Gen Z is Trying To Cancel Eminem For Promoting ‘Domestic Violence’

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Gen Z is Trying To Cancel Eminem For Promoting 'Domestic Violence'

Netizens react to the ‘Cancel Eminem’ trend by Gen Z.

Celebrities have long been the target of cancel culture. This time, Eminem was in hot water over lyrics from a song he wrote years ago. His fans, on the other hand, have defended him on Twitter, claiming that “Gen Z” was pursuing him for no apparent reason. Eminem is trending on Social Media as he becomes the target of the cancel culture. Gen Z is trending ‘Cancel Eminem‘ after a Tik Tok user shares the lyrics of the Detroit Rapper’s 2010 hit ‘Love The Way You Lie‘ where he’s promoting domestic violence.

“If she ever tries to f**king leave again
I’mma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire.”

The following lyrics started the trend and it’s not the first time people are attacking Eminem for his controversial lyrics. The vast variety of strong responses to TikTok indicates a lot about how Eminem is viewed by fans of various generations, as well as how they participate with music and society in general. The video’s thoughts were warmly repeated by Gen Z’ers, and videos featuring the hashtag #canceleminem2021 have amassed more than 8.6 million views. However, a quick scan of the hashtag reveals a larger number of so-called millennial Eminem fans defending the rapper than teens and twenty-somethings launching a cancel crusade.

Since his debut album, which deployed a shock jock technique to grab attention, Eminem has been creating waves. The Slim Shady LP, his first big studio album, was released in 1997 and featured the song ’97 Bonnie and Clyde,’ in which he detailed his dream of murdering his wife and enlisting the help of his toddler-aged daughter to hide her body. “Kim,” a more horrific hallucination about killing his wife in real life, was featured on the Marshall Mathers LP, which was released in 2000. Domestic violence, on the other hand, is a recurring motif in Eminem’s songs and albums.

The procedure for “cancelling” often goes as follows: An objectionable act or remark is made by a public figure or group. A public backlash follows, frequently spurred by political opinions and social media. Then there is the demand to devalue their cultural standing, whether by engaging in boycotts or taking appropriate sanctions. People have described cancel culture as having a mob mentality that promotes anarchy, censorship, and the erasure of the past.

Eminem supporters have claimed that his lyrics are considerably worse, and many have defended him by releasing their own raps, while simultaneously blasting Gen Z-ers for wanting to cancel him. Eminem has taken this Cancel trend to another level. On March 5, 2021, Eminem released the Tone Deaf lyric video, which appears to be a response to the trend and features him rapping the lyrics: “I won’t stop even when my hair becomes grey (I’m tone-deaf) / ‘Cause they won’t stop until they cancel me.” The song comes from 2020’s Music To Be Murdered By – Side B album.

Since his debut album, which used a shock jock style to grab attention, Eminem has been creating waves. The Slim Shady LP, his first big studio album, was released in 1997 and featured the song ’97 Bonnie and Clyde,’ in which he detailed his dream of murdering his wife and enlisting the help of his toddler-aged daughter to hide her body. “Kim,” a more horrific hallucination about killing his wife in real life, was featured on the Marshall Mathers LP, which was released in 2000. Domestic violence, on the other hand, is a recurring motif in Eminem’s songs and albums.

However, a lot of people come in support of Eminem as the whole thing trends on Social Media.

The millennials came out in droves to defend Shady with one person writing “Since Eminem is trending, let’s bring this back … if you are easily frightened by loud noises or offended by explicit lyrics you shouldn’t be here.” Another noted, “Since Eminem is trending let me remind y’all that he is the first artist in history to have 10 consecutive no.1 albums on the billboard 200 and he reached this achievement last year with his album music to be murdered by. legend sh*t me thinks.”

On the song “Zeus” from Music to Be Murdered By – Side B, the companion album to 2020’s Music to Be Murdered By, Eminem apologised to Rihanna for a leaked decade-old diss. On “Zeus,” he raps, “And wholeheartedly, apologies, Rihanna/ For that song that leaked, I’m sorry, Ri/ It wasn’t meant to cause you anguish, I’m sorry, Ri/ It wasn’t meant to cause you grief.”

For the time being, it looks that Eminem is spared from the social-media guillotine. Especially considering, as one Twitter user pointed out, “more powerful individuals,” including two US presidents, have attempted and failed to terminate the hip-hop legend. They were most likely referring to previous Presidents George Bush and Donald Trump, both of whom the rapper has mocked in song.

But it appears that Eminem doesn’t give a damn about Gen-Z cancel culture, since he includes Love The Way You Lie in his most recent album, Curtain Call 2. The 35-track collection features Detroit rappers’ most recent major successes, including “Godzilla” with Juice WRLD, “Lighters” with Bruno Mars, “Crack A Bottle” with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, “Monster” with Rihanna, and “No Love” with Lil Wayne. In addition, Em published for the first time the previously unheard 50 Cent and Dr. Dre collaboration “Is This Love (’09).”

Check out some of the reactions below.

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