Eminem Reportedly Looks To His Inner Circle For Another Chance At Love

Eminem is igniting his love life again with someone who has been in his corner for years.

The world-renowned rapper is apparently smitten with his hairstylist, who has worked with him and many other popular artists for years. While the rapper struggled with drug usage and trust issues in the past, his lover, Katrina Malota, is a hairstylist and makeup artist, andrecently had her weight loss surgery.

Eminem recently became a grandfather, and although he struggled with raising his kids, he says he views them as his most significant life accomplishment.

Eminem is reportedly dating a woman he has known for years, his hairstylist Katrina Malota. She is a stylist and makeup artist based in Michigan, and when she is not working with famous artists like Eminem, she works at a salon in Birmingham.

No reports have been made concerning the exact timeline of their relationship, as neither of them has made statements to that effect. However, Malota has worked with the rapper for years, handling his hair and grooming for music videos and photo shoots.

Reports from TMZ indicate that her website lists collaborations with other major artists in the industry, including 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg. Additionally, her Facebook page reveals that she is also from Detroit, just like Eminem.

While Eminem has a history of drug abuse, his new partner had a health and wellness battle where she struggled with weight loss. According to The Daily Mail, although Malota's Instagram and Tiktok accounts are private, she shared some personal information on her Facebook page.

She gave a shout-out to her alleged boyfriend for his 2020 Oscars performance, describing him as "her local hometown genius." Malota detailed her weight loss journey and health struggle,s revealing that she had undergone bariatric surgery a few years ago.  In a post made on May 8, she wrote:

"Aside from having bariatric surgery a little over five years ago, the last year and a half I've spent doing peptides, and GLP-1 [agonist drug] to be specific." 

She then added a positive message, "It has changed my life and I want to help it change yours."

Eminem's relationship status in August 2024 was confirmed as single. They revealed that the rapper, at that time, was apparently too paranoid to give any woman a chance.

Others also claimed that due to his perilous past relationships and love experience, he was scarred for life, and although he would love to be in a relationship, he could not bring himself to trust anyone.

According to The Sun, the insider who shared this information also stated that seeing the rapper lonely made them wish he would let his guard down and open up to finding love once more.

The musician himself spoke about the trust issues in an interview back in 2011, where he said, "I'd like to be in a relationship again someday. Who doesn't? It's just hard to meet new people in my position," and this is evident as over the years, he has only tied the knot with one woman.

Eminiem has three children, Halie, Alaina, and Stevie. Being a father is more than a mere status to him, as it influenced his life choices and music. The artist struggled with substance abuse for years and in celebrating his 12 years of sobriety in 2020, her shared an Instagram post.

In two different interviews with The New York Times, Eminem credited his sobriety success to his kids. He revealed that he stayed sober because of them, and also said they helped him through many things, after expressing his love for them.

Speaking about his children, he describes them as his proudest accomplishments in life. "When I think about my accomplishments, that's probably the thing I'm the most proud of is being able to raise kids," he said after explaining how being a dad equated to living a double life.

Eminem has not only been in the spotlight for raising his kids but has also had his fair share of attention due to substance abuse. The artist has opened up honestly about how fame, pressure, and personal pain led him down a dangerous path.

The Blast reported that his issues began in the late 1990s and worsened as his career gained momentum. It worsened as he got to the point of taking up to 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills a day and relied on Ambien to sleep, and used methadone, a synthetic opioid he mistook for a weaker painkiller.

Eminem was rushed to the hospital in 2007 after a fatal methadone overdose, after which he tried to stay clean by attempting rehab the following year, but relapsed. In 2010, he released his album "Recovery," which reflected on the painful journey of drug abuse that nearly cost him everything.

Congratulations to Eminem!