SYNONYMS: SEXIST. HOMOPHOBIC. DANGEROUS. DISGUSTING.
ANTONYMS: anything that is nice about the world
"Eminem is only famous cause he is a white boy who raps. Why should I listen to the music of someone who is claimed to be a homophobe and misogynist? Eminem's music is disgusting. He says such mean things about his mother. He is a sexist that talks about murdering and raping people in his lyrics. Tell me why I should even listen to ONE of his songs?"
Well, you basically just said exactly why you should listen to his songs. Eminem IS a white male that has made himself popular through a predominantly black art form. He has helped blur the lines between "black" "white" and "rap." You are right, he is claimed to be both sexist and homophobic, but maybe you should listen to his songs to see why he says such remarks. Maybe then you will realize that it is not his personal view but his physiologically unstable alter ego Slim Shady talking. Maybe then you will begin to realize that all this talk about "murdering" and "rape" is a complex way that Eminem releases the tensions from his childhood. You should listen to one, or two, or thirty of his songs so that you realize that possibly, just maybe, there is a slight chance, that he might be... wait for it... JOKING. Maybe you should listen to his songs to understand he is an artist. Maybe then you will realize that art does not have boundaries. Maybe you'll be able to catch some of Eminem's lyrical world play, his innate linguistic capability.
But that's just my wishful thinking.
Oh yeah...
Tell me when was the last time you could rhyme something with orange?
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