American rapper, Eminem savaged Donald Trump as a racist and warned fans not to support the US president as the rap superstar appeared at the BET Hip Hop Awards broadcast Tuesday.
Eminem, the top-selling rapper of all time,
made a rare and unexpected appearance in a recorded video aired during
hip-hop’s premier awards show. With a hoodie over his head and visceral anger
in his voice, Eminem rapped freestyle from inside a parking ramp as an
entourage stood guard behind him.
Eminem in his profanity-laden salvo decried Trump as both
incompetent and prejudiced, rapping: “Racism’s the only thing he’s fantastic
for.” “We better give Obama props / ‘Cause what we got in office now’s a
kamikaze / That’ll probably cause a nuclear holocaust,” Eminem said in a likely
reference to Trump’s Twitter war of words with North Korean strongman Kim
Jong-Un.Eminem, who is by far the most successful white rapper, ends the video
by demanding that his fans forswear Trump.
“Any fan of mine who’s a supporter of his — I’m drawing a
line in the sand / You’re either for or against,” he said. Eminem pledged
solidarity with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose
protests against racism during the US national anthem have triggered an
intensifying row as Trump demands that athletes stand for the flag. Trump “gets
an enormous reaction when he attacks the NFL / So we focus on that instead of
talking Puerto Rico or gun control for Nevada,” Eminem rapped, referring to the
devastation of Hurricane Maria and the massacre at a concert in Las Vegas.
“All these horrible tragedies and he’s bored
and would rather cause a Twitter storm with the Packers,” Eminem quipped. “Now
if you’re a black athlete you’re a spoiled little brat for trying to use your
platform or stature to try to give those a voice who don’t have one,” he said.
Eminem, whose music is rarely overtly political, made the intervention a year
after releasing his last song — also a denunciation of Trump recorded in the
run-up to the election.
Eminem’s longtime producer Denaun Porter
recently said that the 44-year-old rapper had completed an album, which would
be his first since 2013. BET, which stands for Black Entertainment Television,
broadcast the awards four days after the gala took place in Miami. Cardi B, who
has quickly become one of the top women in hip-hop, ruled the night with five
awards including best single or her debut track “Bodak Yellow.” Kendrick Lamar,
who triumphed at the latest MTV Video Music Awards, came in a close second with
four trophies.
AFP
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