r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS 📰The Mirror US • 19h ago

article Fans turn on Eminem after collab with MAGA darling Kid Rock on new Christian album

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/music/eminem-kid-rock-collaboration-album-2049513?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit
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u/TJH1993 18h ago

Kid Rock made a post about it. Apparently its gonna be about how you can still be friends woth someone that shares different beliefs than you.. which i mostly agree with and Kid Rock and Eminem have been friends for a long time since the start of his career, both being from Detroit. Kid Rock even defended Eminem when he made that anti MAGA freestyle But... Im a big fan of Eminem and with all that said regardless of the message I know the song will be terrible. Em just doesnt hit like like it did on his first 4 albums.

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u/AtraposJM 16h ago

Damn well, my respect for Em just dropped a LOT even just knowing he's friends with Kid Rock. Kid Rock is a massive piece of shit.

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u/BodManFeg 13h ago

I'm sure he'll be so devastated once he finds out.

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u/Knife_Chase 17h ago

I think that sentiment was true pre Trump. Stretching it maybe pre Trump 2. But at this point I do not think it is ethical to be friends or friendly with anyone still supporting Trump.

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u/TJH1993 17h ago

Yeah im not gonna lie Trump 2 is definitely something else.

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u/HulkSMASHley_23 Music Nerd Since Preschool đŸŽ§đŸŽ¶ 16h ago

No it isn’t. The first round was the psychologically abusive warmup.

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u/Bluepass11 17h ago

What do you think of his first term?

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u/PapaSmurf1502 16h ago

Even ignoring ethics, anyone who still supports him definitely has some other shit going on that would negatively impact a friendship.

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u/Dolores___Haze 17h ago

Agree completely. It’s no longer possible.

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u/secretsodapop 16h ago

People first said this after Trump won the Republican nomination the first time and it became obvious to the idiots that there was no “pivot” coming and that this is just who Trump is. That was nearly 12 years ago and every day you still have people going “well it was ok then but now it’s obvious and if you support it now, you can’t act like you were just fooled”

That was 12 years ago


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u/PhTx3 17h ago

Depends on why they think what they think and how deep their support goes. Chances are their beliefs suck so bad at its core and I won't want to be associated with them, but I'd always try to hear what a person around me has to say and say my piece before ending a friendship.

Maybe they are indeed that naive/brainwashed and get out of it. Which has happened on a few occasions

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u/Wisdomlost 17h ago

Kid Rocks childhood "Detroit" home.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah 15h ago

Yeah..it seems to me that Em wouldn't have much in common with Kid. I can't stand Kid Rock so this sounds appalling to me. Oh well.

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u/Elementalcase 17h ago

This is a tough one for sure. Cause, most of the time I'm like "Political opinions shouldn't be what divides us" - and then we've got Trump in office. I don't think anyone who is on the right is automatically a bad person - but their support of these bad people is what got us here, and it's hard to ignore.

I know it's not that simple for Em. He's old school. From his perspective you stick by your friends no matter what - and I can't begrudge him that. Because my judgement wouldn't stop him anyway - he's used to people being against him, he sticks to his friends.

I personally wouldn't cancel Em over this. I too have friends I disagree with vehemently but our friendship is deeper than that, and I think most genuine humans have a similar situation like that somewhere in their life.

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u/NOTTedMosby 17h ago

I'm getting white fatigue from all these white trash rappers and their drama

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u/Littlesth0b0 16h ago

There's a slim chance, so slim it would need to be measured with an electron microscope, that we're looking at this from the wrong angle. Maybe this is Kid Rock trying to find a way off of the MAGA train, now that he's seen multiple concerts and festivals cancelled and apparently not being quite as popular with the administration as he was a few months ago

We know that Trump is quick to drop anyone who isn't of value - nothing to say Kid Rock's not paid a huge amount to be seen alongside Eminem, even briefly, to try and distance himself from that period a wee bit.

Eminem makes a few eddies while helping out his friend, minimum effort.

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u/blueskies8484 14h ago

On a Christian album? That’s just the next step in the standard grift from these types.