

Then, to have all that recognition on top, I was flabbergasted. First of all I was really grateful he was alive that was the main thing. I thought, Oh my God, so much for coincidence. I was just stunned. My daughter Sarah brought the article to me and in it was a picture of Debbie holding Marshall as a baby. Then about two months later Rolling Stone magazine did a big article on him. At first I just thought it was a coincidence. I told him it was Marshall and he said I might like to sit down because he had something to tell me. Michael, my other son, came to our house one day and asked me what his half-brothers name was. Marshall Mathers II looked at the “Rolling Stone Magazine” his son Michael had just given to him, showing a photo of Debbie and little Marshall. He insists on the fact that he always tried to search him, and his children discovered one day there was a new rapper having the same name than him. Please get in touch.” No contest that Eminems fathers letter is touching, and he tries to explain the circumstances. His intention is to tell his son that he cares: “The one ambition left in my life is to give you a hug and tell you Ive always loved you,” and he says “Id get on a plane right now, this second, and go anywhere in the world if youd meet with me. Marshalls father, who is now a construction worker, reveals his son that hes got two half siblings, Michael and Sarah. Now youll hear the truth for the first time.

Well, I want you to read this and realize youve been fed lies all your life. Youre convinced Im a drunk who never answered any of your letters. You think I dumped you and your mother and never came looking for you. You wont remember me, though I held you in my arms when you when you were a baby. It begins with dear grandma.Įven if some facts related by Marshall Mathers Jr are true, why didnt he try to contact his son before he was famous? Recently, a greeting card from Marshall addressed to grandma Rae was discovered. Debbie told Edna that he was abusing her and she was supposed to keep the secret although she was in touch with Marshalls grandmother from the paternal side (Rae). Debbie reappeared in her sons life just before his fifth birthday.Īccording to Eminems Dad, she dropped her son there without telling anything to her husband. It is known that Marshall spent more than 3 years with her. He wrote an open letter to his son which was published in the ∽aily Mirror in 2002.Īccording to Marshalls Dad, Debbie left their son to his great aunt Ednas home. He was totally sure it was his lost son thanks to an article from the Rolling Stone Magazine where he saw an old photo of Debbie hoding Marshall in her arms.

He explains how his son Michael (22), discovered his famous half brother Marshall on MTV. Now that Eminem is famous, his Dad wants to get in touch with him and asks his son for forgiveness.

He wrote many letters that were all returned to him. Betty Kresin (Eminems grandmother) remembers her grandson drawing pictures and asking her to give them to his Dad.As a teenager, Marshall made many attempts to reach his Dad. Young Marshall has suffered a lot from his Dads absence. Betty Kresin (Eminems grandmother) remembers her grandson drawing pictures and asking her to give them to his Dad. His marriage with Debbie only lasted one year. Marshall Bruce Mathers II stepped out of his sons life when he was 6 months. Those are the words Eminem uses towards his father in his well known song from his debut album My Name Is from the Slim Shady LP. When you see my Dad, tell him that I slit his throat in this dream I had.
