Meet rapper Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers – singing on her dad’s music earned her the Guinness World Record for youngest R&B chart entrant and now she hosts her own podcast
- Social media personality Mathers, Eminem’s daughter with his ex-wife Kimberly Scott, recently launched a podcast called Just a Little Shady, riffing on her dad’s Slim Shady persona
- The 26 year old holds a degree in psychology from Michigan State University, while in high school she was homecoming queen and graduated summa cum laude
Maybe you wouldn’t think it from his brash persona as Slim Shady, but rapper Eminem has always credited his success to his daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers. From the day she was born, he said it was her who gave him purpose.
“She has been my main source of drive and motivation, especially when she was first born. I didn’t have a career yet, I didn’t have money, I didn’t have a place to live. She’s always been the driving force for me to stay busy, stay focused, and my number one reason for fear of failure,” Eminem told MTV in 2002.
In the years since, 26-year-old Mathers has graduated from university and built a career as a social media personality. She recently launched a podcast called Just a Little Shady – a reference to her father’s hit song The Real Slim Shady – where she talks about her life and pop culture.
Her mum is the famous “Kim” in Eminem’s songs
Eminem and Kimberly Scott started dating in their teens. After Scott gave birth to Mathers in 1995, the couple married twice, then split up for good. The relationship, marred by poverty and infidelity, spawned several controversial songs, including Kim and ’97 Bonnie and Clyde.
Eminem, who was abandoned by his own father, often said publicly that he wanted to do better in his own parenting efforts. Mathers was raised with two stepsiblings, Alaina, Scott’s sister’s daughter; and Stevie, Scott’s child with another man.
She holds a Guinness World Record title
