Who is DeAngelo Bailey?

In the song “Brain Damage” on The Slim Shady LP (1999), Eminem raps about a bully named DeAngelo Bailey who used to pick on him in grade school. Now Bailey is targeting Eminem yet again. He recently hit the rapper with a $1 million lawsuit, claiming Eminem invaded his privacy and slandered him.

What did DeAngelo Bailey do to Eminem?

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, says in the song Bailey beat him up in a school bathroom, banging his head on a urinal and choking him. Bailey sued in 2001, accusing the Detroit-area rapper of invading his privacy by publicizing unreasonable information that put him in a false light.

Why did Eminem get sued by bully?

He attempted to sue Eminem for slander. He said the song, that portrays him as a bully, was an invasion of privacy and filed a $1 million lawsuit. Bailey’s attorney, tried to turn the tale on its head, and portray Eminem as the real bully, effectively calling him racist, which was unfounded.

Did Bailey sue Eminem?

Thirty-two-year-old DeAngelo Bailey filed suit against the rapper, citing lyrics from “Brain Damage” (a song from the 1999 album The Slim Shady LP) as slanderous.

Who bullied Eminem as a child?

D’Angelo Bailey
According to MTV, it all started just two days before his 9th birthday when a bully named D’Angelo Bailey split his lip and knocked the wind out of him and from there, the beatings got worse and worse.

Is Eminem’s Mom rich?

As for Debbie, she’s been living a relatively quiet life the last few years. She is now married to a man named John Briggs, has three grandchildren, and a number of publications estimate her net worth to be around $700,000.

Did Eminem lose the lawsuit?

M O U N T  C L E M E N S, Mich., Aug. 8, 2001 — A Macomb County Judge has ruled that rapper Eminem’s mother is entitled to $1,600 of a $25,000settlement she won against her son. Debbie Mathers originally brought a $11 million defamation ofcharacter lawsuit against her hip-hop star son in 1999.

Who put Eminem in a coma?

He was bullied badly as a child and one incident even saw the man known as Slim Shady put in a coma for almost a week. According to MTV, it all started just two days before his 9th birthday when a bully named D’Angelo Bailey split his lip and knocked the wind out of him and from there, the beatings got worse and worse.

Did Eminem get sued for Brain Damage?

As a circuit court judge, Servitto presided over a case in which DeAngelo Bailey sued Eminem over allegedly defamatory lines in the song “Brain Damage” from the 1999 album, The Slim Shady LP that said “I was harassed daily by this fat kid named D’Angelo Bailey.