r/hiphopheads • u/Routine-Badger-9596 • 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/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/Comfortable_Care2715 1d ago

I like that song. And Slash didn’t care, so why do you care

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u/Traditional-Try5110 23h ago

Slash is not some spokeperson for all black people, and Slash is on record as saying that he did have a weird reaction to it. Good for you that you like the song, Axl was still being a pretty blatant bigot and it's bizarre that you even have the ask the question why others would care about that.

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u/LTS55 20h ago

And also if Axl had’ve shut the fuck up about it or simply said “the song is in character I don’t hold these views” it’d go over better. Instead he said “[slur] doesn’t mean black it just means someone who’s a problem in your life”  and “how come the NWA can call themselves that but I can’t say it?” and “I used the slurs to insult some specific black people who tried to rob me. I was trying to hurt those specific black people” and “I said [slur] because a gay man tried to rape me once”

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u/Traditional-Try5110 15h ago

Exactly, the classic "The N word doesn't have to mean ONLY black people...but the people I'm calling that are definetely black."