Debbie passed away on December 2 at the age of 69 after a battle with advanced lung cancer.

Hatred and mixed emotions today, he wrote.

The DJ and music producer has had a fraught relationship with his mother over the years.

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Debbie got married to theWithout Merappers father, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr., when she was 15 years old.

Debbie then welcomed Nate in 1986 with her boyfriend Fred Samra.

Eminem was 13 years old at the time.

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Nate was placed infoster careat the age of 8.

I watched him when he was in the foster home, EminemtoldRolling Stonein 2004.

He was so confused.

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I mean, I cried just going to see him at the foster home.

The day he was taken away, I was the only one allowed to see him.

He didnt know what the f was going on.

Family photo with Eminem’s half-brother Nate and their mother, showing a candid moment from the past.

The same thing that had happened in my life was happening in his, he added.

I tried to apply forfull custodywhen I was 20, but I didnt have the means.

The 15-time Grammy winner gained custody of his half-brother about a decade later when Nate was 16 years old.

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He would get so many free clothes and buy clothes that I would just take some, he added.

I would take his hand-me-downs, his huge Phat Farm outfits and stuff that I thought would fit me.

What was I, like 110 pounds that time just trying to wear 3XL?

Nate Mathers expresses hatred and mixed emotions in a heartfelt tribute after their mother’s passing.

[It] fit perfect!

He also acted in the 2020 crime thriller movieDevils Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge.

What mother wants to be known as a pill-popping alcoholic who lives on welfare?

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Debbiewrotein her 2008 memoirMy Son Marshall, My Son Eminem.

In a 2011 interview, theMockingbirdrapper iterated his love for his mother.

I love you very much.

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I knew youd get there.

And its been a long ride, she said.

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