If you’re anything like me, scrolling across the news seeing that Marshall Mathers had passed away made my heart skip a beat. It couldn’t be the artist that was the voice of my entire teenage angst phase, could it?
Upon further investigation, it was actually the father of the “Lose Yourself” singer that passed away at the age of 67 earlier this week. The Marshall Mathers that we all know never shied away from speaking to his childhood and family issues early on, I especially remember a particular line from “Without Me” where his mother Debbie gets a very specific in song shout out. Another song that comes to mind is “My Name Is” where both Em’s mother and father have different mentions in the track. We’ll drop the videos on the next page so you can watch for yourself!
While there is a small silver lining that saw Eminem reconcile with his mother Debbie with the track “Headlights” back in 2013. There’s no record of Eminem ever creating any level of relationship with his father but like many notable stars (ie. LeBron James), Marshall Mathers has been a consistent presence in his current families life including his 3 daughters.
Flip the page to see music videos where Eminem mentions his parents.