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• IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'
• IS EMEM GAY?
• IS EMEM GAY? DID THE CELEBRATED RAPPER E OUT THE INTERVIEW?
• EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH
• IS EMEM GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE CONTROVERSY
• EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT
• 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

IS EMEM GAY? NEW DETAILS ON THE NEW ALLEGATNS SURROUNDG SLIM SHADY AND HIS NEW SONG 'WHAT IF I WAS GAY'

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. Emem has been cricized for his e of homophobic slurs his mic.

IS EMEM GAY?

Elton John is one of the most popular, and most openly gay, men the mic dtry today. Emem has apologized for his e of homophobic slurs the past... 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. Is Emem gay?

Through his reprentativ, Emem ma clear that he is not, fact, 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.

IS EMEM GAY? DID THE CELEBRATED RAPPER E OUT THE INTERVIEW?

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”?

EMEM IS GAY? THE RAPPER ONCE SAID “I’M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET” – WATCH

But the real me stg here right now talkg to you has no issu wh gay, straight, transgenr, at all. Source - Emem's InstagramEmem 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 2014, Emem once me out as gay durg his meo Sony's film, The Interview.

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. Durg the scripted Interview the film, Emem durg his nversatn wh Jam Fran's character nfsed that he was gay. To which Emem aga nfs that he was gay and is heard sayg, "I’m more shocked that people haven’t figured out yet.

IS EMEM GAY? THE TTH BEHD THE CONTROVERSY

”Emem then says, “I’ve been playg gay peek-a-boo for years. I’ve pretty much been leavg a gay bread cmb trail. Dpe his alleged support for same-sex marriage, the rapper has long ed homophobic slurs his mic.

EMEM SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY IN ‘THE INTERVIEW’ WAS NOT AN ACT

Today, much evince still suggts that the hypermascule rapper may be anti-gay. RELATED: Do Homophobic Rapper Emen Have A Gay Sex Tape?

Why Do Fans Thk Emem Is Homophobic? Here are jt a few stanc that prove he may be homophobic. Anti-Gay Sentiment In His Lyrics.

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

Emem’s first homophobic ntroversy occurred 2000 when he released the song “Crimal” as part of The Marshall Mathers LP.

In an terview wh Anrson Cooper, the rapper claimed that his e of the slur was not ed an anti-gay ntext. Emem later exprsed regret over his homophobic diss, claimg that he might’ve gone too far. When qutned about his e of the f-slur, Emem jtified his actns by clarg that he wasn’t referrg to gay people.

Of urse, Emem is referrg to straight men, suggtg that gay men are already emasculated.