Eminem divorces first wife a second time

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — US rap superstar Eminem has filed for divorce from his wife Kim Mathers less than three months after he remarried her, a publicist for the singer said.

The couple -- whose stormy relationship has been the focus of much of Eminem's music -- walked down the aisle for the second time on January 14 after reconciling following their 2001 divorce after two tears of marriage.

A spokesman for Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, confirmed the fresh split but declined to provide any details.

"Other than confirming I have no comment," Dennis Dennehy said in an e-mail to AFP.

Eminem, 33, and Kim Mathers, 31, first began dating 17 years ago, and married in 1999, but the marriage was subsequently dissolved.

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