Upon the discharge of his new album Kamikaze, Eminem was met with criticism for utilizing a homophobic slur in his monitor “Fall.” Among Shady’s loudest critics had been Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds and Em’s personal collaborator on the monitor, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
The line in query is a diss directed at Tyler, The Creator: “Tyler create nothin’, I see why you called yourself a f—-t, bitch.” The line was his response to tweets from Tyler about Eminem’s “Walk on Water.” When that monitor got here out, the Odd Future rapper posted “dear god this song is horrible, sheesh how the fuck.”
Now, in a multi-part interview with Sway, the rapper has admitted that whereas he doesn’t remorse standing up for himself, he regrets utilizing the phrase: “I think the word that I called him on that song was one of the things where I felt like this might be too far,” he stated. “Because in my quest to hurt him, I realize that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it.”
Mathers added that as he finalized his album, his use of the slur did hassle him, and he finally did determine to barely obscure the phrase, however he now realizes that individuals can nonetheless perceive what he’s saying.
Watch Eminem’s interview with Sway under:
