Debbie was born on a military base in Kansas in 1955 and 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.” Sixteen months later, she became pregnant with Eminem and moved to Michigan, where her maternal grandmother lived.
Debbie and Eminem's strained relationship was documented in several of his songs, including his 2002 hit “Cleanin' Out My Closet.” In it, he claimed that Debbie abused prescription pills at a young age – which she denied in her autobiography.
“What mother wants to be known as a pill-popping alcoholic living on welfare?” she wrote. “None of it was true, but the lies grew and eventually Marshall and I became estranged.”
However, Eminem has since expressed his regret over the airing of his family drama. In his 2013 song “Headlights,” he rapped, “I went in headfirst and never thought about who what I said hurt / In which verse my mother probably got it the worst.”
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