How Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Jade Honored Him With Baby Name

Hailie Jade was not afraid to turn to her family for the perfect baby name.

So, when Eminem’s daughter and her husband Evan McClintock welcomed their son on April 4, they took inspiration from the “Lose Yourself” rapper (real name Marshall Mathers) by naming him Elliot Marshall McClintock, with his middle name being a nod to his grandfather.

Eminem has been along for the ride as he prepared to become a first-time grandfather. In fact, Hailie—whose mom is Kim Scott—announced her pregnancy in her dad’s music video for “Temporary” featuring Skylar Gray, a track dedicated to his daughter.

The heartfelt video shows footage of her growing up and the love he has for his little girl. At the end of the video, Hailie gifts him a Detroit Lions jersey with “#1 Grandpa” on the back alongside a sonogram for her baby, leaving Eminem shocked. And the 29-year-old previously detailed what it was like to share that moment with him.

“He was like, ‘Are you trying to call me old?” Hailie shared on her podcast Just a Little Shady in October about breaking the news to her dad. “Then I hold up the ultrasound picture and he was like, ‘Oh my god. Wait, this is real? This is happening?'”At the end of the video, Hailie shares her love for her dad in a heartfelt note.

“Dad, I got this card a few years ago & held onto it & now feels like the perfect time to give you it,” it read. “Thank you for everything you do & always being there for all of us girls. You truly are the best dad in the world. Love you forever + 100 million dollars forever & always. [Love] Bean.”

“He was like, ‘Are you trying to call me old?” Hailie shared on her podcast Just a Little Shady in October about breaking the news to her dad. “Then I hold up the ultrasound picture and he was like, ‘Oh my god. Wait, this is real? This is happening?'”

At the end of the video, Hailie shares her love for her dad in a heartfelt note.

“Dad, I got this card a few years ago & held onto it & now feels like the perfect time to give you it,” it read. “Thank you for everything you do & always being there for all of us girls. You truly are the best dad in the world. Love you forever + 100 million dollars forever & always. [Love] Bean.”

Eminem, Hailie Jade, Temporary music video screenshot

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The duo continues to show their support for one another. During Hailie and Evan’s wedding last May, the “Mockingbird” rapper was by her side in an intimate wedding and sharing a father-daughter dance together at the Battle-Creek, Michigan, ceremony.

“Laughs & smiles were had, & so much love was felt,” Hailie gushed in a May 2024 Instagram post. “Evan and I are feeling so grateful for all of the family & friends that traveled to support us and be a part of this new chapter of our lives as husband & wife.”

For more on their growing family, keep reading.

Kim Mathers

Kim Mathers

Born Kimberly Ann Scott, the Michigan native was Eminem’s high school sweetheart. She welcomed their daughter Hailie Jade in 1995.

Kim was married to the rapper from 1999 to 2001, and briefly again in 2006. Their tumultuous relationship has been referenced in several of Eminem’s songs, including “’97 Bonnie & Clyde,” “Puke” and “Bad Husband.”

“In our relationship, there’s a pattern,” Kim said of their on-and-off romance in a 2007 interview with 20/20. ” We’ll have two good years and then it will go bad for some reason. It’s like a two-year max with us and we hadn’t reached the two years yet. I just didn’t want to rush into anything before the two years.”

However, Kim noted that Eminem has always been an “excellent” father.

“He loves the kids very much,” she shared. “He’s always lending a helping hand.”

Hailie Jade Scott

<p>Hailie Jade Scott</p>

Eminem and Kim welcomed Hailie on Dec. 25, 1995. According to music star, her birth was a “real wake-up call” to “get my a– in gear.”

“Everything that I am doing right now is for Hailie,” he told Q magazine in 2001. “The money—it’s for her college.”

She spent most of her youth under Eminem’s 15,000-square-foot roof in the Detroit suburbs, before attending Michigan State University to study psychology. There, she met her now-husband Evan McClintock, who she married in May 2024 after getting engaged the year prior.

“She’s doing good,” Eminem said of Hailie during a 2020 episode of Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson, adding that the influencer—who now goes by Hailie Jade—graduated from college with a 3.9 GPA. “She’s made me proud for sure.”

In October 2024, Hailie announced her pregnancy with her and Evan’s first child, a baby boy.

Alaina Marie Scott

Alaina Marie Scott

Born on Feb. 22, 1993, Alaina is the daughter of Kim’s sister Dawn Scott.

She was adopted by Eminem in the early aughts due to her mother’s struggles with addiction. “I have full custody of my niece and joint custody of Hailie,” the 8 Mile star told Rolling Stone in 2004. “I was always there for Hailie, and my niece has been a part of my life ever since she was born. Me and Kim pretty much had her, she’d live with us wherever we was at.”

Having been largely raised by Eminem, the Oakland University alum calls him “dad” and had him accompany her down the aisle when she wed Matt Moeller in June 2023.

“He wasn’t going to miss that,” she told People after the nuptials, during which Hailie served as a Maid of Honor. “None of this would have been possible without my dad. I’m beyond blessed.”

Her mother passed away in 2016 at the age of 41.

Stevie Laine Scott

Stevie Laine Scott

Kim welcomed Stevie on April 16, 2002, with her then-boyfriend Eric Hartter. Eminem legally adopted Stevie in 2005, when he reconciled with Kim.

Stevie came out as nonbinary in August 2021, sharing in a TikTok video that they identify using “all pronouns.”

They added in the caption, “forever growing and changing.”

Debbie Nelson

Debbie Nelson

Born in 1955 at a military base in Kansas, Debbie is the mother of Eminem.

She married the “Without Me” artist’s father Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. when she was 15, according to her 2008 memoir My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem. She became pregnant with Eminem 16 months later and relocated to Michigan, where her maternal grandmother lived.

Debbie and Eminem’s strained relationship has been documented in several of his songs, including his 2002 smash hit “Cleanin’ Out My Closet.” In the track, he alleged that Debbie abused prescription pills when he was young—which she denied in her autobiography.

“What mother wants to be known as a pill-popping alcoholic who lives on welfare?” she wrote. “None of it was true, but the fibs kept getting bigger, and ultimately Marshall and I became estranged.”

However, Eminem has since expressed regret in airing out his family drama. In his 2013 song “Headlights,” he rapped, “I went in headfirst, never thinking about who, what I said hurt / In what verse, my mom probably got it the worst.”

Nelson died at the age of 69 in 2024 following a battle with cancer.