Eminem’s mother, Debbie Nelson, has died following a battle with advanced lung cancer. She was 69.
TMZ reported that Nelson passed away Monday night in St. Joseph, Mo.
The news comes three months after it was revealed she was “terminally ill with advanced lung cancer.”
“There are not many options [for Debbie],” a source told InTouch Weekly in September.
“She is currently staying between the cancer center and with family members. She has a very limited amount of time [left].”
The source also claimed her famous son had not come to Missouri to visit her amid their estrangement.
Since the start of his career, Eminem has used his rocky relationship with his mom as inspiration for his songs.
In his 2002 hit “Cleanin’ Out My Closet,” the Detroit native rapped about the alleged abuse he endured under her care.
“Now, I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition / Take a second to listen ‘fore you think this record is dissin’ / But put yourself in my position, just try to envision / Witnessin’ your mama poppin’ prescription pills in the kitchen,” he sang.
Nelson subsequently filed an $11 million defamation lawsuit against her son, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III.
Though a judge ruled in her favor, Nelson was only given $25,000 of the $11 million she wanted and walked away with $1,600 after paying her lawyer fees.
Nelson — who is also mom to son Nathan Samra-Mathers, 38 — previously talked about reconciling with her eldest child in a 2008 interview with the Village Voice.
