Eminem's Wife Files for Divorce

Eminem's wife, Kim Mathers, filed for a divorce on March 1st in Macomb County Circuit Court in Michigan. Last August, following a tumultuous summer that began with Eminem's arrest for assault and weapons possession in June and Kim Mathers' suicide attempt in July, Eminem filed for divorce from his wife of almost two years. In December the couple agreed to call off divorce proceedings and attempted to reconcile for the sake of their five-year-old daughter, Hailie.

Kim Mathers is seeking joint physical and legal custody of their daughter and is asking that all the couple's assets be frozen until divorce settlements are arranged. Meanwhile Eminem is back in court on April 10th for sentencing on a concealed weapon charge stemming from the June 4th incident outside a Warren, Michigan nightclub.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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