Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69.

Debbie Nelson's fraught relationship with her son Eminem had been no secret since the Detroit rapper became a star.

Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died aged 69. Eminem’s longtime representative Dennis Dennehy confirmed Nelson’s death and did not provide a cause of death,