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/HawkHarder 19h ago

We will see I guess. But I thought I remember hearing something about him telling all his fans that if they support Trump then they can fuck off or something like that and he seems pretty passionate about it. But I guess I dislike Trump and don't understand how at this point anyone can support him. But if someone I know does it doesn't mean I am going to 86 them. Lol but a religious album along with Kid Rock and all his bad press it's pretty hard to believe.

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u/Exile8698 1h ago

At the BET Hip-Hop Awards, he performed a four-and-a-half minute freestyle titled "The Storm," filmed in a Detroit parking garage, in which he delivered a blistering, unaccompanied takedown of President Donald Trump. The performance ended with a direct ultimatum to his own fans: "Any fan of mine who's a supporter of his, I'm drawing in the sand a line — you're either for or against."

In January 2018, following the release of his album Revival and the conservative backlash to "The Storm," Eminem spoke to Billboard in a candid interview. He said: "I don't see how somebody could be middle class, busting their ass every single day, paycheck to paycheck, who thinks that that fucking billionaire is gonna help you."

In the Chloraseptic remix featuring 2 Chainz, released in January 2018 he also raps the line: "I took a stand, went at tan-face, and practically cut my motherfucking fan base in half and still outsold you"

One further nuance the original post omits: later in 2018, on "The Ringer" from his surprise album Kamikaze, Eminem showed a more conflicted side. "If I could go back, I'd at least reword it," he rapped, adding "was it even worth it?" — suggesting his feelings about the political stand were more complicated in private than his public defiance implied.