Eminem - Family

Family

Eminem has been the subject of much scrutiny, both as a rapper and in his personal life. He was married twice to Kimberly Anne "Kim" Scott, whom he met in high school. He first met Kim when he was 15 and she was 13 while he was standing on a table with his shirt off rapping LL Cool J's "I'm Bad." Kim had run away from her home as a teenager, along with her sister Dawn. They moved in with Marshall and his mother when he was 15. They began their on-and-off relationship in 1989. Their daughter Hailie was born on December 25, 1995. The couple married in 1999. In 2000, they filed for divorce shortly after Kim's second drunk driving conviction. They first divorced in 2001. They remarried in January 2006 but he soon ended their second marriage by filing for divorce in April 2006. The couple agreed to share custody of Hailie.

In early 2010, Eminem responded publicly to tabloid reports of his pending reunion with Kim with a firm denial. Eminem also has custody of Kim's niece Alaina (child of Kim's twin sister Dawn), who has been referenced by name in some songs, including "Mockingbird", "Airplanes Part II", and "Going Through Changes". Additionally, Eminem has custody of Whitney, a child Kimberley Scott had with another man. Whitney is mentioned in the songs "Deja Vu" and "Going Through Changes". Eminem had legal custody of his younger half-brother, Nate Kane, during his adolescence. Nate is mentioned in "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "My Mom", and "Headlights".

Regarding his religious views, Eminem said in 2009 "I definitely pray a lot more than I used to. I don’t feel like I’m crazy wacky religious. But I do believe in God, and I do pray."

On November 5, 2013, Eminem released the track "Headlights" on his eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 as an apology to his mother Debbie.