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Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by BTCproMax(op): 12:17pm On Jul 17
Eminem's father reading a magazine about his son in 2001.

‎He last saw Eminem in 1974 when he abandoned the family and left Eminem's mother to raise him in poverty.

‎He died in 2019 in Indiana without meeting his son as an adult.

‎It Was The Page He Couldn't Turn:

‎When Eminem’s Father Met His Son Through a Magazine

‎Imagine opening a glossy magazine in 2001. Flip past the fashion trends, the advertisements for flip phones, and the pop culture gossip, until you hit a massive, multi-page feature on the biggest, most controversial rockstar on the planet: Eminem.

‎For millions of readers, it was just another look into the chaotic world of Marshall Mathers.

‎ But for one older man sitting in Indiana, looking at that face was like looking into a rearview mirror that had been shattered decades ago.

‎That man was Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. And the rap god dominating the charts was the son he hadn't seen since 1974.

‎(to be continued. . . )

Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by SirCloudControl: 5:20pm On Jul 17
I'm his long lost cousin from Africa
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by grandstar(m): 5:31pm On Jul 17
Never neglect a child. Its mean and ungodly
[Read 1 Timothy 5:8]
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by BTCproMax(op): 5:56pm On Jul 17
SirCloudControl:
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Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by BTCproMax(op): 5:58pm On Jul 17
grandstar:
Never neglect a child. Its mean and ungodly
[Read 1 Timothy 5:8]
On point bro...

Words on Mable 🙏🙏🙏

Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Kingray10: 8:34pm On Jul 17
Have been a strong fan of Eminem for decades, it's painful they didn't meet in person as adults.
I won't even forget his song, HEADLIGHT,a tribute to his mumm.
I which he did the same for his Dad. Even tho he f**kud up.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by BTCproMax(op): 10:47pm On Jul 17
Kingray10:
Have been a strong fan of Eminem for decades, it's painful they didn't meet in person as adults.
I won't even forget his song, HEADLIGHT,a tribute to his mumm.
I which he did the same for his Dad. Even tho he f**kud up.
Headlights hit different once you actually process what he was apologizing for.

Wild that a man who built his whole career on brutal honesty needed a whole album to say sorry to his mum.

You think Hailie ever gets a song like that, or is she too private for that kind of exposure?
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Kingray10: 3:14pm
BTCproMax:
Headlights hit different once you actually process what he was apologizing for.

Wild that a man who built his whole career on brutal honesty needed a whole album to say sorry to his mum.

You think Hailie ever gets a song like that, or is she too private for that kind of exposure?
Hailie won't ever get a song like that. Besides he knows what he went thru, and made sure such didn't happen with her.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by BTCproMax(op): 4:50pm
Kingray10:
Hailie won't ever get a song like that. Besides he knows what he went thru, and made sure such didn't happen with her.
My boss.. That's actually the point though — he broke the cycle instead of repeating it, and that's rarer than people give him credit for.

Most people who grow up in chaos either become their parents or spend a lifetime pretending it didn't affect them.

He did neither, he made an album about it and then made sure his own kid never had material for one. That's the real glow up, not the bars.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Caseless: 5:51pm
Absentee fathers should learn from this. You run away and try to wall your way back when your son made it big.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Kobicove(m): 5:52pm
The first real white rapper was Vanilla Ice followed by Eminem
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Eba50: 5:54pm
na werey papa eminem get. gaddam it
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Jeezuzpick(m): 5:57pm
Imagine if some man had married his Mom and helped raise him to be a good person, and encouraged his musical career.

That "simp" would be celebrated today as a good man, while the idiot sperm-bank of a "biological father" died without ever seeing him again.

Before y'all come here and write rubbish, lemme just tell you that Eminem himself has done the same thing!

His Dad abandoned him, but he adopted another man's child by his ex-wife Kim, and is raising her as his own.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Dshocker(m): 5:58pm
This post just got me to listen to one of his greatest hit "Cleanin Out My Closet"
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by PheelzAlmighty: 6:01pm
Eminem nwoke oma.... Rapper like no other
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by Reference(m): 6:02pm
Never a good way to have an absent parent. If seldom goes well. But one thing for sure. If his dad had been around he certainly won't be what he is or what he will become. For better or worse. That is the irony of life. A good number just do well inspite of adversity.
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by GOFRONT(m): 6:02pm
After Tupac Amaru Shakur, then Eminem Slim shady

Lose yourself in tha music the moment you hold it you better never let it go!!!!..........Eminem(2003)
Re: Eminem's Father Reading A Magazine About His Son In 2001 by femi4: 6:03pm
The real slim shady...pls stand up


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