Like his wife Kim, Em’s mother Debbie also inspired him to write some lines of his songs for her. It’s a pity, but these lines were not positive either. Obviously, the rapper had a troubled relationship with his mom. He blamed her for his tough childhood and for the fact, that his father was estranged from him.
Later he learned that Debbie was diagnosed with cancer. After receiving bad news, Eminem reconsidered his attitude towards his mother and they made peace.
Deborah Rae Nelson spent most part of her early years in North Dakota. There her parents owned a house. She was born in the family of Betty Hixson and her then-husband Bob Nelson. Debbie had three brothers – Ronnie, Steven, and Todd, and a sister Betty. Her sister is serving as a housekeeper at Em’s Clinton Township mansion at the present moment. Her brother Ronnie killed himself and brother Todd killed his wife’s relative, for which he was imprisoned.
Debbie led a partying lifestyle. She wasn’t interested in studying at Lancaster High School and soon she was dropped out from there. At the age of 16, she got pregnant by Marshall Bruce Mathers II. The young man proposed to his pregnant girlfriend, after that they got married and Debbie moved to the house of her husband’s parents. There she gave birth to the future music legend Marshall Bruce Mathers III, whom we know and love as Eminem.
Her marriage to Marshall Sr. didn’t last for long, and soon they separated. After that Debbie brought up her child as a single parent.
The woman didn’t like to work, she changed numerous odd jobs, but for the most part of her life, she stayed unemployed. No need to say that their small family lived in poverty, and soon Em started to work himself to improve the financial situation.
Debbie was drug addicted, she constantly was in relationships with someone, and quite often got married officially. In general, she was married 5 times. From her marriage with Fred J. Samara, she welcomed a son Nate, Em’s half-brother.
The rapper’s mother didn’t care about her kids. She abused them both, mentally and physically, and didn’t perform her parental duties. She suffered from a mental disorder, named “Munchausen syndrome”. The woman pretended, that her sons were ill, to gain the support and compassion of people.
Eminem criticized his mother in his interviews. That inspired the woman to write a book, titled “My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem”. There she told her side of the story, which differs a lot from Eminem’s. She co-authored the book with Neal Alpert.
As for now, Debbie is married to John Briggs. She is a breast cancer survivor. The woman has amicable relationships with her sons.
Interesting and fun facts
Eminem’s mother recorded congratulation for him after he got a star in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022. She released it through Twitter. In the video, the woman said, she was proud of her son’s achievement, which he deserved. Besides, she said words of admiration to her granddaughter Hailie and her new podcast project.
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