Rap God Eminem recently revealed that he was going to become a grandpa in an emotional music video where, in a rare sight, he teared up.
Some fans said it was the first time they’d ever seen him cry, as in the video his daughter Hailie Jade handed him a sports jersey with ‘Grandpa 1’ on the back.
Yep, it turns out that she and husband Evan McClintock are expecting a new member of the family, and in the video to ‘Temporary’ grandad-to-be Eminem held up an ultra scan picture of the baby.
The legendary rapper was gobsmacked. (EminemMusic/YouTube)
Fortunately he’s still sticking around for a good while yet, and he’ll get to see his grandkid soon enough.
The pregnancy has come as a surprise and Hailie explained how she was able to keep the fact that she had a baby on the way a secret for so long.
It turns out she got by with a little help from her friends, revealing that her best pal Brittany Ednie had secretly been quaffing her alcoholic drinks to keep it a secret.
In the latest episode of the Just A Little Shady podcast she said her friend ‘covered for’ her during a recent wedding she was at.
Ednie explained: “I need to also defend myself now that this is public knowledge, that you are pregnant, because at said wedding, people did not know that she was pregnant.
“So she was, you know, grabbing a drink, not consuming the drink as a responsible parent does.
“Whenever people were turned around, she would hand me her drink, and I would chug so it looked as if she was continuously drinking throughout the night.”
Hailie Jade revealed she kept the pregnancy a secret for a while thanks to help from her friend Brittany Ednie. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
Hailie praised her friend for ‘taking one for the team’ by drinking her alcohol without even really being asked to.
She said she ‘never really asked you to do it’ and it was just ‘an unspoken thing with our eyes’ that got her to help out and keep the secret.
Now they don’t have to pretend anymore since the announcement, which has made the news public to millions of people.
Hailie Jade married partner Evan McClintock earlier this year, and footage in the ‘Temporary’ video shows the father-of-the-bride dancing with his daughter while she wore her wedding dress.
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Hailie Jade has been the subject of much of the rapper’s work over the years, with one of the latest songs sending her a heartbreaking message in the event of his death.
The music video for ‘Temporary’ dropped last night (3 October), featuring moments of Hailie’s life, including Eminem crying on her wedding day.
But while this new release might be pretty sweet – there’s even the news of the rapper becoming a granddad – the ‘Somebody Save Me’ video was too much for Hailie.
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A lot of Eminem’s work talks about Hailie. (YouTube/EminemMusic)
On her Just a Little Shady podcast, the 28-year-old said: “Speaking of things I watched this past week, which I guess I’ll say watched, but I refused to watch again — the ‘Somebody Save Me’ music video is out and I did watch the thing.”
The emotional clip shows footage of her as a child while her dad apologises for not being there for her when she was little. He blames substance and alcohol abuse for missing out on her growing up.
“Another pill as I start to spiral / Message to my daughters / I don’t even deserve the father title / Hailie, I’m so sorry / I know I wasn’t there for your first guitar recital,” Eminem raps.
“Didn’t walk you down the aisle / Missed the birth of your first child / Your first podcast, lookin’ down, sweetie.”
Hailie struggles with the track. (Instagram/@hailiejade)
Hailie did also open up about ‘Temporary’ following its release on the new The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) album back in July.
On the verge of tears, she said it made her realise ‘how bad things were’.
“But now as an adult in hindsight it’s so scary to think about and I think that’s why I get emotional,” she said. “I will say if you’ve ever lost an addict or loved one, I feel for you.”
During the track, the father-of-three attempts to put her at ease, telling her that life is going to be difficult, but ok, after he dies.
At the beginning of the song, we hear an old recording of a conversation between the pair, when she was a kid.
The intro goes: “A lot of people ask me, am I afraid of death? The truth is, I think what scares the me most is not being able to say all the things.
“I wanna say to you when I’m no longer here. So this song is for Hailie, for when that day comes. Where is Hailie? Where is she at? This ain’t Hailie. Who is it?
“It’s a monster.”
In the song, he then raps: “Look after Eleana, Stevie and Uncle Nate / And, sweetie, be strong; I know I was your rock, and I still am / Saying goodbye is just not ever easy / Why you crying? Just stop / Hailie, baby, dry your eyes, this is not forever.”
Hailie Jade revealed how Eminem was as a ‘young’ father before rapper released heartbreaking new song
Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade, discussed the relationship on her podcast Just a Little Shady
Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade has opened up on what the rapper was like as a ‘young’ father.
Before he found global fame as world renowned rapper, Eminem – real name Marshall Mathers – was first and foremost a father to his daughter, Hallie Jade.
Born when the rapper was just 23 years old, Eminem has never hidden his devotion to his daughter over the years, writing heartfelt tracks for her such as ‘Hailie’s Song’ and ‘Mockingbird’ in her honour.
Now a grown up herself, Hailie, 28, has often spoken about the bond between her and her father and touched on their relationship during a recent episode of her podcast Just a Little Shady.
Hailie Jade spoke about what her dad was like when she was a kid (YouTube/ just a little shady podcast)
Appearing alongside her uncle Nate Samra-Mathers – who is the younger half-brother to the rapper – the pair were discussing Paris Hilton becoming a mother at 41, to which Hailie asked her uncle if he was happy with the age he’d had children at.
Nate explained that he was happy to have had his first child at age 24, with the pair then compared his situation to how Eminem was as a young father.
“It’s kind of like the same thing with Dad,” Hailie began. “Like a lot of people were concerned that he wasn’t going to be a good dad or something. But here we are.”
“He was the best role model I could have had to help me be the dad that I am today,” Nate then replied.
Hailie then went on to say she ‘appreciated’ having young parents, adding: “It is cool when you’re a younger parent because you get a friendship as well with your kids. I always did appreciate that.”
The rapper often uses his lyrics to share his devotion to his children. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
On his most recent album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace), Eminem addressed two heartbreaking songs to his daughter Hailie, as well as Alaina and Stevie, who he also adopted.
On ‘Somebody Save Me’, Eminem addresses his 2007 overdose, which saw him left just ‘two hours from dying’.
He sings the track from the prospective that he had died that day and apologises to Hailie and the rest of his family, sharing a heartbreaking list of all the milestones he would’ve missed if he hadn’t survived the overdose.
Not contend with leaving fans in tears just once, he also wrote a song dedicated to his daughter in the event of his future death, promising her that things will be difficult but ok after he dies.
“Look after Eleana, Stevie and Uncle Nate / And, sweetie, be strong; I know I was your rock, and I still am / Saying goodbye is just not ever easy,” he raps.
“Why you crying? Just stop / Hailie, baby, dry your eyes, this is not forever.”
Fans were, of course, left in floods of tears at the sentimental song, sharing their emotional reactions on social media.
Viewers said it was the ‘first time’ they’ve ever seen the 51-year-old ‘cry’ as his daughter Hailie Jade Scott delivers the good news.
In the music video for ‘Temporary’, Eminem is sat outside on the patio as the 28-year-old hands over a blue jersey that reads ‘Grandpa 1’.
With the whole thing being filmed, the dad-of-three looks visibly stunned as the pair share an intimate moment.
The pair shared a wonderful father/daughter moment (YouTube/EminemMusic)
Hailie Jade, who married her long-term partner Evan McClintock earlier this year, also shows him an ultra scan of the baby.
As the Grammy-winning artist from Detroit takes a look at the picture, fans think they’ve witnessed a first as his eyes well up.
Earlier into music video, he also appears to cry on his daughter’s wedding day.
A shocked Eminem then holds the image up to the camera and looks like the proudest dad/soon-to-be grandad in the world.
Commenting on the video, one person said: “Eminem crying is the last thing I expected to see… Dad and daughter bond is truly amazing… Loved this song.”
Fans were delighted for the rapper (EminemMusic/YouTube)
“This is the first time I’ve actually seen Eminem start crying. You can see it under his glasses,” a second penned.
“The hardest rapper alive is crying. I am crying right now,” a third said.
“It wasn’t Slim Shady, Eminem, or Marshall, it was father to daughter. Can’t wait for the follow up song for his grand child soon to come! Congratulations,” wrote a fourth.
At the start of the music video, Eminem plays old videos of dad and daughter when they were younger.
“A lot of people ask me, am I afraid of death? The truth is, I think what scares me the most is not being able to say all the things I wanna say to you when I’m no longer here,” he begins.
“So this song is for Hailie, for when that day comes.”
Eminem then asks: “Where is Hailie? Where is she at?”
“This ain’t Hailie,” she says, before her dad asks: “Who is it?”
“It’s a monster,” the girl replies while.
All while, Eminem raps about the idea of him, one day, no longer being here, saying: “Yeah, so Hailie Jade, I wrote you this song to help you cope with life now that I’m gone.
“How should I start? Just wanna say, look after Alaina, Stevie, and Uncle Nate, and, sweetie, be strong, I know I was your rock.
“And I still am, saying goodbye is just not ever easy. But why you crying? Just stop Hailie, baby, dry your eye, this is not forever.”
