and my dad\/So Mom, please accept this as a tribute I wrote on this jet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen her son was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Debbie congratulated him in a special video message.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;Marshall, I want to say, I could not let this day go by without congratulating you on your induction into the Hall of Fame. I love you very much. I knew you&#8217;d get there. It&#8217;s been a long ride. I&#8217;m very, very proud of you.<\/p>\n<p>\nDebbie also had a second son called Nathan Samra-Mathers with Fred Samra Jr in 1986.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/eminems-mother-dead-69-1410001.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 December 2024 Eminem&#8216;s mother Debbie Nelson has died. Eminem&#8217;s mom Debbie Nelson has passed away following a battle with lung cancer The 52-year-old rap icon&#8217;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. 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