“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, 28-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.

So what else do we know about the daughter of the bestselling rapper in history?

Her mum is the famous “Kim” in Eminem’s songs

Eminem and Kimberly Scott started dating in their teens. After Scott gave birth to Hailie 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. Hailie was raised with two step siblings, Alaina, Scott’s sister’s daughter; and Stevie, Kim’s child with another man, both of whom Eminem legally adopted.

She holds a Guinness World Record title

Aside from mentioning Hailie frequently throughout his songs, Eminem peppered a few with her vocals too. A young Hailie Mathers coos on “’97 Bonnie and Clyde”, questions her father’s sanity on “My Dad’s Gone Crazy” (a song for which she holds a Guinness World Record title as the youngest R&B chart entrant), and asks about rapper Ja Rule’s height on the dis track “Hailie’s Revenge”.

She indirectly caused a feud between Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly

He deleted the tweet, but Eminem (unsurprisingly) still held a grudge. Machine Gun Kelly claimed that his songs were then banned from Shade 45, Eminem’s channel on Sirius XM, from that point on.

He went on to mock Eminem on “No Reason”, setting off a lengthy exchange of dis tracks between the pair, including MGK’s “Rap Devil” and Eminem’s “Not Alike”, “Killshot”, and “Unaccommodating”.

She was a strait-laced child

Eminem gained notoriety in the 2000s not just for his dark lyrics, but also for his drug addiction. In contrast, his daughter reportedly grew up a stickler for rules.

She added that she made a decision to relax and change her outlook at university, where she joined a sorority, reconnected with old friends, and began dating her long-term boyfriend, Evan McClintock.

She’s got both beauty and brains

In 2013, Mathers was crowned Chippewa Valley High School’s homecoming queen, which her dad reportedly watched out of sight from inside the school so as not to draw attention away from her achievement. Her school’s newsletter showed that Mathers played volleyball as well as took part in the National Honour Society, art club, key club and student council alongside her studies, and graduated with the highest distinction.

She now holds a degree in psychology from Michigan State University.

Her wedding

“Waking up a wife this week,” Mathers captioned a series of photos on Instagram with teary eyed and ring emojis posted on May 21. The photos included in the Instagram post showed off the couple’s outfits as well as them sharing kisses outside a building covered in flowers and in the back of a classic white convertible.

Hailie, 28, and McClintock met nearly a decade ago while both attending Michigan State University. They got engaged in February 2023.

The ceremony and reception were “modestly sized” and held at Greencrest Manor, a venue in Battle Creek, Michigan “with close friends and family,” according to TMZ.

Eminem was photographed dancing with his daughter while wearing a black tux, Nike sneakers and black shades.

Additional reporting by Sumnima Kandangwa.