What You Don't Know About Hailie Mathers

Ready to feel old? Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, rapper Eminem's daughter, can legally drink. Yes, you read that correctly. The adorable blonde baby whose voice can be heard cooing on Eminem's song "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" is officially a grown-up.

For many, Hailie was the much-needed sugar to the strong spice that is Eminem. She's cute and seems to melt his ice cold heart. But we really don't know much about the young Mathers. Despite having a multi-platinum selling dad, she's been able to grow up hidden from the spotlight. So, since we all know the real Slim Shady, let's get to know the real Hailie Mathers.

Before Blue Ivy got in formation with Momma Bey, Hailie Mathers was in the studio with her famous dad. According to Eminem, Take Your Daughter to Work Day was almost every day in the Mathers' household. Hailie would go with him to the studio and, in many instances, inspired him and even helped out with some of his tracks.

"That's my little girl, you know she's goofy too," Eminem said during a 2002 interview. "One day we were in the studio doing a song and she was like 'Somebody help me, I think my dad's gone crazy.' I said, 'Hailie what did you say?' She said it again and then said 'Daddy I want to do it on the mic.' I said, 'OK.' I got her in the booth."

That line became the hook of Eminem's song "My Dad's Gone Crazy." Thanks to that goofy one-liner, Hailie's name was added to the Guinness World Records as "Youngest R&B chart entrant." She was 6 years, 210 days old when the song debuted in August 2002.

While we know Hailie Mathers is the apple of her daddy's eye, she isn't the only Mathers child. Hailie is technically the middle child in a somewhat blended family. Her elder sister — born in 1993 — is the biological child of Dawn Scott, Kim Scott's (Eminem's ex-wife's) twin sister. Kim and Eminem adopted Amanda, whose name was then changed to Alaina. Alaina's bio mom, Dawn, died in 2016 of an apparent heroin overdose, according to Radar.

Hailie's younger sister, Whitney Laine Scott, was born in 2002. Whitney is not Eminem's biological daughter — she's the product of another relationship Kim had when the couple was divorced. But Eminem has claimed the little girl as his own, he adopted her and is sharing custody of the minor with his ex-wife.

In addition to being a smart girl, she's also well liked at her school — enough so that she was crowned Homecoming Queen back in 2013. According to the Macomb Daily News (via ABC News), Hailie was crowned during a high school football game. She was escorted by her mother, Kim Scott — and poppa Mathers wasn't too far away. A parent who was in attendance told the paper, "Her father watched from inside the school because he didn't want to cause a scene — he wanted Hailie to have her own moment."

Chippewa Valley Board of Education President George Sobah told the paper, "I heard our people had (Eminem) in the cafeteria so he could see what was going on outside." Another parent said Eminem was "beaming with pride" and was heard saying, "That's my daughter." Hailie wasn't likely picked just because of famous father. According to the article, she's a well-liked girl who was selected by her peers and faculty on her own merits.

In 2011, a Twitter account with the handle @Angry_Blonde appeared, claiming to be Eminem's then-15-year-old daughter Hailie Mathers, according to Sandra Rose. The account reportedly doled out strange nuggets of wisdom like, "Good guys are found in every corner of the earth, but unfortunately the earth has no corners," as well as repeatedly tried to get the attention of Chris Brown. Ultimately, the game was up when Eminem's rep, Dennis Deeney told E! News, "This account is a fake and Hailie has no Twitter account at all."

But that didn't stop another Twitter imposter, @hailiejade_x, from trying to pull off the same stunt the next year. According to HuffPost, @hailiejade_x caused even more trouble than @Angry_Blonde when he or she tried to spark a flame war with Taylor Swift by tweeting out this offensive swipe: "Dear @taylorswift13, please stop whoring around with every guy you see. We all know you're only doing it so you can make another album." Once again, E! News spoke with a rep for Eminem who said the account was a fake.

As of this writing, the real Hailie Jade Scott Mathers is still not on Twitter.

Since her Instagram debut, Hailie has posted a grand total of 22 times. Her two most recent posts, as of this writing, are from March 23, 2017 when she celebrated National Puppy Day by sharing four photos of her adorable puppy, Lottie.

The first post was a slideshow featuring the above pic and three more with the caption, "Happy #nationalpuppyday from the sassiest pup around." The second post featured a pic of Hailie looking like a stunning young starlet, and was captioned, "Yes my pants match my closet & yes Lottie's entitled to photobomb on puppy day."

Appearing in five pics out of the 25 total photos Hailie has chosen to share with the world, it's clear that Lottie has a special place in her heart.

As amazing as this is going to sound, the rapper who once put his daughter on a track about killing her mother and dumping her body in the ocean also maintained a "no swearing" policy in his house.

During his interview on 60 Minutes, when asked about whether he feels a responsibility for his music having a negative impact on kids, Eminem said, "I feel like it's your job to parent them. If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters. I mean, how would I really sound, as a person, like, walkin' around my house, you know, 'B*tch pick this up.' You know what I mean? Like, I don't cuss." He elaborated, "Profanity around my house, no. But this is music, this is my art, this is what I do."

Apparently, the separation between his stage persona and home life was an effective tactic, because, at least by outward appearances, Hailie seems to have grown up to be a well-adjusted person.

Though Eminem has since become more apprehensive about talking about daughter Hailie Mathers in interviews, there was a time that he spoke about her a lot. In a 2002 Rolling Stone interview, the "Stan" rapper opened up about how difficult his tumultuous relationship with Kim had been on Hailie. He also said that he was an extremely attentive father, claiming, "In school, when they have plays, field trips, all that stuff, I don't miss them, even if I gotta deal with the craziness. And the teachers are really good about telling the kids, 'When Hailie's dad comes in, he's Hailie's dad, Mr. Mathers.' Last year I went and read to the class. Two books. It was reading month or something."

In another interview that is undated, but clearly features a younger Eminem, he spelled out exactly how Hailie inspired him to succeed. "[Hailie] has been my main, like source of drive and motivation, especially when she was first born and I didn't have a career, I didn't have money, I didn't have place a to live," Eminem told interviewer, Sway. "So I think that really kicked me in the ass harder than anything was knowing that, and like, how I'm gonna raise her and like gave me that motivation. She's always the driving force for me to like stay busy, stay focused and always been my number one reason for fear of failure. I can't fail, I can't fail, because if I do, then... I can't be a failure. I can't have her grow up and not be able to say her dad succeeded... Truth is, she's all I got in this world, like really. If anything ended tomorrow, she's all that I have," he continued.

With a reported net worth of nearly $200 million, and Hailie well on her way to a college degree, it doesn't seem like Eminem has to worry about success anymore.