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Eminem has recently become a popular topic again after Gen Z TikTok users highlighted some of his more offensive lyrics in a back-and-forth debate. The rapper has had a fair amount of controversy throughout his career, perhaps especially for lyrics that many considered misogynistic or homophobic, but Charlamagne, but God thinks any attempt to ‘cancel’ Slim Shady will not stay, no matter how people feel.
In a recent episode of his podcast Brilliant idiot, Charlamagne discussed the recent debate over Em’s legacy. “TikTok is trying to cancel Eminem,” he said. ‘I think it’s funny when children go back to the periods when they did not even have to play. They just play old Eminem lyrics and do what the outrage culture does. Trying to settle a case against Eminem, but I’ll tell you why it will never work; This is Eminem’s whole sign. ‘
The debate was further fueled by a particular embarrassment of a release, in which a TikTok user raved about how Eminem could not be ‘canceled’. Lil Nas X also parodied the situation with a deliberately bad free kick, all with a big grin on his face. ‘Eminem was the reason we thought we could get away with that kind of shit. In the era in which we grew up, there is a bar, “Charlamagne continued.” If your bars are the Howard Sterns and The Stars and the Eminems, Wendy Williams, all these people who say your wild shit, what should you do? “
Although it is debatable if people even want to “cancel” Eminem, especially if there are people who should be held more responsible than Em, he did refer to such a topic on his track “Tone Deaf.” He said, ‘I will not stop, even if my hair turns gray (I am deaf) / because they will not stop until they cancel me.’
In the end, Eminem’s fans are not going to indulge, even though it’s clear that his more challenging lyrics do not suit many listeners. Sit down, no one plans to take it the Marshall Mathers LP away from you. In particular, his material from the past has been highlighted as offensive, even though he was as central as in 2018 at the center of the controversy. lyrics.
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