Eminem’s The lyrics might hurt differently given that his mother is dead. The rapper performed at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix five days after his mother Debbie Nelson Died at age 69 after a battle with lung cancer, in which he sang one of his famous songs with a song about him.
© Kurt Krieger – CorbisThe 52-year-old rapper had a complicated past with his mother and talked about her in songs like “My Mom” (1999), “My Name Is,” (1999), “Cleaning Out My Closet” (2002). , and “Without Me” (2002), when he performed “Without Me” which notably featured “F**k Debbie” Eminem. Some fans were cool when singing it.
© Grosby GroupAs Eminem rose to superstardom, the rapper accused him of neglecting and abusing alcohol and drugs in his famous songs. In 1999, she sued him for defamation, seeking $10 million, eventually winning a $25,000 settlement.
But the case didn’t stop Eminem from singing about it. In the 2002 track “Cleanin’ Out My Closet,” he blasts his mother from start to finish, even saying he suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, “Go through the public housing system, suffer from Munchausen syndrome/ All my life I’ve been led to believe that I was sick when I wasn’t.”
In his 2008 memoir, My son Marshall, my son EminemDebbie shared her heartbreak over their split and claimed she wanted to set the record straight.
© GettyTheir relationship seemed to change after Debbie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. In 2013, Eminem publicly apologized to her in his song “Headlights” and admitted that he did the best he could. He also promised to stop showing “Cleaning Out My Closet”. “But I’m sorry mom, for ‘Cleaning Out My Closet,’ I was pissed at the time. That song I don’t play on the show anymore, and I cringe every time it comes on the radio,” he sings.
While Eminem and his mother may be on better terms, it may not be the same for his half-brother Nat. As the news broke, Nate shared a black screen on his Instagram story with the message: “Hate and mixed emotions today.”
