8. He Was Abandoned By His Father
When the rapper was only two years old, his father, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. walked out of his life. According to Eminem, his dad never made any effort to ever see him or contact him after he left. Feeling abandoned at such a young age, Eminem holds a deep-rooted grudge against his father which he often touches on in songs like Cleanin’ Out My Closet.
In 2002, his father had a letter he wrote to his son published in a newspaper. In the letter, he blamed Eminem’s mom for deliberately keeping them apart. The rapper didn’t fall for it and to this very day refuses to ever meet his dad. “I can’t understand how (he could leave). If my kids moved to the edge of the earth, I’d find them. No doubt in my mind. No money, no nothing— if I had nothing I’d find my kids. So there’s no excuse,” he said in an interview for 60 minutes.
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