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- EMEM RPONDS TO ANTI-GAY CRICISM WH SAME LAME EXCSORRY I'M NOT SORRYFACG MORE ANTI-GAY ACCATNS FOR THE LYRICS OF 'RAP GOD,' EMEM STANDS BY HIS CLAIM THAT A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR IS JT A MON DISS. WHO'S TIRED OF THE BROKEN RERD?KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 6:13PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 04, 2013 4:07PM EST PIERRE ANDRIEU / AFPTHERE’S AN OLD TRICK HIP-HOP, WHERE A SOUND EFFECT MIMICS THE SCREECH OF A RERD BREAKG, AND THE SAME FEW BARS OF A SONG KEEP PLAYG OVER AND OVER AGA LOOP, LIKE A STUTTER. EMEM HAS BEEN G THE TRICK FOR OVER A NOW— HIS MIC AND HIS LIFE. SCE THE BUT OF THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999, CRICS, CIVIL RIGHTS ANIZATNS, AND MIC FANS WH NSCIENC HAVE BLASTED EMEM OVER THE RAMPANT E OF LYRICS HIS SONGS THAT ULD BE NSTED AS HOMOPHOBIC, OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, HATEFUL AND OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY MUNY. AND SCE THE BUT OF THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999, EMEM HAS NIED THAT HE IS FED BY ANY OF THOSE BIGOTRY-DITG ADJECTIV…BUT HAS GONE ON G THE NTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE ANYWAY. THE BROKEN RERD KEEPS ON SCREECHG. THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW TRACK, “RAP GOD,” OCTOBER SURFACED HOMOPHOBIA ACCATNS YET AGA. IN A NEW TERVIEW WH ROLLG STONE, EMEM REFUT THEM. YET AGA. IN “RAP GOD,” HE RAPS ABOUT HIS ABILY TO “BREAK A MOTHERFUCKER’S TABLE OVER THE BACK OF A UPLE FAGGOTS AND CRACK HALF.” AND THERE’S THE RANT THE SAME SONG THAT “GAY” AS A SHAMG SULT: "LTLE GAY-LOOKG BOY / SO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE-LOOKG BOY / YOU WNSG MASSACRE LIKE YOU WATCHG A CHURCH GATHERG TAKG PLACE-LOOKG BOY / 'OY VEY, THAT BOY'S GAY,' THAT'S ALL THEY SAY LOOKG-BOY / YOU TAKE A THUMBS UP, PAT ON THE BACK, THE WAY YOU GO OM YOUR LABEL EVERY DAY-LOOKG BOY."ROLLG STONE ASKS EMEM WHY, AFTER YEARS OF BEG LLED ANTI-GAY FOR HIS LYRICS AND YEARS OF TELLG TERVIEWERS HE HAS NO PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE, HE NTU TO E WORDS LIKE “FAGGOT” AND “GAY-LOOKG” AS AN SULT.“I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WHOUT SAYG HOW I’VE SAID A LN TIM,” HE STARTS HIS RPONSE. (“TELL ABOUT ,” SAYS EVERYONE WHO’S TIRED OF HAVG TO POT OUT THAT HIS LYRICS ARE OFFENSIVE, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIM HE SAYS HE DON’T TEND THEM TO BE.) HE THEN LNCH TO THE SAME STORY HE’S TOLD BEFORE, ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS GROWG UP, LLG SOMEONE A “FAGGOT” WAS JT AS MON AND MEANT THE SAME AS “LLG SOMEONE A BCH OR A PUNK OR ASSHOLE.” (REMD Y’ALL OF A CERTA BUTTER-LOVG CELEBRY CHEF AND HER JTIFITN OF THE E OF A RACIAL EPHET?) TO HIS CRED, EMEM’S RIGHT. HE HAS A SAID THIS ABOUT A LN TIM AT THIS POT, OR AT LEAST ONCE. MOST MEMORABLY, HE SAT DOWN WH A PRE-OUT ANRSON COOPER AND TOLD HIM “FAGGOT WAS, LIKE, WAS THROWN AROUND NSTANTLY, TO EACH OTHER, LIKE BATTLG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?” HIS NCLN THEN, 2010: “I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WH NOBODY.” HIS NCLN NOW, AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF NTROVERSY: “BUT THE REAL ME STG HERE NOW TALKG TO YOU HAS NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR AT ALL.” SCREECH. HEARG THAT RERD SCRATCH AND REPEAT? Y, Y. WE ARE AWARE THAT EMEM, ALLEGEDLY, HAS NO PROBLEMS WH ANYBODY. BUT ISN’T HE ALSO, THEN, BEG A HYPOCRE WHO HAS NO PROBLEMS WH ANYBODY? HE’S BEEN ADMIRABLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HIS FEELGS ON THE GAY MUNY AND THAT HE WISH NO ILL-WILL TOWARDS . HE EVEN ME OUT SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE! BUT WHAT DO THOSE WORDS REALLY MEAN WHEN HE’S RELEASG A SONG WH LYRICS THAT EXPLICLY WISH ILL-WILL ON THE GAY MUNY? TO SAY THAT ACTNS SPEAK LOUR THAN WORDS MIGHT BE A LAZY CLICHé. BUT ’S NO LAZIER THAN G THE WORD “GAY” AS AN EMASCULATG SULT, SO HERE GO. SAYG HE HAS NO PROBLEM WH THE GAY MUNY SUPERFICIALLY DIT THAT EMEM ISN’T HOMOPHOBIC. BUT REPEATG THE SAME TIRED EXCE FOR WHY HE HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS ANYWAY RENRS THE CLAIM ALL-BUT MEANGLS.THE ROLLG STONE TERVIEWER, DISAPPOTGLY, GIV EMEM AN EASY OUT AT THE END OF THE TERVIEW EXCERPT, SENTIALLY EXCG AWAY THE BEHAVR FOR HIM, SAYG, “I KD OF THOUGHT YOU WERE DOG BEE WHEN YOU’RE RAPPG AS SLIM SHADY, PART OF YOUR MISSN IS TO ANNOY PEOPLE.” IT’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR EM TO NOD EMPHATILLY AGREEMENT WHOUT FENDG HIS ARGUABLY HYPOCRIL BEHAVR WH ANY MORE PLEXY. “I THK PEOPLE KNOW MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THGS AND THE PERSONAS THAT I CREATE MY MIC,” HE SAYS. “AND IF SOMEONE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT BY NOW, I DON’T THK THERE’S ANYTHG I N DO TO CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT .”THE RERD SPS ON. KEV FALLON
- ACTIVIST SLAMS EMEM'S ANTI-GAY LYRICS: 'PUT HIM ON THE SUICI HOTLE'
- EMEM: 'REAL ME' HAS 'NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR' PEOPLERAPPER TELLS ROLLG STONE HIS E OF ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE ON 'RAP GOD' DAT TO HIS BATTLE RAP DAYS AND ISN'T MEANT TO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY GIL KFMANNOVEMBER 4, 2013/4:28 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANNOVEMBER 4, 2013 / 4:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EMEM: 'REAL ME' HAS 'NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR' PEOPLE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-04T21:28:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-04T21:28:42.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EMEM SAYS HE WAS PRETTY SURE THE ISSUE WAS SETTLED. BUT AFTER A NUMBER OF [ARTICLE ID="1716793"]CRICS[/ARTICLE] LLED THE RAPPER OUT FOR HIS P E OF ANTI-GAY SLURS ON "RAP GOD" (AND OTHER TRACKS) OM [ARTICLE ID="1716618"]THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2[/ARTICLE] , THE DETRO MC TOLD ROLLG STONE THAT HE MEANT NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE GAYSTARNEWS, THE HUFFGTON POST AND ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY HAVE TAKG ISSUE WH THE SOME OF THE LYRICS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WHOUT SAYG HOW I'VE SAID A LN TIM," MARSHALL TOLD THE MAGAZE AN UPG VER STORY. "BUT THAT WORD, THOSE KD OF WORDS, WHEN I ME UP BATTLE-RAPP' OR WHATEVER, I NEVER REALLY EQUATED THOSE WORDS [WH BEG HOMOSEXUAL]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SONG, HE RAPS, "I ATTEMPT THE LYRIL ACROBAT STUNTS WHILE I'M PRACTICG THAT/I'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BREAK A MOTHER---' TABLE/OVER THE BACK OF A UPLE OF F----TS AND CRACK HALF... "LTLE GAY-LOOKG BOY/SO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE-LOOKG BOY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIA DEFENDS COLLABORATG WH EMEM: "HE IS NOT HOMOPHOBIC"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME SLIM SHADY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TASK FOR G ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE. IN FACT, HE TOOK HEAT BACK 2000 WH THE RELEASE OF THE ORIGAL MARSHALL MATHERS LP, WHICH FEATURED SONGS SUCH AS "CRIMAL" THAT ED SIAR LANGUAGE. AT THE TIME, AND AGA A 2010 TERVIEW WH ANRSON COOPER, THE RAPPER WHO FAMOLY BEIEND OPENLY GAY POP IN ELTON JOHN SAID THAT G WORDS LIKE "F----T" HAD NOTHG TO DO WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS MORE LIKE LLG SOMEONE A BCH OR A PUNK OR A--HOLE," HE TOLD ROLLG STONE. "SO THAT WORD WAS JT THROWN AROUND SO EELY BACK THEN. IT GO BACK TO THAT BATTLE [RAPPG ERA], BACK AND FORTH MY HEAD, OF WANTG TO FEEL EE TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY, AND THEN [WORRYG ABOUT] WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT PEOPLE ... THE REAL ME STG HERE RIGHT NOW TALKG TO YOU HAS NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR, AT ALL. I'M GLAD WE LIVE A TIME WHERE 'S REALLY STARTG TO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE N LIVE THEIR LIV AND EXPRS THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ WHAT THE CRICS ARE SAYG ABOUT THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTTOM LE? DPE HIS FAME AND RICH, EM SAID HE STILL LOOKS AT HIMSELF AS THAT SAME BROKE, BATTLE RAPPER OM 8 MILE TRYG TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. BIS, AFTER 14 YEARS, HE SAID HE THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEPARATE THE REAL HIM AND THE REAL SLIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK PEOPLE KNOW MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THGS AND THE PERSONAS THAT I CREATE MY MIC," HE SAID. "AND IF SOMEONE DON'T UNRSTAND THAT BY NOW, I DON'T THK THERE'S ANYTHG I N DO TO CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
EMEM RPONDS TO ANTI-GAY CRICISM WH SAME LAME EXCSORRY I'M NOT SORRYFACG MORE ANTI-GAY ACCATNS FOR THE LYRICS OF 'RAP GOD,' EMEM STANDS BY HIS CLAIM THAT A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR IS JT A MON DISS. WHO'S TIRED OF THE BROKEN RERD?KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 6:13PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 04, 2013 4:07PM EST PIERRE ANDRIEU / AFPTHERE’S AN OLD TRICK HIP-HOP, WHERE A SOUND EFFECT MIMICS THE SCREECH OF A RERD BREAKG, AND THE SAME FEW BARS OF A SONG KEEP PLAYG OVER AND OVER AGA LOOP, LIKE A STUTTER. EMEM HAS BEEN G THE TRICK FOR OVER A NOW— HIS MIC AND HIS LIFE. SCE THE BUT OF THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999, CRICS, CIVIL RIGHTS ANIZATNS, AND MIC FANS WH NSCIENC HAVE BLASTED EMEM OVER THE RAMPANT E OF LYRICS HIS SONGS THAT ULD BE NSTED AS HOMOPHOBIC, OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, HATEFUL AND OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY MUNY. AND SCE THE BUT OF THE SLIM SHADY LP 1999, EMEM HAS NIED THAT HE IS FED BY ANY OF THOSE BIGOTRY-DITG ADJECTIV…BUT HAS GONE ON G THE NTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE ANYWAY. THE BROKEN RERD KEEPS ON SCREECHG. THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW TRACK, “RAP GOD,” OCTOBER SURFACED HOMOPHOBIA ACCATNS YET AGA. IN A NEW TERVIEW WH ROLLG STONE, EMEM REFUT THEM. YET AGA. IN “RAP GOD,” HE RAPS ABOUT HIS ABILY TO “BREAK A MOTHERFUCKER’S TABLE OVER THE BACK OF A UPLE FAGGOTS AND CRACK HALF.” AND THERE’S THE RANT THE SAME SONG THAT “GAY” AS A SHAMG SULT: "LTLE GAY-LOOKG BOY / SO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE-LOOKG BOY / YOU WNSG MASSACRE LIKE YOU WATCHG A CHURCH GATHERG TAKG PLACE-LOOKG BOY / 'OY VEY, THAT BOY'S GAY,' THAT'S ALL THEY SAY LOOKG-BOY / YOU TAKE A THUMBS UP, PAT ON THE BACK, THE WAY YOU GO OM YOUR LABEL EVERY DAY-LOOKG BOY."ROLLG STONE ASKS EMEM WHY, AFTER YEARS OF BEG LLED ANTI-GAY FOR HIS LYRICS AND YEARS OF TELLG TERVIEWERS HE HAS NO PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE, HE NTU TO E WORDS LIKE “FAGGOT” AND “GAY-LOOKG” AS AN SULT.“I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WHOUT SAYG HOW I’VE SAID A LN TIM,” HE STARTS HIS RPONSE. (“TELL ABOUT ,” SAYS EVERYONE WHO’S TIRED OF HAVG TO POT OUT THAT HIS LYRICS ARE OFFENSIVE, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIM HE SAYS HE DON’T TEND THEM TO BE.) HE THEN LNCH TO THE SAME STORY HE’S TOLD BEFORE, ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS GROWG UP, LLG SOMEONE A “FAGGOT” WAS JT AS MON AND MEANT THE SAME AS “LLG SOMEONE A BCH OR A PUNK OR ASSHOLE.” (REMD Y’ALL OF A CERTA BUTTER-LOVG CELEBRY CHEF AND HER JTIFITN OF THE E OF A RACIAL EPHET?) TO HIS CRED, EMEM’S RIGHT. HE HAS A SAID THIS ABOUT A LN TIM AT THIS POT, OR AT LEAST ONCE. MOST MEMORABLY, HE SAT DOWN WH A PRE-OUT ANRSON COOPER AND TOLD HIM “FAGGOT WAS, LIKE, WAS THROWN AROUND NSTANTLY, TO EACH OTHER, LIKE BATTLG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?” HIS NCLN THEN, 2010: “I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WH NOBODY.” HIS NCLN NOW, AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF NTROVERSY: “BUT THE REAL ME STG HERE NOW TALKG TO YOU HAS NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR AT ALL.” SCREECH. HEARG THAT RERD SCRATCH AND REPEAT? Y, Y. WE ARE AWARE THAT EMEM, ALLEGEDLY, HAS NO PROBLEMS WH ANYBODY. BUT ISN’T HE ALSO, THEN, BEG A HYPOCRE WHO HAS NO PROBLEMS WH ANYBODY? HE’S BEEN ADMIRABLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HIS FEELGS ON THE GAY MUNY AND THAT HE WISH NO ILL-WILL TOWARDS . HE EVEN ME OUT SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE! BUT WHAT DO THOSE WORDS REALLY MEAN WHEN HE’S RELEASG A SONG WH LYRICS THAT EXPLICLY WISH ILL-WILL ON THE GAY MUNY? TO SAY THAT ACTNS SPEAK LOUR THAN WORDS MIGHT BE A LAZY CLICHé. BUT ’S NO LAZIER THAN G THE WORD “GAY” AS AN EMASCULATG SULT, SO HERE GO. SAYG HE HAS NO PROBLEM WH THE GAY MUNY SUPERFICIALLY DIT THAT EMEM ISN’T HOMOPHOBIC. BUT REPEATG THE SAME TIRED EXCE FOR WHY HE HOMOPHOBIC LYRICS ANYWAY RENRS THE CLAIM ALL-BUT MEANGLS.THE ROLLG STONE TERVIEWER, DISAPPOTGLY, GIV EMEM AN EASY OUT AT THE END OF THE TERVIEW EXCERPT, SENTIALLY EXCG AWAY THE BEHAVR FOR HIM, SAYG, “I KD OF THOUGHT YOU WERE DOG BEE WHEN YOU’RE RAPPG AS SLIM SHADY, PART OF YOUR MISSN IS TO ANNOY PEOPLE.” IT’S AN OPPORTUNY FOR EM TO NOD EMPHATILLY AGREEMENT WHOUT FENDG HIS ARGUABLY HYPOCRIL BEHAVR WH ANY MORE PLEXY. “I THK PEOPLE KNOW MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THGS AND THE PERSONAS THAT I CREATE MY MIC,” HE SAYS. “AND IF SOMEONE DON’T UNRSTAND THAT BY NOW, I DON’T THK THERE’S ANYTHG I N DO TO CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT .”THE RERD SPS ON. KEV FALLON
Facg more anti-gay accatns for the lyrics of 'Rap God,' Emem stands by his claim that a homophobic slur is jt a mon diss. Who's tired of the broken rerd? * eminem anti gay *
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. But he ntu to sprkle his lyrics wh language that’s not hard to nste as homophobic. You’ve ma clear aga and aga that you don’t actually have a problem wh gay people.
Why e “gay-lookg” as an sult? To actually mean “homosexual”? But the real me stg here right now talkg to you has no issu wh gay, straight, transgenr, at all.
Sce the but of The Slim Shady LP 1999, crics, civil rights anizatns, and mic fans wh nscienc have blasted Emem over the rampant e of lyrics his songs that uld be nsted as homophobic, or, at the very least, hateful and offensive to the gay muny. The release of his new track, “Rap God, ” October surfaced homophobia accatns yet aga.
ACTIVIST SLAMS EMEM'S ANTI-GAY LYRICS: 'PUT HIM ON THE SUICI HOTLE'
* eminem anti gay *
” And there’s the rant the same song that “gay” as a shamg sult: "Ltle gay-lookg boy / So gay I n barely say wh a straight face-lookg boy / You wnsg massacre like you watchg a church gatherg takg place-lookg boy / 'Oy vey, that boy's gay, ' that's all they say lookg-boy / You take a thumbs up, pat on the back, the way you go om your label every day-lookg boy.
EMEM: 'REAL ME' HAS 'NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR' PEOPLERAPPER TELLS ROLLG STONE HIS E OF ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE ON 'RAP GOD' DAT TO HIS BATTLE RAP DAYS AND ISN'T MEANT TO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY GIL KFMANNOVEMBER 4, 2013/4:28 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANNOVEMBER 4, 2013 / 4:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EMEM: 'REAL ME' HAS 'NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR' PEOPLE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-04T21:28:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-04T21:28:42.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EMEM SAYS HE WAS PRETTY SURE THE ISSUE WAS SETTLED. BUT AFTER A NUMBER OF [ARTICLE ID="1716793"]CRICS[/ARTICLE] LLED THE RAPPER OUT FOR HIS P E OF ANTI-GAY SLURS ON "RAP GOD" (AND OTHER TRACKS) OM [ARTICLE ID="1716618"]THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2[/ARTICLE] , THE DETRO MC TOLD ROLLG STONE THAT HE MEANT NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE GAYSTARNEWS, THE HUFFGTON POST AND ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY HAVE TAKG ISSUE WH THE SOME OF THE LYRICS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WHOUT SAYG HOW I'VE SAID A LN TIM," MARSHALL TOLD THE MAGAZE AN UPG VER STORY. "BUT THAT WORD, THOSE KD OF WORDS, WHEN I ME UP BATTLE-RAPP' OR WHATEVER, I NEVER REALLY EQUATED THOSE WORDS [WH BEG HOMOSEXUAL]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE SONG, HE RAPS, "I ATTEMPT THE LYRIL ACROBAT STUNTS WHILE I'M PRACTICG THAT/I'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BREAK A MOTHER---' TABLE/OVER THE BACK OF A UPLE OF F----TS AND CRACK HALF... "LTLE GAY-LOOKG BOY/SO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE-LOOKG BOY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIA DEFENDS COLLABORATG WH EMEM: "HE IS NOT HOMOPHOBIC"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME SLIM SHADY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TASK FOR G ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE. IN FACT, HE TOOK HEAT BACK 2000 WH THE RELEASE OF THE ORIGAL MARSHALL MATHERS LP, WHICH FEATURED SONGS SUCH AS "CRIMAL" THAT ED SIAR LANGUAGE. AT THE TIME, AND AGA A 2010 TERVIEW WH ANRSON COOPER, THE RAPPER WHO FAMOLY BEIEND OPENLY GAY POP IN ELTON JOHN SAID THAT G WORDS LIKE "F----T" HAD NOTHG TO DO WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS MORE LIKE LLG SOMEONE A BCH OR A PUNK OR A--HOLE," HE TOLD ROLLG STONE. "SO THAT WORD WAS JT THROWN AROUND SO EELY BACK THEN. IT GO BACK TO THAT BATTLE [RAPPG ERA], BACK AND FORTH MY HEAD, OF WANTG TO FEEL EE TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY, AND THEN [WORRYG ABOUT] WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT PEOPLE ... THE REAL ME STG HERE RIGHT NOW TALKG TO YOU HAS NO ISSU WH GAY, STRAIGHT, TRANSGENR, AT ALL. I'M GLAD WE LIVE A TIME WHERE 'S REALLY STARTG TO FEEL LIKE PEOPLE N LIVE THEIR LIV AND EXPRS THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ WHAT THE CRICS ARE SAYG ABOUT THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTTOM LE? DPE HIS FAME AND RICH, EM SAID HE STILL LOOKS AT HIMSELF AS THAT SAME BROKE, BATTLE RAPPER OM 8 MILE TRYG TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. BIS, AFTER 14 YEARS, HE SAID HE THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEPARATE THE REAL HIM AND THE REAL SLIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK PEOPLE KNOW MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THGS AND THE PERSONAS THAT I CREATE MY MIC," HE SAID. "AND IF SOMEONE DON'T UNRSTAND THAT BY NOW, I DON'T THK THERE'S ANYTHG I N DO TO CHANGE THEIR MD ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
The rap superstar said he hat that gay kids get bullied. * eminem anti gay *
"Rollg Stone asks Emem why, after years of beg lled anti-gay for his lyrics and years of tellg terviewers he has no problem wh gay people, he ntu to e words like “faggot” and “gay-lookg” as an sult. ” His ncln now, after another round of ntroversy: “But the real me stg here now talkg to you has no issu wh gay, straight, transgenr at all. He’s been admirably outspoken about his feelgs on the gay muny and that he wish no ill-will towards .
He even me out support of gay marriage! But what do those words really mean when he’s releasg a song wh lyrics that explicly wish ill-will on the gay muny? But ’s no lazier than g the word “gay” as an emasculatg sult, so here go.
Sayg he has no problem wh the gay muny superficially dit that Emem isn’t homophobic. But repeatg the same tired exce for why he homophobic lyrics anyway renrs the claim all-but Rollg Stone terviewer, disappotgly, giv Emem an easy out at the end of the terview excerpt, sentially excg away the behavr for him, sayg, “I kd of thought you were dog bee when you’re rappg as Slim Shady, part of your missn is to annoy people.