Rap singer Eminem performs at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 4, 2005. REUTERS/Fred Greaves

DETROIT (Reuters) - Rapper Eminem and his ex-wife, are expected to pick up a marriage license as soon as Thursday in the Detroit area, ahead of a second wedding that would be the latest twist in their turbulent relationship.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, and Kimberly Mathers applied for a marriage license in Macomb County, just north of Detroit on Monday, an official in the clerk's office said on Thursday.

The marriage license, which cost $20, is valid after a three-day waiting period for 30 days. The couple had not turned up as of Thursday morning to claim the license, the official at the clerk's office said.

Eminem, 33, who famously rapped about a fantasy of killing his ex-wife in the hit song "Kim," told a Detroit radio station last month that the couple had reconciled and would probably re-marry.

Published reports have said the two plan to marry on Saturday in the gritty Detroit suburb of Warren where they both once lived, just beyond the border of Detroit, 8 Mile Road, made famous as the title for Eminem's semi-autobiographical 2002 movie.

The Mathers married in 1999 and their divorce, which prompted a bitter custody battle over their young daughter, was finalized in 2001.

Last year, the hip-hop superstar was treated for addiction to a sleep medication and had to cancel his European tour. His greatest hits collection "Curtain Call" was released in December.

Eminem has denied he plans to retire but suggested he could take a break from recording and performing.

"I'm at a point in my life right now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going right now," he told Detroit radio station WKQI-FM last month in the only interview he granted to promote the album.

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