It's a rap: Eminem re-weds

The tightly guarded ceremony attracts fans and celebrity news outlets to Rochester Hills.

Adam Graham and Kim Kozlowski / The Detroit News

ROCHESTER HILLS -- One of music's most storied couples added another page to their history book Saturday when Detroit rapper Eminem and Kim Mathers re-tied the knot at a closely guarded ceremony at Meadow Brook Hall.

Eminem's Interscope Records publicist Dennis Dennehy confirmed to The Detroit News that the couple exchanged their vows.

Family and close friends who were in attendance, including 50 Cent, members of D12, Obie Trice and members of G-Unit, were served lobster tail and filet mignon, Dennehy said. New York DJ Lord Sear spun tunes at the reception.

Prior to the ceremony, details of the wedding were kept private, and guests and workers alike were asked to sign confidentiality agreements to keep them from speaking to the media.

On the Oakland University campus Saturday afternoon, a roadblock guarded by three campus police vehicles was set up at the entrance to Sunset Lane, which leads to Mansion Drive, on which Meadow Brook Hall is located.

At least four stretch limousines -- one thought to be carrying Eminem -- were ushered past the police barricades and to the mansion's front door before 5 p.m.

About 35 people -- including representatives from media outlets from New York, Los Angeles and Toronto -- gathered outside the barricade, as three helicopters hovered above trying to get a peek at the action. Journalists from In Touch, People and Star magazines were on site covering the event.

Fans braved the cold and windy weather, too, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the wedding's celebrity guests or even the happy couple.

"This kind of stuff happens in Hollywood, not here in Rochester Hills," said Cassandra Tordosinsky, a 33-year-old Eminem fan who lives down the street from Meadow Brook Hall.

"It's kind of neat to be a part of it."

Dion Emelian, 30, of Shelby Township said he saw Eminem pass by him in a black stretch limo. How did he know it was the hip-hop superstar?

"He flipped us off," Emelian said. "That's OK, we don't mind. That's his way."

Ken Harris drove from Windsor on Saturday to try to catch a glimpse of the goings-on. Harris, 31, said he's happy for the reunited couple, especially for the sake of their daughter. "It's nice to see a family back together again," he said.

Eminem's estranged mother, Debbie Nelson, told The News on Friday the wedding was to take place Monday in Hawaii and that the Saturday plan was a hoax to throw off the press.

Invites to the wedding, which were obtained and reprinted by various news outlets, read, "This day I will marry my best friend, the one I laugh with, live for, love."

D12 rapper and Eminem's right-hand man Proof was Em's best man.

High school sweethearts Marshall Mathers, 33, and Kimberly Scott, 30, were first married in a small ceremony -- Em told WKQI-FM (95.5) last month "like three people" were in attendance -- on June 14, 1999, in St. Joseph, Mo.

The couple has one daughter together, 10-year-old Hailie Jade. Kim has a 2-year-old daughter by another man.

Even before they were married, Em and Kim's notoriously tumultuous relationship had been the inspiration for some of Eminem's most violent, intense and controversial material.

Eminem rapped about killing Kim and disposing of her body -- while their daughter rode shotgun -- on " '97 Bonnie and Clyde," a track from 1999's "The Slim Shady LP."

A scene from the song is illustrated on the album's cover.

Em again fantasized about murdering the mother of his child in almost pornographic detail on "Kim," from 2000's "The Marshall Mathers LP," but admitted in the twisted tale's chorus, "I don't wanna go on living in this world without you."

"We've got a really funny relationship," Eminem told MTV in 2000.

"Our relationship is I don't know if it's healthy, but it's a weird relationship."

Their relationship has been rocky off-record, too. Eminem, who sports a "Kim: Rot in Pieces" tattoo on his chest, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon in June 2000, when he pulled a gun on a bartender he saw kissing his wife at the Hot Rocks Cafe in Warren. He was given two years' probation for the incident.

Em filed for divorce in August 2000; their divorce was finalized in October 2001.

Since his 1999 debut, Eminem has sold more than 26 million albums.

Eminem's greatest hits compilation, "Curtain Call -- The Hits," has sold 1.5 million copies since its Dec. 6 release and sits at No. 3 on Billboard's albums chart.

The couple is planning a honeymoon later this year, Dennehy said.

You can reach Adam Graham at (313) 222-2284 or agraham@detnews.com.