Rap god
Eminem's estranged father,
Marshall Bruce Mathers
, has passed away. He was 67.
Mathers, who went by the name Bruce, reportedly passed away near Fort Wayne, Indiana after a heart attack at his home.
The exact cause of demise remains unclear.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, had a well-documented, troubled history with his father, whom the rapper has said he never met.
The Grammy-winning artiste's hit tracks 'My Name Is' and
'Cleanin' Out My Closet'
were inspired from their estranged relationship.
According to
Debbie Nelson
, Eminem's mother, she and Bruce separated shortly after the singer's birth in 1972. The mother-son duo settled in Detroit with her family while Bruce moved to California where he had two other kids.
Eminem has said in interviews, as a child, he wrote letters to his father but they always came back return to sender.
In 2001, Bruce published a letter addressed to Eminem in a newspaper explaining his side of the story, that Debbie didn't let the father-son reconnect.
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