There has been no comment from 50 Cent or his record label so far, but given his history of sending outlandish tweets, I wouldn’t be surprised it we hear from the rapper shortly and in 140 characters or less.As the news of American rapper Eminem's February/March 2014 tour of South Africa spread through media outlets recently, press releases rushed to list the artist's successes, but made no mention of renewed accusations of homophobia following the release of his latest album. The rapper has recently said he meant it only as a joke, but GLAAD has since issued a statement calling on 50 Cent to tell his Twitter followers that making jokes that promoting violence against the gay community is wrong. wasnt his but still made me feel better.” Eminem’s former protégé 50 Cent, who recently came under fire for tweeting that “Perez Hilton calld me douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. Other popular artists have received widely publicized criticisms for their homophobia. His lyrics were always in question not because they were the most offensive, but because they reached millions of people from all races, creeds and ages.Īlthough Eminem may have legitimate complaints about some doubting his rapping abilities because he’s white, he should not feel singled out for being homophobic for that reason. From his ongoing battles with GLAAD to his performance with Elton John at the Grammy Awards, his experience with homophobia and the gay community has been a public one. He one of the top 10 best-selling artists of the past 15 years, and no rapper has ever sold more albums than Eminem.
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Cooper didn’t pursue any questions about how Eminem’s battle with prescription drugs or his decision to get clean over the last year may have influenced his use of fading use of sexist and misogynist language over his last two albums.Įminem may think it was his skin color that got him targeted by various groups and commentators, but his popularity is the more likely cause. After Eminem declared "this is my art," the line of questioning more or less died.
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“‘Faggot’ was thrown around constantly in battling.”Ĭooper, despite his recent efforts to combat homophobia in television and film, gave the rapper a relatively free pass on his gay-bashing.
“The scene that I came up in… that word was thrown around so much,” he said. Eminem also defended using the word “faggot” in his work, relying on tradition and upbringing as a defense, although he never denied that the word was hateful. You know what I mean? Like I’m just whatever.”ĭespite the double negative, he probably meant he didn’t have “a problem” with gay people, although even that is a pretty lukewarm defense. Cooper pressed him, asking Eminem if he disliked gay people after reading him lyrics from a 2002 song in which he says “do I hate fags, the answer is yes.” Eminem replied, “No, I don’t have any problem with nobody. He said he has been unfairly targeted and receives more public criticism than black rappers even though they “do and say the same things.” But Eminem missed two important elements of criticism he receives: he is not alone in being criticized, and the reason he receives so much attention is not the color of his skin but he popularity of his music.Įminem found himself on the defensive for at least part of the interview. Rapper Eminem told Anderson Cooper that he felt “singled out” for his misogynist and homophobic lyrics because of skin color on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes.