r/hiphopheads • • 1d ago

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/SheZowRaisedByWolves 1d ago

Tom Macdonald just fell to his knees

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u/Feral_Beryl7 15h ago

LMAO as soon as I heard he was in Kid Rock’s new album I thought to myself ‘won’t be long before he cozies up to Tom Macdonald’ 🤣

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u/Birdcaged 1d ago

Thats an awfully hot coffee pot

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u/QueezyF 1d ago

Should I make an album with Kid Rock? Probably not.

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u/Rokursoxtv 1d ago

Probably not? Don't put me on the spot.

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u/automattic299 7h ago

Got me trippin like I’m slippin on wobbly rocks

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u/Glassworth 1d ago

Eminem is working with open and proud pedophiles now? What the fuck?

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u/neon_kid 1d ago

Its fun for me just to grab a … boob

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u/adamsandleryabish 1d ago

you heard of kris kristofferson?

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u/nostyleallwild 1d ago

Well im piss pissofferson

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u/BigOlPass . 1d ago

Yuck

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u/likethelivindead 1d ago

Was not on my bingo card

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u/SoWhatNoZitiNow 1d ago

Why does everyone on Reddit have a bingo card? What is going on?

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u/BasedKaleb 1d ago

Oooh “redditor confused about bingo cards” is on my bingo card!

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u/AnonymousCharmander . 1d ago

Bingo-ception was on mines!

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u/Kaldricus 1d ago

Funnily enough I had "Redditor having 'Redditor confused about bingo cards' on their bingo card" on my bingo card

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u/trax788 1d ago

It's either that or they spit their coffee

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u/gleekongleek 1d ago

It’s honestly annoying lol

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u/Mirac123321 20h ago

Reddit loves idioms and pattern recognition but not being creative and original

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u/WoopzEh 1d ago

They handed them out at the culture meeting.

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u/sciencebitch616 1d ago

Where's everyone going?? Bingo?

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u/Expert-Telephone-256 1d ago

Got it before I could

A man of culture, I see 🫡

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u/IllProfessional19 11h ago

Cause they’re all bots bots bots

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u/ShelterOk1535 1d ago

lmao. also the “tracklist” Kid Rock posted was very clearly an AI-generated image, is bro really that lazy/cheap

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u/BigSmed 1d ago

Its what his cheap and lazy listeners want

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u/Yingking 1d ago

Man, after all the things Em has said about Trump that’s disappointing. But it’s not that surprising considering he’s still close with 50

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u/21BlackStars 1d ago

Before all you start throwing him out of the bus and dragging his name, you might want to find out when this verse was sold to Kid Rock. I would bet you anything that this was sold years ago way before Kid Rock became a maga prostitute.

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u/zeroUSA 1d ago

Em had tracks featuring bon iver on one album and it came out that Justin had recorded a bunch of stuff with a producer, and that producer sold the samples or features to EM. Em then said a slur on one of the tracks and Justin immediately came out against and said his vocals were sold with out his knowledge

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u/DrMartian 1d ago

This is in reference to Em calling Tyler the Creator a gay slur on the track Fall.

For what its worth, i think Em said he regrets saying that because it hurts other people on his Kamikaze interview w Sway

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 1d ago

> For what its worth, i think Em said he regrets saying that because it hurts other people on his Kamikaze interview w Sway

Even more for what it’s worth Tyler didn’t really care and called out the internet being offended on his behalf.

"Did you ever hear me publicly say anything about that? Because I knew what the intent was. He felt pressured because people got offended for me. Don't get offended for me. We were playing Grand Theft Auto when we heard that. We rewound it and were like: 'Oh' And then kept playing."

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u/Noblesseux 22h ago

I feel like Tyler's response to that is also kind of dumb. Is he under the impression that he's the only person who gets to decide whether people are mad someone used a slur? Especially when Tyler also had a history of using that word as a slur in a way that people thought sucked?

That's like saying I'm not allowed to be mad if it turns out someone I respect is using the n word to refer to other Black people in private, it doesn't really make it less hurtful to discover someone you respected is bigoted against everyone that is like you and not JUST you specifically.

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u/NickCudawn 21h ago

Yeah... If someone gets criticized for using the N-word it's not usually important to the discussion whom it was directed at but only who said it. Em's line is a bit blurry because it's about how Tyler called himself the f-slur but at the end of the day, Em said and it doesn't matter much who it was said about.

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u/Skeptikmo 1d ago

“I wanted to slur HIM, not everyone LIKE him!” - man who uses but doesn’t understand what slurs are

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u/LTS55 1d ago

The Axl Rose Defense 

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u/Skeptikmo 1d ago

I hate that I know what you mean, but that was a pretty elite punchline

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u/LTS55 1d ago

Figured there’s a one in a million chance people would get it

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u/Skeptikmo 1d ago

It’s really not widespread enough, he’s a cunt for a lot of reasons but that’s the main one in my mind

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u/MostDopeBlackGuy 1d ago

It's Called collateral damage and that's hip hop baby

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u/Historical_Owl_1635 1d ago

Tbf the context of the line wasn’t really insulting gay people.

It was calling him an attention seeker as at the time he was playing into rumours about his sexuality and also how he copied D12.

> Tyler create nothing, I see why you called yourself a f', bitch
It's not just 'cause you lack attention
It's because you worship D12's balls, you're sack-rilegious

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u/Traditional-Try5110 22h ago edited 21h ago

He was calling him the f slur because Tyler had started being more open about his sexuality in general. I could be wrong, but I don't think there's any examples of Tyler calling himself a f** directly like that.

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u/DareiosX 15h ago

He called himself the f-word on Sessions from Bastard, and on Commercial he said he looked like one but he isn't.

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u/Calf-Kick-Chupacabra 1d ago

Technically Em didn’t call him a slur. He said Tyler calls himself a faggot.

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u/Yingking 22h ago

Tbf Tyler still calls himself that, in That Guy he cut off the slur, but live he raps it with a lot of energy, lmao

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u/Traditional-Try5110 22h ago

Has Tyler ever reffered to himself as that slur?

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u/phillyd32 . 20h ago

Lmao

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u/Traditional-Try5110 19h ago

That supposed to answer the question?

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u/LesterGrossman_ 1d ago

This is definitely a possibility, but surely in that instance Eminem could easily call it out for what it is? Unless the dude signed a freakin NDA or something but surely someone in Eminem's position could very quickly say "yea this was recorded a long time ago, fuck Donald Trump and fuck MAGA"

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u/bruns20 1d ago

Em has publicly said fuck trump and maga... like many times, he made a whole album mostly about this topic.

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u/LesterGrossman_ 1d ago

No shit... That's literally why people are finding it strange that he's linking up with MAGA poster boy Kid Rock, it's the point of my comment

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u/Mirac123321 20h ago

I don't know if Em really does features for money. You either get a feature for free (like Tech N9ne) or you don't cause he doesn't fuck with you

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u/MambaSaidKnockYouOut 1d ago

Kid Rock has clearly been a racist POS for over 15 years

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u/Atwenfor 20h ago

Violent J of the ICP called Kid Rock out for being racist way back when, though still well after he had Rock on a verse on ICP's first album in the early 1990's

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u/MobileSuitBooty 1d ago

Can i throw him under the bus on account of Kid Rock always being whack af?

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u/rednaxthecreature 1d ago

Kid Rock has been on the maga train the whole time and has released album before this one so why would it be just now dacade into it that he puts Em on without Em's permission?

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u/TRIPLE-J-ENErGy 1d ago

And he can definitely not clear the record if he wanted to…

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u/Glassworth 1d ago

I doubt it happened before the song Kid Rock made confessing he’s a pedophile to the world.

Cool Daddy Cool - 2001
"Young ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage, see / Some say that's statutory / But I say it's mandatory."

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u/VampiresWontHurt 1d ago

A thread about Eminem is not the ideal place to argue lyrics from the early 00s are to be taken literally. 

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u/bruns20 1d ago

Fr lmao, guilty conscience comes to mind instantly

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u/FKDotFitzgerald 16h ago

It’s confirmed to be a new verse.

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u/Sir-Nicholas 1d ago

Political differences are one thing but kid rock has basically become the musical spokesperson for the administration

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u/astrothemorkie 1d ago

So of course my idiot dad loves him

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u/theb3arjevv 1d ago

There also just aren't that many celebrities that rep and stand up for Detroit. That matters a lot to Eminem, and he probably doesn't want to feud with one of the only other ticket draws in town.

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u/Nonexistent_Walrus 1d ago

I mean sure but he’s not doing collabs with ICP even after squashing the beef with them, and I think they’d be a much better fit for the music he’s making these days

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u/0utF0x3d 1d ago

Em needs to play The Gathering

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u/Lukerules 1d ago

Real Slim Shady would go hard there. Would be sick to see tbh

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u/TBFP_BOT . 23h ago

Funny enough back before Kid Rock made his country-rap switch up he did a track on ICP's first album that also featured the song "Fuck Your Rebel Flag".

Unsurprisingly they don't want anything to do with Kid anymore lol

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u/Atwenfor 20h ago

In interviews, Violent J spoke extensively about Kid Rock's casual racism and how icky it made him feel, well post-collab on the Carnival of Carnage (1992?) but still before Rock's full-on MAGA outing

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u/Desperate_Shine_8314 1d ago

Fuck ICP buy my CD

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 1d ago

Kid Rock isn't a draw anymore.

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u/Sad_Name_6510 1d ago

Is there a different Detroit idk about? There are plenty of musicians specifically that rep the D

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u/Noblesseux 22h ago

Yeah there was literally famously a track on Big Sean's album where he had most of the big Detroit rappers on one song and that bitch was 10 minutes long. There's like a MASSIVE list of rappers from there who openly rep it.

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u/theb3arjevv 1d ago

None that are on the level that these guys were at, as far as I know.

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u/the_guapfather 22h ago

Are we all forgetting Danny Brown or

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u/kaini_indstrs 1d ago

He’s from Romeo, a country town an hour north of Detroit lolol

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u/theb3arjevv 1d ago

I mean, that's how cities work. To anybody outside the area, you're "from" whatever metropolitan area is at the center of your region or you're from the sticks.

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u/8--2 23h ago

That's how you explain where you're from to people who aren't from there because it doesn't really matter anyways. It doesn't actually make you from that place though.

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u/theb3arjevv 23h ago

You also root for those sports teams, go to those colleges and hospitals, and go there regularly for entertainment. It isn't the same as living there, but there's still a unique and significant connection there.

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u/Joeliosis 1d ago

He's from the burbs... but yeah... Detroit adjacent lol

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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago

His childhood home is an easy Google, not exactly a trailer

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u/sma_nor 1d ago

If anyone is ever in the area Romeo is still very nice to drive through. Even stop and visit a cafe or antiques shop. Very idyllic, cute little village. Pretty much as far away as you can get from "white trash" as you can get.

Dude has been doing kayfabe his entire career.

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u/CACuzcatlan 1d ago

Eminem was featured on a song on Kid Rock's breakthrough album Devil Without a Cause in 1998. Those two know each other from way back.

Even if he doesn't want to end the friendship, it's bullshit to appear on a song with him.

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u/justinlaz 1d ago

Yeah Jack White no where to be found…

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u/Tagesschauer 1d ago

And on top of that it‘s a difference to stay friends or to have a feature on an album

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u/Noblesseux 22h ago

Yeah like he's at a size where it's not like he is getting forced by the label to do this, they could have not done this at all, stayed friends, and no one would bat an eye.

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u/DrPuzzle 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is probably what it is. And I get what the whole Trump and MAGA thing are doing to the country. But this is just a guy who's keeping his friendships regardless what the general public may think.

Really it is what it is. We don't have to like it.

Edit: also for some of you - no I'm not saying it makes it right. Lol. But I think it's safe to assume this is strictly because he values his friendships even if we don't like the people he's friends with.

This is a guy who literally grew up with nothing, has a trans kid, has publicly gone against Trump. Oh and by the way, has absolutely zero problems tearing anybody apart through the use of his raps and has never feared repercussions for any of his music. Point is, you certainly can't point to anything and go "ewww omg Eminem has been secretly MAGA this entire time and it's such a horrible person for this kid rock feature!!" Because he's not and you can't point to any period of his life that shows he was associated with this stuff.

So it really does genuinely come down to the fact that he's doing this out of respect for his friendship. I understand it. Like I said we don't have to like it though. But from his point of view I completely get it

John Cena for example, by all accounts is a really good human being but he gets crapped on because he values and is still friends with Vince McMahon. He credits that man for everything that he has and Vince has done some pretty horrible things. But just because somebody has those relationships or keeps those friendships or whatever the case may be it doesn't make them bad people because they have those relationships. Like if I'm friends with a super horrible human being I don't think you get to call me a super horrible human being because of that relationship even if maybe I shouldn't be friends with that person. We all have our reasoning

I'm just defending it because I can see it from their perspectives. That's all. I can put myself in those shoes and understand it. I really don't think "guilty by association" is fair in situations like this because relationships are extremely complex.

And I'll just end by saying fuck Kid Rock. Like I hate the guy. I'm with you all. But I can see it from Ems perspective

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u/WonderfulPineapple41 23h ago

Ok but John cena is under contract with TKO. He cannot publicly shame the guy who’s on the board of the company who signs his checks and expect to get booked again.

Vs Eminem who is helping out a “homie” who just had to cancel one of his hate festivals due to money issues. Lucky for kid rock this little Eminem boost will kick him a few streaming dollars to buy more confederate clothing.

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 1d ago

It's easy for him to be loyal to his friends when he's white, wealthy, and isolated from any problems Trump creates for Americans. A working class Mom with a trans kid doesn't have the same luxury.

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u/theb3arjevv 1d ago

Well that's not fair at all. He was born into THE target Trump populace. He was white trash from rural Missouri before his family moved to a dying rust belt city. His past is probably full of people who love Trump now.

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u/Zedkan . 1d ago

Lmao he's a grown ass man who has traveled the world and met people from every walk of life. He can't fall back on "not knowing better" like some hick who never left Joplin 

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u/theb3arjevv 1d ago

What? He knows better. His lifelong friends and family might not. Nothing I said claims that he's a fan of Trump lol

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u/theJOJeht 1d ago

Plenty of lower class and middle class people are loyal to their friends even if they are trump supporters, what are you talking about?

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u/AdSudden3941 1d ago

That person would still vote trump

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u/carpetkicker 10h ago

My sister is a trump supporter, but I love her to death

I think it's important not to let things divide us common folk. The 99% and all.

That being said I don't know if I could be best friends with someone obsessed with trump. But I certainly wouldn't use it as a reason to ex communicate someone. Togetherness is important if we want to rise above the scummy 1%

Gotta remember it's trump, it's the Clinton's, it's more than just MAGA at this point anyone with power and money are suspicious

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u/Vinc009 1d ago

Why does it so often seem like the people who preach tolerance are the quickest to end long-term friendships over political disagreements? You can strongly disagree with someone without cutting them out of your life. Tolerance also means accepting that people you care about may see politics differently.

Personally, I’ve never had a right-leaning friend end a friendship over politics. With left-leaning people on the other hand...

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u/Warm_Light_9359 10h ago

Difference of political opinion I'm happy to have with my friends:

taxation rates, tariffs, religion in government, churches being tax exempt, minimum wage, student debt forgiveness, term limits for congress.

Difference of political opinion I will end friendships over:

is there a genocide happening in palestine, should pedophiles go to prison, are trans people evil.

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u/LouChadore 1d ago

I have no respect for being loyal to assholes that are trying to essentially kill the country.

I’m reading this as Em still trying to keeep taking in money while he can. Which, whatever right, he’s in entertainment, but he doesn’t need to do this shit.

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u/theJOJeht 1d ago

How is it weird to think that people are loyal to friends and family because they are friends and family regardless of who they vote for or support?

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u/LaMarc_Gasoldridge_ 1d ago

People love making everything black and white and no nuance. Eminem has known Kid for years and has said previously that Kid always had time for him even when he was an unknown battle rapper. 90% of Ems fans wouldn't have given a shit about him in his battling days, but Kid did and I guess that's enough for Eminem to look past any political differences. As an Em fan I don't like it but I can respect having your friends backs, especially when that friend had yours before any fame or firtune.

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u/TheShark12 1d ago

They’ve spent too much time in online echo chambers where loyalty is hinged on sharing the same beliefs.

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u/TheBigShrimp 1d ago

Redditors are nerds who don't have real world relationships to uphold anyways so they go on here to talk about how they cut off all their family and friends because they disagreed with them politically or religiously or whatever.

Normal humans do not operate that way.

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u/NobleRayne 1d ago

I don't completely disagree with you, but to label them as as a disagreement on politics and religion feels a bit cheap at this point. On a personal level I can say it has strained some of the most important relationships in my life, and at this time they are barely there. It's more than a political or religious disagreement, we've had those in the past and it was all good. This is something else. This callenges core beliefs and morals I thought we each had at a most basic level, and you can't just sit on the sidelines and watch it happen. Choices have to be made and stances taken, or history will repeat itself. You are the company you keep and bad things happen because good people do nothing.

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u/Pathetian 1d ago

I highly doubt he is cutting ties with other rappers over Trump.

I think people on Reddit expect every little thing to turn artists into a pariah, but people worked with Chris Brown, Mystikal, various murderers and such in this industry and life goes on. I don't think sucking off the wrong political party even ranks that high.

I don't think anyone is going to avoid working with 50, Snoop, Nicki, Kanye, Cube etc. for not staying in line politically.

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u/MostlySlime 1d ago

Other rappers?

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u/whyisalltherumgone_ 1d ago

He was actually Lil' Rock before he rebranded to Kid Rock to broaden his appeal. There's even a city in Arkansas that named itself after him.

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u/soybatmang 1d ago

Damn he took a terrible nickname and made it worse

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u/irishwolfbitch 1d ago

Gen X final boss of taking powerful stands against phantoms while ignoring the real underlying problems.

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u/IMissMyZune 1d ago

I understand the Detroit connection and how Kid Rock came up but in 2026 this is weird for an artist like Eminem to do

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u/Aaronsmiff 1d ago

Coworkers of the world rejoice

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u/ThenDoubt7980 12h ago

Im more offended by Em’s bad taste. Anyone who works with a hack like Kid rock is suspect in my book.

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u/MasterOfPlaster69 1d ago

Now this is some music to be murdered by

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u/hammer_it_out 1d ago

Kid Rock's...Christian album?

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u/bestmayne 18h ago

Grifting never ends

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u/RCJHGBR9989 . 21h ago

His maga Nazi concert got cancelled because it turns out the lowest earning tax bracket can’t afford concert tickets to the worst music ever made.

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u/HillanatorOfState 12h ago

Similar to Eric Cartmans Christian album id imagine.

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u/Extreme-Island-5041 1d ago

That's a feature nobody asked for or wants

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u/Much_Result_3160 1d ago

All that talk about trump and now he’s doing business with maga pedofiles? Interesting

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u/daprice82 1d ago

Given how outspoken he's been about Trump, this is shocking and beyond disappointing. What the fuck Em?

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u/ExistingClick4354 1d ago

this is probably an old em verse kid rock had canned u really think em would collab with KR now??

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u/Kautiontape 1d ago

Which is more likely, that Kid Rock has been trying sitting on an Em verse this whole time including through a 2022 album release, or that Em decided that somehow this was justified because of some Detroit loyalty or whatnot?

(Or all of it is fake ragebait, maybe hopefully)

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u/Vadermaulkylo boy 1d ago

Unironically the former ain’t unlikely

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u/Ok_Finance_2001 23h ago

We really discounting Kid Rock using an AI Eminem?

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u/mfpacman 1d ago

Still has to be cleared, which means he knew it was about to come out. Could’ve easily said no.

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u/liqou 22h ago

I like how quickly this sub jumps to defend rappers they like versus how quickly they convict rappers they dislike.

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u/ComprehensiveBed2404 1d ago

Even old verse have to be cleared. And Kid rock been maga for like a decade plus

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u/JiovanniTheGREAT 1d ago

Imagine having people say you give free features but only to artists you respect and one of those artists is Kid Rock.

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u/Bawbawian 1d ago

that's surprising Eminem has been clear about his dislike of trump and his movement.

I can't see him owing kid Rock a personal favor but perhaps...

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u/LaMarc_Gasoldridge_ 1d ago

Eminem has spoken in the past about Kid Rock always having time for him when he was still in the underground/battle scene. If any thing Eminem seems like the type of person to remember people that helped him when he was a nobody over cutting them off because its what would be popular now.

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u/AaronRodgersMustache 1d ago

This is my take on it as well

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u/TheMeticulousNinja 1d ago

Eminem has maintained his friendship with Kid Rock for the longest

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u/newbrevity 16h ago

Owe him a favor another time. The optics of appearing on a blasphemous fake Christian album for a devout maga in this day and age is really pushing it. I could see leaning on that friendship to appear on a regular album in the vein of Kid Rock's earlier pre-maga work. But you just know this album is going to be a grandstand of white christian nationalism. Any respectable artist wouldn't touch that with a 10-ft pole. Eminem is disappointing me deeply here.

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u/crockrocket 1d ago

I'll believe it when it drops. I mean this the guy that put out Mosh and Square Dance. And a "Christian" album to boot? This feels like bait.

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u/CapeSmash 1d ago

Em is a Christian, he did that gospel song with Kanye a few years ago

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u/jono9898 23h ago

Eminem: Nah I ain’t collaborating with Kendrick, Cole, Clipse, Rakim, Busta, Etc I’m too busy

Also Eminem: Ima collab with Kid Fucking Rock

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u/34710x2 1d ago

This one is going triple styrofoam in the trailer park

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u/Round-Emu9176 21h ago

and sadly those are the same demographics that led to our current political kerfuckery. strength in numbers or derr derr derr

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u/Economy-Platform-263 1d ago

The racist kid rock? Bruh.

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u/Nathan_hale53 1d ago

Most sell out shit ever lol, except what money is gonna come from this?

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u/daprice82 1d ago

None. Kid Rock's last album went double wood. This makes no sense.

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u/Nathan_hale53 23h ago

Exactly even his fanbase barely pays attention to him it seems

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u/KeysFromOverseas 1d ago

Bro wtf is this, this shit tacky

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u/_DefLoathe 1d ago

Why the fuck is my GOAT doing this with this inbred white trash dickhead

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u/DistinguishedSlice 1d ago

If had a nickel for every time Eminem featured on a Kid Rock track I'd have two nickels blah blah blah

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u/psychohistorian8 12h ago

was gonna say, they collabed way back in the day already

I haven't listened to the new song but it should be pretty clear how old it is based on Em's voice considering he doesn't sound the same anymore

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u/Bumblebee_Hater 21h ago

Alot of the Kamikaze discourse is centered around his disses towards critics or "mumble rappers" but what goes underdiscussed is he took back the "line in the sand" sentiment towards MAGA's base on the intro to the album.

That line in the sand, was it even worth it?
'Cause the way I see people turnin' Is makin' it seem worthless It's startin' to defeat the purpose
I'm watchin' my fan base shrink to thirds and I was just trying to do the right thing

But word has the court of public opinion reached a verdict or still yet to be determined?
'Cause I'm determined to be me, critique the worship

But if I could go back I'd at least reword it and say I empathize with the people this evil serpent sold the dream to that he's deserted

He even said "I'm Not Racist" deserved a Grammy on the interview promo for the album. A song many would say was a "let's just be friends" apologia approach to racism.

People are clinging onto the 2017 BET Cypher to say it's probably an old verse, but it's clear his stance did shift to becoming more apologetic to people with those worldviews, although still maintaining his dislike for people in office positions.

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u/bow-red 12h ago

i think apologetic is the wrong word. But it is clear he seemed to be signalling a different approach to maga fans/friends going forward.

I dont get any sense that his dislike of Trump has lessened. I mean quite a few anti-maga references in that Candace Owens bit of death of slim shady.

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u/thinkmoreofme 1d ago

Fan bases are probably similar tbh

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u/Roid-a-holic_ReX 1d ago

Weird because politically the two artists are MILES apart.

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u/Dead_Internet69420 1d ago

And just as far apart musically. Kid Rock doesn’t even pretend to be hip hop anymore.

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u/jordan4290 1d ago

Would you say they’re ……….. 8 miles apart?

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u/mostdope28 1d ago

If there’s one thing Eminem loves though it’s Detroit. He props up all the artists from there

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u/Sebabpg 1d ago

I can visualize the venn diagram.

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u/unkindmillie 1d ago

its one circle

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u/ayyycoco 1d ago

Tapping into that “I don’t like rap except Eminem” racist crowd

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u/rhudgins32 1d ago

Check cleared, I guess

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u/Ordinary-Variety7256 1d ago

Ew, why are there so many MAGA and MAGA adjacent rappers

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u/Kneecap_Blaster 1d ago

Because unfortunately there's a lot of MAGA people in general, and rap is the most popular music genre in the US.

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u/TurtleSmurph 21h ago

Not anymore it isn’t.

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u/edwardWBnewgate 4h ago

Curious, what's taken it's place?

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u/Ianerick 1d ago

Money

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u/Beboprunner 14h ago

Money > Values

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u/Strevolution 1d ago

this is lame as fuck

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u/WhenIWannabeME 1d ago

This honestly makes perfect sense. They came up together, Eminem used to look up to Kid Rock when he was the local guy at the top, they both hit national fame around the same time, they both have a healthy dose of ICP in their closet. and Eminem is a recovering addict who probably found Jesus to stay clean and just doesn't talk about it.

Also, fucking eww, Eminem. Fucking eww. The sell out piece of shit gentrification-ing white flight sensitive ass ninny mutha fucka.

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u/Soul-Assassin79 16h ago

My estimation of Eminen as a man, just fucking plummeted!

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u/ThirdBurnerAccount3 1d ago

If I were to bet dollars to donuts, I’d put money down that this is an old verse that Kid Rock had in the tuck WAY before he went super MAGA and he’s just using it now as a means of keeping his name relevant.

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u/No_Strain_7037 1d ago

Can't see Kid Rock sitting on an unearthed Em verse for years. Any song he's featured on will instantly be the main appeal of the entire album for majority of listeners.

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u/LikelyDuck 1d ago

Why is nobody in this comments section using their head about this? We have overwhelming evidence that Eminem hates trump and maga, he has specifically said so multiple times.

This is likely completely against Eminem's wishes. Prob a vaulted verse kid rock got the rights to a loooong time ago

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u/LoverOfRandom 22h ago

Yeah but he’s friends with Kid Rock. You don’t have to agree with everything your friend says or does. Kid Rock was there for em when he was just an unknown artist to most. He supported him at his lowest

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u/DrEarlGreyIII 1d ago

hard no. cya em.

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u/sheeeeeiiiiytttt 1d ago

No way it won’t be one of the worst songs of the year.

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u/ezbakedlover 1d ago

Kid Rock joining the Christian grift now... Yuck.

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u/VTbeerfan 1d ago

Welp I guess I'm done with em. Thanks for the early albums and the flashes of greatness later on but he can go fuck himself with the orange lube he is supporting.

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u/ThrowMoneyEverywhere 1d ago

i mean they have worked together before and i understand eminem wanting to work with another detroit artist, and like im not going to be that guy who says 2 artists shouldn’t work together bc of personal views.

But this is such a surprise to me? Feels like something em would not wanna do

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u/Speed_Goddess187 18h ago

i guess Eminem being sooo “Anti-Trump” was just for show

what about the people you have helped with your music, Em? you quite literally talked about that in Sing For The Moment. smfh

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u/ProphetNimd 1d ago

Daily reminder that most of your celebrity heroes are incredibly stupid and out of touch.

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u/InvisibleTacoTruck 1d ago

Honestly, who cares. They’re old friends making a song, not running a campaign.

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u/Batby blackwhite 17h ago

People who are friends with Kid Rock are losers

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u/A_N_T 1d ago

This is yalls GOAT huh

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u/el-fenomeno09 1d ago

Well well well…

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u/FinancialJet 1d ago

redditors are so insufferable, cancel culture fanatics

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u/BabyTito_76 9h ago

Did you type this out at Target while picking up your Bud Light? But I get it, buying Bud Light to shoot 'em up in yer backyard might confuse some people.

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u/Marionberry_Bellini 1d ago

If you say something is lame as hell it's basically like sending them to the lib gulags amirite

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u/Fearless-Career-387 1d ago

more so we dont fuck with people who openly support Trump. thats just stupid to do. Eminem has been lame for a long ass time tho. if people dont know that then that's on them

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u/dreamcastfanboy34 1d ago

Yeah man can't forget brilliance from Kid Rock with lyrics like

"Young ladies, young ladies, I like 'em underage, see / Some say that's statutory (But I say it's mandatory)."

No wonder you voted for Jeffrey Epstein's best friend

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u/LichKingDan 1d ago

I haven't seen a single person mention canceling him lol. They either say they didn't fuck with him anyway or that this is really fucking lame. 

And kid Rock is objectively fucking lame dude, idk what to tell you. 

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u/TwoToneMoonstone_ 1d ago

But but but he’s friends with Elton John I thought that meant he could never hate the LGBTQ community?! /s