One of the main topics Eminem raps about in his songs is his family, whom he has tried to keep out of the limelight throughout his career.
Despite a tumultuous childhood, the rapper has tried his best to make sure his family is always well taken care of.
The “Real Slim Shady” chart-topper shares three daughters — Hailie Jade Mathers, Alaina Marie Scott and Stevie Laine Mathers — with his ex-wife, Kim Scott, with whom he had a decades-long relationship.
Through the years, the Oscar winner has given fans a glimpse inside his home life.
“Bein’ a dad is definitely living a double life,” Eminem, born Marshall Mathers, told Rolling Stone in 2004.
“Even before Hailie was born, I was a firm believer in freedom of speech … But once I hit them gates where I live, that’s when I’m Dad. Takin’ the kids to school, pickin’ ’em up, teachin’ ’em rules. I’m not sayin’ I’m the perfect father, but the most important thing is to be there for my kids and raise them the right way,” he said at the time.
He even credited his children with helping him get sober, telling New York Times Magazine in 2010, “I love them so much and they’ve helped me through so many things.”
Read on to learn more about Eminem’s family.
Eminem’s relationship with Kim Scott
Eminem met Kim at a house party in 1988 when he was 15 and she was 13.
Kim and her twin sister, Dawn, had recently run away from home, reportedly to escape their alcoholic stepfather, and settled at a youth shelter outside of Detroit.
“I met her the day she got out of the youth home,” the rapper recalled in his 2004 interview with Rolling Stone.
“I was at a friend’s house, and his sister was friends with her, but she hadn’t seen Kim in a while ’cause she was in the youth home. And I’m standing on the table with my shirt off, on top of their coffee table with a Kangol on, mocking the words to LL Cool J’s ‘I’m Bad.’ And I turn around and she’s at the door. Her friend hands her a cigarette.”