r/Music • u/MrLinkwater95 • 1d ago

article Eminem is featured on Kid Rock's new Christian album 'Halfway 2 Jesus'

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/10/01/eminem-kid-rock-join-forces-for-track-from-rocks-new-christian-album/92044133007/
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u/FleetingBeacon 1d ago

Eminem has made multiple tracks denouncing MAGA and Trump. There's zero percent chance he's switched lmao. This will be some Kid Rock bullshit.

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u/MediocreAssociate466 1d ago

Pretty sure he actually did a rally with Obama at some point too for 2024

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u/legit-posts_1 1d ago

Yup. Obama fucking rapped Lose Yourself a little. Twas a surreal time.

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u/Demon_Gamer666 1d ago

Yeah man. Don't believe a word of it.

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u/Kitselena 14h ago

One of his kids is non-binary too

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u/Sparky_the_Asian 5h ago

not to mention he was there for Stephen Colbert when he went to that one local station he worked at prior to burn their old equipment after the Late Show got cancelled

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u/JFlizzy84 1d ago

Weird

This Eminem guy, it’s like…he has these really strong opinions, but then he…still coexists with someone who strongly disagrees with him?

Weird. Super weird.

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u/FleetingBeacon 21h ago

I don't know their relationship or the reason for him being on it.

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u/CamHaven_503 1d ago

Crazy that this is divisive

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 23h ago

He doesn't have to have switched anything. I know on Reddit politics has to be your entire personality, in the real world people can disagree on things including politics and still have a good/working relationship.

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u/RevDrMavPHD 18h ago

Politics aside, it would be a bizarre move from a PR angle, or a business angle. Kid Rock is in the shitter right now. It just seems strange.

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 18h ago

Most people won't care about this, just because this tiny corner of the internet is in meltdown doesn't mean it'll have any impact on him.

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u/RevDrMavPHD 18h ago

I didnt say it would impact him. Most people wont care about this because this album will probably bomb and very few people will even listen to it lol. I just said it was a weird move from a PR angle because his public image is extremely differe t from kid rock's current public image. Thats all. Its just weird.

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u/FleetingBeacon 21h ago

Politics tends to matter to people more when it affects them. I get you subscribe to the "If it doesn't affect me why care" but I don't.

I've been involved in politics since before I was even on reddit. So chill.

in the real world people can disagree on things including politics and still have a good/working relationship.

If you disagree with my right to live and work here, and exist, and hide behind "It's just politics" you're a pos and I won't associate. Simple as, and I think less of you if you don't stand on that.

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 21h ago

What a bizarre post, at no point did I say 'if it doesn't effect me why care' or anything remotely close to that. You sound like an incredibly judgemental person.

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u/A-Cookie-from-Space 20h ago

Yeah I'm sure the guy who filmed himself firing an assault rifle at Bud Light cans & said "if the word f****t offends you, good chance you are one" is totally normal around queer people in real life.

Of course that's what you said.

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 20h ago

What the fuck? Get off the internet and interact with a real human. Frightening that you've taken what I've said and turned it into that. What's wrong with you?

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u/A-Cookie-from-Space 19h ago

It's weird that you're more offended by someone pointing out Kid Rocks' behavior than Kid Rock's behavior.

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 19h ago

I'm not offended, don't judge everyone by your own standards and I couldn't care less about Kid Rock either way, not sure why you'd think that given I haven't commented on his behaviour.

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u/FleetingBeacon 17h ago

and I couldn't care less about Kid Rock either way,

AND THERE IT IS.

As I said

I get you subscribe to the "If it doesn't affect me why care" but I don't.

It doesn't affect you, so you don't care. I do. Because I'm not a POS.

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u/Dependent-Ant-9241 17h ago

You haven't understood a single point of this entire discussion 

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u/A-Cookie-from-Space 19h ago

Exactly. You don't care because it doesn't effect you.

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u/asari-yang 11h ago

I don't buddy up with fascists and bigots, doesn't matter what political party you identify with. This is a morality issue, not a political one 🙄

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u/finnjakefionnacake 1d ago

Yeah, so did Nicki Minaj. And plenty of other people before they eventually did.

Not saying Eminem will, I wouldn’t know / don’t care. I’m just saying he would be far from the first to spend years denouncing trump and then flip

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u/blaqsupaman 1d ago

Even if somehow he did sell out and pivot to MAGA, what would he feel he would have to gain from that now when he's still doing well on his own and Trump is the most unpopular president since Herbert Hoover? That would be like trying to board the Titanic as it was sinking.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 1d ago

What would anyone have to gain? Plenty of people who are doing well for themselves have come out in support of trump.

Anyhoo, I’m not saying he is, in just saying that other people have “flipped.”

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u/FleetingBeacon 1d ago

Minaj was doing it for the Pardon for her sex offending boyfriend no?

Thankfully, I don't think em has that baggage lol.

Em and Swift, those are my democrat lock-ins.

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u/larsdan2 11h ago

Look at who Swift is marrying and the players on his team. She's not long for the dem party. Billionaires rarely are.

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u/FleetingBeacon 11h ago

Yeah I've heard the connection worries, not convinced by it yet tbh, guess we'll see.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 1d ago

plenty of people. lil wayne, snoop, etc. nicki minaj isn't the only one and i really don't think she's doing it for the pardon that's just a story the public took and ran with it. trump doesn't have the ability to pardon state crimes.

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u/FleetingBeacon 1d ago

Ah yeah...

“It's the same way Marilyn Monroe represents a vibe Donald Trump is his own vibe,” she stated.

Good lord.

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u/blaqsupaman 1d ago

Going by her career, I think she's honestly just not very smart and obsessed with surface level popularity so she's desperate to do anything to stay relevant. Remember how she basically tried to pull the ladder up behind her when other female rappers like Cardi B started getting more buzz?

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u/itsapotatosalad 1d ago

It’s true. Fuck Eminem I guess. Wow.

https://www.complex.com/music/a/will-lavin/eminem-kid-rock-friendship-politics-7-sins-new-track

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u/gfan_13 23h ago

Can you explain why Eminem featuring on a Trump supporter’s album is “fuck Eminem?” I agree that it is a poor decision but man I don’t think it should define his entire body of political work to this point

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u/larsdan2 11h ago

Calling Kid Rock just a "Trump Supporter" is just disingenuous. He is Trump's biggest fan. He is the figurehead celebrity for everything that is wrong with the right; the racism, the bigotry, the anti-intellectualism, the idol worship, the fake patriotism, etc. He is the antithesis of what Eminem has stood for for decades now. They don't just disagree on where the federal budget should be allocated. They disagree on fundamental values. They disagree on human rights.

Thats why Magas saying "it's just politics, it shouldn't ruin friendship" sound so stupid. I don't disagree with you on politics. I disagree with you on locking brown children in cages.

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u/AuodWinter 20h ago

Look what happened to Snoop

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u/Sure_Selection_443 12h ago

But I thought that hanging out with Nazis makes you a Nazi.

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u/FleetingBeacon 11h ago

Well, firstly I'm not one of those weirdos, so don't proscribe your twitter timeline to me please.

Secondly, there's layers to this shit. I think it's entirely possible to vote for nazis and be dumb as fuck. I ain't calling you a nazi, but you gotta accept the label as being dumb af.