Emem has had a long history of g anti-gay lyrics his mic. But is the “rap god” still homophobic? Click through to learn about Emem’s stance on the LGBTQ muny.
Contents:
- IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'
- EMEM ADMS THE INTERVIEW SCENE WHERE HE ME OUT AS GAY TOOK MULTIPLE TAK
- EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
- EMEM SAYS HE'S GAY IN THE INTERVIEW, THE WORLD OVERREACTS
- EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH
- EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
- IS EMEM GAY? DID THE CELEBRATED RAPPER E OUT THE INTERVIEW?
- EMEM SPEAKS OUT FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN)JOYNER LUSON STRAIGHT FROM THE LAB PART 2 FEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DAJUL. 19, 20221 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN) LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL DеAD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'Vе BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETH' I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL ON THE BLOCKWHEN SK PIGMENT IS NOT OUR BIGGT DIFFERENCE, 'S AWKWARDDON'T THK 'S SOMETH' I N'T AL WHTHK I'M 'ONNA VOM, I'M GETT' THIS SICK FEEL', I'M NSEOPART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE, BUT THIS IS GIV' ME MIXED FEELGS, LIKE LOGICI REMEMBER KIDS STEAL' YOUR BIG WHEEL AND LL' YOU SISSY'CSE YOU WOULDN'T DO SH REALLY TO STOP AND NOW ALL MAK SENSEIS THIS THE END OF OUR IENDSHIP?IT'S START' TO SEND CHILLS THROUGH MY BODYYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE S'POSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? YOU SEEM PRETTY SUREFOOTEDI'M SURE GOOD AT JUDG', BUT I HAVE NO RIGHTI KNOW GOODBYE SEEMS LD, RIGHT?NOT EVEN A FLICKER OF HOPE LIKE A STROBE LIGHTAS I LEAVE AND I SWEAR I STAYED UP THAT WHOLE NIGHTAND NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD GO RIGHT HOME AND GO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFEI A'T MEAN FOR THAT SH TO HAPPEN, I SAID I WON'T CRY (SH)FAST-FORWARD, SOME YEARS GO BYMY GIRL'S PREGNANT WH TWS, BOY AND GIRLFAST-FORWARD AGA, THEY JT TURNED SEVENI WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL 'E NOW I S AWEJT UGHT MY SON A BRA PLAY' WH HIS SISTER'S DOLLS WH LIPSTICK ON[CHOS: JOYNER LUS & EMEM]DUH NUH, (FUCK) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, (I THOUGHT WAS A CHOICE) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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- IS EMEM REALLY GAY? WHAT DID HE SAY IN SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
- EMEM IS STILL RAPPG WH GAY SLURS 2018. IF THAT’S HIS ONLY WAY TO GET PEOPLE TALKG, HE SHOULD JT RETIRE NOW
- FULL VERSN OF EMEM & JOYNER LUS SONG ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY’ IS HERE
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- EMEM’S GAY DATG APP REVELATN NF FANS
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- 'I'M GAY!' EMEM'S SHOCKG REVELATN
- EMEM SAYS HE US THE GAY DATG APP GRDR AND FANS CAN’T TELL IF HE’S JOKG
- RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE
IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'
Is Emem gay? Over the urse of his reer, his homophobic lyrics have drawn cricism om var rners of the pop culture zegeist, though his newt leaked song, "What If I Was Gay," has ed a new qutn to pop up. * gay eminem *
RELATED: The Knock-Down, Drag-Out, 'Whipped' Fight Between Emem And Nick Cannon Roared Back To Life TodayBut his latt leaked track, which was first leaked October 2019 — a jot track wh Joyner Lus lled "What If I Was Gay" — has opened up the floodgat of mors, yet 's what we know about the qutn: Is Emem gay? Grdr is a well-known datg app for gay men, and acrdg to an terview, Emem claimed to e the app to fd "dat" after his divorce om his wife, Kim, was weren't sure if Emem was beg ser, or jokg, at the time.
Even though Emem has apologized for the e of homophobic slurs the past — most notably to Cal Jenner, whom he referred to as a "ltle b*tch, " amongst other thgs we n't reprt here — he ed one aga the song "Fall, " which n be found on his Kamikaze album, Emem refers to the rapper Tyler, The Creator, by a homophobic term for gay men. The rapper's "What If I Was Gay" track was leaked on YouTube November "leaked" sped-up track which started this whole round of mors n be heard here. Emem admted he stggled to get through a movie scene which he satrilly me out as gay bee Jam Fran was 'so f**kg funny' 'Lose Yourself' rapper, who is known for g the f-word slur his mic, had a meo appearance as himself the 2014 edy film The Interview starrg Seth Rogen and Jam has a fake terview wh Jam Fran The Interview.
“When I say thgs about gay people, if people thk that my lyrics are homophobic, ’s bee I’m gay, ” Emem says 'me out' durg the absurd scene.
EMEM ADMS THE INTERVIEW SCENE WHERE HE ME OUT AS GAY TOOK MULTIPLE TAK
In today’s throwback piece, we take you to 2014 when rapper Emem stunned all by sayg he was gay. Watch him talkg about here. * gay eminem *
Cred: Sony Pictur ReleasgSkylark naturally asks Emem to clarify what he meant, to which Slim Shady doubl down and nfirms ‘I am a homosexual’ which leads to ‘gay Twter blowg up’ and ‘the greatt moment gay history’, acrdg to news producer Aaron Rapaport (Rogen) asked directly if he dislik gay people, Emem replied: “No, I don't have any problem wh nobody. But amongst the barbs, chatter on social media began to center around l directed at Tyler, the Creator, that were characterized by many as homophobic. I’m really really wound up by the fact none of this Emem verage mentns the fact he’s STILL g homophobic slurs his mic [censored, reversed whatever ’s about INTENTION], wh some headl even MENTIONING TYLER but not the actual slur?
Cricisms have arisen wh Emem’s lyrics, specifilly around his suatn of the word f—-t, wily agreed upon as a slur towards gay men. When qutned about homophobia the past, Emem has phed back, notably 2013, when he told Rollg Stone: “Those kd of words, when I me up battle-rapp’ or whatever, I never equated those words [wh beg gay]… It was more like llg someone a bch or a punk or asshole. Fans have siarly flocked to Twter today, phg back agast accatns of homophobia by potg out that Emem was quotg Tyler, who has his own extend history of g the word.
Prime mister Thera May, the latter of whom banned Tyler om the untry bee she said his lyrics enuraged “tolerance of homosexualy. Usg “f—-t” as an sult to Tyler might not make him feel sulted but for those listeng, stigmatiz queerns, possibly stokg ias gay fans that their sexualy is somethg to be ashamed of, ls than ial. Anyone who tuned out their fay and tuned The Interview on Xmas day was treated to an Emem meo where the rapper — who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very bad f-word nsistently — out as gay.
EMEM COM OUT AS GAY SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
IS EMINEM GAY? The Detro-born rapper has had a plited relatnship wh the LGBTQ muny and has often been seen as homophobic. Read here for more! * gay eminem *
As you might image, the team the productn booth – led by Rogen’s character, Aaron Rapaport – reacts acrdgly this TMZ-fed, hyper-sensive, pop-culture media treats the whole thg very serly, tellg Fran’s character that he has been "playg gay peek-a-boo" wh his fans, and has "pretty much been leavg a bread cmb trail of gayns" for his fans to follow back to the tth. Some who’ve seen the movie state:While others bypass the btaly aimed at Kim Jon-un and crique:Whout divg too eply to the cspool that is Twter, there were plenty of opns about Emem, the scene, and the movie as The Interview ntued to be streamed over Christmas is a recurrg theme on Twter, that Emem would have to be paid to say that he's gay. Acrdg to Showbiz 411, a December 17 Tweet:And yet, Emem equently has ed his celebry and his public persona to she a light on homosexualy and gay rights.
EMEM SAYS HE'S GAY IN THE INTERVIEW, THE WORLD OVERREACTS
What If I Was Gay? (Alternate Versn) Lyrics: Uh / What if I told you that I was different? / What if I told you that somethg's miss'? / And what if I told you we're not alike / And the way that I feel si is different * gay eminem *
Prr to participatg The Interview, Emem’s biggt visible display had to be his duet wh openly gay Elton John at the Grammy ’s a shame The Interview isn’t openg as wi as planned, bee we’d love to hear more reactn to Emem’s amg meo. He's still technilly alive, but after releasg a homophobic diss track aimed at Emem, he may not be long for this dropped "The Invatn" on Monday, which he attempted to drag the rapper wh a lany of sults, cludg claims that Emem is secretly gay and has paid off his sexual partners to keep secret. "Emem has his own history of homophobic lyrics, cludg llg Tyler the Creator a faggot on the song "Fall" om his album Kamikaze, somethg he later apologized for.
"In October, a track lled "What If I Was Gay" leaked onle, wh Emem and rapper Joyner Lus speculatg how their iendship would handle one of them revealg they were queer. Now at this pot, all you n really say is that he is cidly progrsive on the issue of homosexualy, no matter how you view his method of exprsg that.
When Emem Said “I’ve Been Playg Gay Peek-A-Boo For Years” & Left The Host Stunned Beyond Words – Watch ( Photo Cred – Emem / Flickr). Durg the scripted terview, Emem —who has been equently acced of beg homophobic owg to the e of the f-word nsistently, out as gay. Marshall Mathers, also known by his stage name Emem, one of the most succsful rappers of all time, ma a meo the highly ntroversial edy film The Interview, which he plays himself, announcg durg an terview that he is gay.
EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH
Emem may or may not be gay. There is no exact answer to this as the famo rapper has not given a ncrete explanatn about his sexualy yet. * gay eminem *
Acrdg to Emem, when asked about the movie and s dialogue, which he nonchalantly proclaimed to be a gay man, the rapper said that he ad-libbed that whole scene himself, and that although the film was played like a joke, was his way of discsg his te opn on the matters of sex and celebri.
The rapper, who has been tensely sctized throughout his reer for g homophobic slurs, said that he jt ed rogatory terms to be ironic, and that his sex life is private, and that everyone’s sex life should be as public or as private as they want to be.
“After puttg a lot of thought to , I me to the ultimate ncln that there are probably thoands, if not lns of fans of me that are gay and livg a lie. The rapper has also led fans to believe he is gay, although he has a history of beg homophobic through the lyrics of his Emem homophobic? He says, Tyler create nothg, I see why you lled yourself a faggot, bch / It's not jt 'e you lack attentn / It's 'e you worship D12's balls, you're sac-religEmem is not the only rapper to be lled out for homophobic lyrics.
EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
A uple of days ago, a snippet of a song om Emem and Joyner Lus lled 'What if I Was Gay' surfaced onle and several opns were ma on social media * gay eminem *
Famo rap artists like Nicki Maj, Migos Offset, and the late XXXTentacn have been acced of hatg the LGBTQ muny through their the 2000s, Emem has been acced of g anti-gay slurs his lyrics. After Emem’s homophobic lyrics 2000 ed an uproar, the rapper llaborated wh the legendary gay artist Elton John 2001 to lm down the outrage. He also gifted the sger, and his hband David Furnish, matchg diamond penis rgs when they tied the knot a 2010 terview wh the New York Tim, the Not Aaid rapper exprsed his support for gay marriag.
IS EMEM GAY? DID THE CELEBRATED RAPPER E OUT THE INTERVIEW?
The rap superstar said he hat that gay kids get bullied. * gay eminem *
Inter ers had mixed reactns, wh some sayg that was his way of openg up about his sexualy, although he knows people will take as a Detro rapper opened up 2014 Sony's The Interview about beg gay. " While l like this attracted the protts of gay rights groups, Emem ntued to urt both sis of the ntroversy – kissg Elton John at the 2001 Grammy awards, then returng to sptg gay slurs on 2002's Whout Me. More recently, he seems to have shown greater – y – matury on this issue, promisg to leave out homophobic lyrics at UK shows, and now fendg gay marriage.
[Chos: Joyner Lus]Duh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh, duh nuh nuh duhDuh nuh[Verse 3: Emem]What if I told you I'm homophobic? 'Cse you don't got the strength to nquer some blogil monster that's part of youThat's rponsible for them homosexual thoughtsIf you don't want a lecture, partLike a sofa sectn or long as youMake your cisn and stand by , but I n't be bi 'Cse for me, that'd be next to impossibleOr you learn to ntrol your urgYou say, "It's like pull' teeth and morals are oral surgeons"But how would you even know anyways if you're a virgWhy n't you be a normal person? There is no exact answer to this as the famo rapper has not given a ncrete explanatn about his sexualy 2014, Emem once me out as gay durg his meo Sony's film, The Interview.
EMEM SPEAKS OUT FAVOUR OF GAY MARRIAGE
Emem said a new terview that he the gay datg app Grdr, which left his fans on Twter a b nfed — read more * gay eminem *
However, is also to be noted that, the rapper has often e unr the b for g the f-word and has been acced of beg homophobic. A new track, "What If I Was Gay, " leaked to Rap Century, hypothiz about a public reactn if the artist me out as queer.
But the appearance Emem on the track seems pecially noteworthy nsirg his long and plited history wh the gay Detro rapper faced wherg cricism the early 2000s for homophobic lyrics, and spe such image rehab as a Grammys duet wh Elton John, he's ntued to e terms like "fag" lyrics.
"Emem has satirized his difficult relatnship before, notably durg the Seth Rogen and Jam Fran film The Interview, where he me out as gay a mock terview before publicists shut the nversatn also referenced bisexualy the sgle "Medice Ball, " where he rapped "I had a vasectomy Hector / So you n't get pregnant if I bisexually wreck ya.
WHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN)JOYNER LUSON STRAIGHT FROM THE LAB PART 2 FEATURGEMEMPRODUCED BYBOI-1DAJUL. 19, 20221 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT IF I WAS GAY? (ALTERNATE VERSN) LYRICS[VERSE 1: JOYNER LUS]UHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS DIFFERENT?WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT SOMETHG'S MISS'?AND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT ALIKEAND THE WAY THAT I FEEL SI IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU PICTUREWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I FEEL DIVID?KEEP TO MYSELF AND I'M AWFULLY QUIETAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I BEEN NFLICTED BY MY OWN THOUGHTSTRAPPED THE DARK, AND I TRIED TO HI NO, I'M NOT A SLAVE TO NO FUCK' FAIRY TALEI BET YOU THK THAT YOU KNOW ME VERY WELLMAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT A CRY FOR HELP'CSE I DON'T OWE NO ONE NO EXPLANATN ON HOW I FEEL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]BUT ON THE REAL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS BRAVE?I GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2: JOYNER LUS]YEAHWHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M NOT ALRIGHT?I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL DеAD, BUT I'M NOT ALIVEAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT LIKE YOU"AND THE SH I'Vе BEEN GO' THROUGH, 'LL PROLLY MAKE YOU CRYAND WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, "I'M NOT THIS"AND THE PERSON YOU THK YOU KNOW DON'T EXISTLOOK, I'M NOT WHO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WHO YOU WISHI'M NOT WHO YOU WANT ME TO BE, WHAT YOU WANT OM ME ISN'T THISI GREW UP CHURCH WHERE I ULDN'T BE MYSELFI FELT LIKE A PRISONER, ULDN'T LEAVE MY CELLTHEY TOLD ME, "GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY," AND THIS AN UGLY WORLDAND IF I EVER SEEN THGS DIFFERENT, THEN I WOULD BURN HELL[PRE-CHOS: JOYNER LUS]AND ON THE REAL, THIS IS NOT NEW, THIS IS NOT A PHASEI GREW UP DIFFERENT THAN I WAS RAISEDBUT STILL, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M OUT OF PLACE? WAWHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS GAY?[CHOS: JOYNER LUS]DUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH[VERSE 3: EMEM]WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I'M HOMOPHOBIC?AND YOU HAVE ZERO NTROL OVER YOUR IMPULSAND THE GEIC FLAW YOUR CHROMOSOM IS THE CULPRIT'S SOMETH' I N'T SUGARAT, 'S REPULSIVEWE WERE HOMI, SCE CHILDREN, I THOUGHT BUT THOUGHT I WAS BUGG', THOUGH'CSE WE'D S, CHILL AND JT TALK CHICKSNOW HOW N WE BE IENDS STILL ON THE BLOCKWHEN SK PIGMENT IS NOT OUR BIGGT DIFFERENCE, 'S AWKWARDDON'T THK 'S SOMETH' I N'T AL WHTHK I'M 'ONNA VOM, I'M GETT' THIS SICK FEEL', I'M NSEOPART OF ME WISH YOU'D KEPT THIS SH, STILL THE CLOSETI'M WHE, BUT THIS IS GIV' ME MIXED FEELGS, LIKE LOGICI REMEMBER KIDS STEAL' YOUR BIG WHEEL AND LL' YOU SISSY'CSE YOU WOULDN'T DO SH REALLY TO STOP AND NOW ALL MAK SENSEIS THIS THE END OF OUR IENDSHIP?IT'S START' TO SEND CHILLS THROUGH MY BODYYEAH, I'M PISSED OFF A LTLE, THIS IS A CHOICEWE WERE S'POSED TO BE BOYSYOU'RE ACT' LIKE THIS A'T OPTNALWHAT IF I SAID YOU WAS WEAK?'CSE YOU DON'T GOT THE STRENGTH TO NQUER SOME BLOGIL MONSTER THAT'S PART OF YOUTHAT'S RPONSIBLE FOR THEM HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTSIF YOU DON'T WANT A LECTURE, PARTLIKE A SOFA SECTN OR LONG AS YOUMAKE YOUR CISN AND STAND BY , BUT I N'T BE BI 'CSE FOR ME, THAT'D BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLEOR YOU LEARN TO NTROL YOUR URGYOU SAY, "IT'S LIKE PULL' TEETH AND MORALS ARE ORAL SURGEONS"BUT HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW ANYWAYS IF YOU'RE A VIRGWHY N'T YOU BE A NORMAL PERSON?WHAT IF I TRIED STEER' YOU TOWARDS A GIRLIEND?WOULDN'T WORK, WOULD ? YOU SEEM PRETTY SUREFOOTEDI'M SURE GOOD AT JUDG', BUT I HAVE NO RIGHTI KNOW GOODBYE SEEMS LD, RIGHT?NOT EVEN A FLICKER OF HOPE LIKE A STROBE LIGHTAS I LEAVE AND I SWEAR I STAYED UP THAT WHOLE NIGHTAND NO, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WOULD GO RIGHT HOME AND GO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFEI A'T MEAN FOR THAT SH TO HAPPEN, I SAID I WON'T CRY (SH)FAST-FORWARD, SOME YEARS GO BYMY GIRL'S PREGNANT WH TWS, BOY AND GIRLFAST-FORWARD AGA, THEY JT TURNED SEVENI WISH I HAD A CRYSTAL BALL 'E NOW I S AWEJT UGHT MY SON A BRA PLAY' WH HIS SISTER'S DOLLS WH LIPSTICK ON[CHOS: JOYNER LUS & EMEM]DUH NUH, (FUCK) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, (I THOUGHT WAS A CHOICE) DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUH, DUH NUH NUH DUHDUH NUHEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
Joyner Lus and Emem were the victims of a leak this week, leadg to the release of "What If I Was Gay?" * gay eminem *
The lyrics read, “My words are like a dagger wh a jagged edge / That’ll stab you the head, whether you’re a f*g or l’ / Or the homosex, hermaph or a trans-a-vt / Pants or drs, hate f*gs?
IS EMEM GAY?
He even gifted Elton John and his hband David Furnish a pair of diamond penis rgs for their civil unn and exprsed his support for gay marriage while talkg to the New York Tim.
IS EMEM REALLY GAY? WHAT DID HE SAY IN SONY’S ‘THE INTERVIEW’
Whether the hip-hop muny or gay people liked Emem’s rponse or not, there was no further backlash or reactn at the time. He released a song lled “Fall” on the album Kamikaze nearly two s after “Crimal” was released, wh the lyrics directg homophobic slurs towards Tyler, The Creator:.
Bon Iver lead sger Jt Vernon (who llaborated wh the rapper on the song) said he lled Emem out and asked the producers to remove the homophobic slur on “Fall.
As if to solidify his scery, Emem released “Killshot” jt days after, where he fired homophobic lyrics retaliatn agast Mache Gun Kelly.
EMEM IS STILL RAPPG WH GAY SLURS 2018. IF THAT’S HIS ONLY WAY TO GET PEOPLE TALKG, HE SHOULD JT RETIRE NOW
Wh 220 ln Emem rerds sold worldwi and 52 ln listeners on Spotify, Emem remas one of the most inic rappers of our lifetime – spe the disrpectful and homophobic slurs.
On Christmas Day, everyone who watched The Interview whout their fay was treated to a meo by Emem which the rapper, who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very terrible F-word regularly, out as gay. Anyone who tuned out their fay and tuned The Interview on Xmas day was treated to an Emem meo where the rapper — who is equently acced of homophobia for g the very bad F-word nsistently — out as gay.
FULL VERSN OF EMEM & JOYNER LUS SONG ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY’ IS HERE
" Emem’s slur refers to multiple hts on Tyler’s own album Flower Boy, released 2017, that he might be gay or ’s astonishg, really, that after 30 years the game Emem, who began rappg when he was 14, still hasn’t found a new sult.
What really grat, though, is that Kamikaze is only a remr that while Tyler is still banned om the UK, Emem will ntue to rake lns om rerd sal and tourg Bra whout repercsns for a two -long reer of verbally abg might praise artists such as Kendrick Lamar and J Cole on his new rerd, but neher of them feels the need to e homophobic slurs their latt material.
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Cole has actually challenged the e of the word “faggot” his bars (wh qutnable effect), while Kendrick prefers to take aim at racists and rpt policians, rather than those who are already vulnerable to vlence and, meanwhile, has been fendg his e of homophobic language as far back as 2000, where he claimed that a lyric the song "Crimal" – “My words are like a dagger wh a jagged edge, That’ll stab you the head, whether you’re a fag or lez. For s, Emem, his fans, and crics who support his work, have gone out of their way to persua his tractors that Slim Shady is a “character” and therefore Emem isn’t really beg homophobic or a misogynist.
The 20 most ridiculo thgs superstar micians have mand at their ncertsShow all 20And ’s not jt homophobia you hear on Kamikaze, eher. A uple of days ago, a snippet of a song om Emem and Joyner Lus lled ‘What if I Was Gay’ surfaced onle and several opns were ma on social media even though the perspective on the short sound be wasn’t really, the full versn of the track has e out om unknown origs but mak the ntext much clearer. In the scene om ‘The Interview’, Dave Skylark (played by Jam Fran) terviews Emem who rponds to a qutn about beg gay wh an affirmative answer.
EMEM’S GAY DATG APP REVELATN NF FANS
After all, if Emem had actually been g out as gay this scene then would have bee an even bigger story than already was when the film first me out. However, recent years he seems to have softened his stance on LGBT issu as evinced by his llaboratn wh openly gay sger Elton John (who even attend one of his ncerts).
This suggts that while Emem may not be gay himself, he is much more acceptg and open-md when to LGBT rights than he ed to be. They pot to the rapper’s long history of g homophobic slurs his songs and say that this uld be his way of g out whout actually sayg directly.
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One piece of evince agast the theory om an terview Emem did wh 60 Mut back 2003 where terviewer Anrson Cooper asked him if he was gay and got an emphatic “No!
Ultimately, we n’t know if Emem is actually gay or not bee there isn’t any ncrete evince eher way—he hasn’t given any five answers or statements on the matter so far.
What we do know though is that spe havg been acced of homophobia the past, he seems to have changed his attu towards LGBT people over time and ma some efforts to make amends for any hurtful ments he may have ma the past. So while we may never know if Emem is actually gay or not, don’t really matter—what matters most is how acceptg and unrstandg we are of each other regardls of our sexual orientatn or genr inty.
'I'M GAY!' EMEM'S SHOCKG REVELATN
In the years sce the ial uproar over the e of anti-gay slurs on his first two albums, Emem has performed wh and beiend Elton John, endorsed gay marriage and repeatedly told terviewers that he don’t actually have any problem wh gay people.
EMEM SAYS HE US THE GAY DATG APP GRDR AND FANS CAN’T TELL IF HE’S JOKG
“The first time I got a taste of beg lled anti-gay was on ‘My Name Is’ when I said, ‘My English teacher wanted to have sex junr high / The only problem was my English teacher was a guy. “Anyone who’s followed my mic knows I’m agast bulli — that’s why I hate that f***g bully Tmp — and I hate the ia that a kid who’s gay might get s**t for .
Divorced twice om Kim Stt, the mother of his dghter Hailie, the long-sgle mic star said he’s been on a few dat, but “nothg’s panned out a way I wanted to make public” how he met potential dat, Emimem mentned Tr - and popular gay datg app ’s the full exchange: Interviewer: When you were datg, how’d you meet people? It was left to fans to ask: Was Emem jokg, or do the rapper - who’s urted ntroversy for his e of homophobic language the past - date dus?
RELEASG JOYNER LUS AND EMEM’S ‘WHAT IF I WAS GAY?’ WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE MISTAKE
Many have been quick to pot out that the ment echo Emem’s appearance the 2014 edy The Interview, which the rapper appears on a talk show - and sually drops to the nversatn that he’s gay:“I’m kd of shocked people haven’t figured out yet, ” he says the fictnal terview.
"However, the latt episo, which was expected, ed uproar soon after s Holland's fans are quick to jump his fense by praisg him for takg a darg role and also poted to the prev Spir-Man actors' Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield, on-screen gay characters after a trend NotMySpirman was started on Twter.
In 2018, why is rap still flagrantly g homophobic language or tacly endorsg by not llg out s stars for lazily fallg back on ? Still, fans and fellow rappers nonized him after his shootg ath June, overlookg his history of homophobia and vlence agast women. Earlier this year, when Migos rapper Offset offend the LGBTQ muny by rappg “I nnot vibe wh queers” on YFN Lucci’s track “Boss Life, ” he apologized and claimed to have meant “queer” not the “gay” sense but the “strange” or “odd” sense.