Eminem is about to become a grandfather for the first time after revealing that his daughter Hailie Jade Scott is pregnant with her first child.
The 51-year-old rap superstar made the surprise announcement in the music video for Temporary, which features old home videos of his daughter. Towards the end of the video, Hailie Jade hands her dad a Detroit Lions football jersey with the the number 1 and the word “Grandpa” on the back. She also hands him photos of her ultrasound, and he turns to the camera with a shocked look on his face.
Hailie Jade married McClintock earlier this year in a lavish wedding surrounded by family and friends.
“No babies. Just a boyfriend. She’s doing good,” Eminem said of his daughter. “She’s made me proud for sure … She’s graduated from college, had a 3.9 (GPA).”
Temporary, which appears on his latest album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), features Em delivering a message to Hailie Jade after he dies. “Hailie Jade, I wrote you this song/To help you cope with life now that I’m gone,” he sings.
Last year, McClintock spoke about the moment he asked Em for his blessing.
“I saw your dad go downstairs, and I’m like, ‘I gotta do it right now, or I’m not doing it today, and I’m gonna have to schedule another time,’” he continued. “So I just followed him downstairs, and, thankfully, he was just down there getting your cake and made it happen.”
In 2001, the When I’m Gone rapper called fatherhood “a real wakeup call.”
Eminem shares Hailie Jade with his ex-wife Kim Scott. He also adopted Scott’s daughter, Stevie, and his niece, Alaina.
“My kids — I love them so much, and they’ve helped me through so many things,” he said.