Dennis Dennehy, the rapper’s agent, informed US media that his mother had passed away.
Nelson was known to have lung cancer, though the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Eminem has not yet made any public remarks regarding the passing of his mother.
One of his greatest singles, Cleanin’ Out My Closet, most graphically exposed his tense relationship with his mother.
Eminem vehemently accuses her of drug abuse and abandonment in the 2002 song.
He says, “Watch your mom pop prescription pills in the kitchen,” and then he adds, “Remind yourself that you were a mother.”
After claiming it was her lawyer’s suggestion, Nelson settled out of court in 1999 after suing her son for slander over another of his songs.
