Eminem’s mother, Debbie Nelson, has passed away at the age of 69

Eminem’s mother has passed away, according to both TMZ and Rolling Stone.

TMZ reports that Debbie Nelson died last night in Missouri after battling lung cancer.

Nelson was born in 1955 on a military base in Kansas, according to People Magazineadding that she married Eminem’s father, Bruce Mathers, at the age of 16.

Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Nelson was 18 at the time, and according to Rolling Stone, his father left her not long after.

Nelson raised Marshall and his half-brother, Nathan, on his own. They moved to Warren, Michigan and eventually Detroit when Marshall was 11, according to Detroit Historical Society.

Marshall and his mother had a rocky relationship for many years. TMZ reports that Nelson sued him for defamation in 1999.

Nelson is survived by his sons Marshall and Nathan. Eminem’s estranged father died in 2019 at 67.