That stood him in good stead when he started writing rap lyrics. He admitted to Rolling Stone that the only thing he was good at was English. It will surprise no one that Eminem was a washout at school, reportedly failing the 9th grade three times before dropping out of school altogether when he was 17-years-old. She had the nerve to sue the rapper for defamation in 1999. The judge was firmly on Eminem's side, throwing the case out and summing up her reasons in the form of rap lyrics!Įminem has been outspoken about his childhood and the abuse he suffered at the hands of his drug-addicted mother. While admitting the bullying, Bailey still had the nerve to sue the rapper for $10 million. Eminem's 1999 song "Brain Damage" pins the bully badge firmly on Bailey. At one point, Bailey's physical abuse led to the future super-star being in a coma for days. His biggest nightmare was a boy named D'Angelo Bailey. If and when Eminem made it to school, he was often bullied.
RELATED: 18 Throwback Pics Of Eminem That Are Too Good To Ignoreīullied At School, Failing 9th Grade, Dropping Out Back with Debbie, Eminem's younger brother Nathan had more to do with parenting his half-brother than his mother did. And, even worse, Debbie was physically abusive, especially to her older son, the confused little boy who was to become Eminem.Īt one point, Debbie abandoned Eminem, leaving him with his Great-Aunt Edna and his Uncle Charles. Poverty and neglect were visited on her sons. But her life, and the lives of her sons, were often nomadic, moving back and forth between Missouri and Michigan. She was left to travel from one place to the next, headed nowhere fast. He, like Bruce, disappeared out of her life. Sure.Īfter Bruce left, Debbie had another son Nathan with another man. Later, after Eminem was rich and famous, Bruce tried to contact him, saying he wasn't interested in money, he only wanted to communicate with his son. RELATED: 10 Facts About Eminem's Friendship With His Manager, Paul Rosenberg His letters came back marked, almost certainly by his father's hand, "Return to Sender". The boy who grew up to become the rich and famous white rapper we know as Eminem repeatedly tried to communicate with his father. It is not surprising that Bruce, faced with fatherhood and all that implied, deserted Debbie and their infant son, Marshall Bruce Mathers III.
They were drifters, barely eking out a living playing at Ramada Inns. Let's look at super-successful Eminem's dysfunctional childhood and how it has affected the man.īruce and Debbie Mathers were musicians who mooched around the U.S. But it has also fueled his songwriting ethos, giving him plenty of bad news to write about and work through. It too, on a personal level, has been messed up and dysfunctional. It was a childhood filled with abuse, bullying and poverty.Īnd the scars of his childhood have carried forward to his adult life. Debbie had a second son Nathan by another man.ĭebbie drifted around the country, barely surviving, with her two sons in tow. As a child, the now mega-wealthy Eminem wrote lots of letters to his father. The feckless and irresponsible Bruce deserted Debbie and sometime actor and rapper Eminem when the boy was an infant. It was "a scraping the bottom of the barrel" kind of life. Eminem was dragged around the Midwest, as his parents' band, Daddy Warbucks played at various Ramada Inns. Eminem was born to Bruce and Debbie Mathers in 1972. Why? Well, to begin with, his childhood was utterly, totally dysfunctional. Eminem is angry (or seems angry) most of the time.
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