Eminem Says Homophobic Tyler, the Creator Diss Went “Too Far”

Eminem Says Homophobic Tyler, the Creator Diss Went “Too Far”
Eminem (in “The Kamikaze Interview”), Tyler, the Creator (Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)

In the most recent installment in his multi-part interview collection with Sway, Eminem mentioned his disses in opposition to Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt on the Kamikaze observe “Fall.” “Tyler create nothin’, I see why you called yourself a f****t, bitch,” he rapped on the music. In the interview, Eminem expressed remorse for utilizing the homophobic slur within the music. “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 mentioned. “Because in my quest to hurt him, I realize that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it. … It was one of the things that I kept going back to and going ‘I don’t feel right with this.’” Watch the interview beneath, with the dialog about Tyler starting on the 9:30 mark.

He additionally opened up about why he dissed Tyler, revealing that he took situation with Tyler and Earl’s feedback about him in interviews and on social media. He particularly cited Tyler’s tweets about Shady XV and Earl saying “if you still follow Eminem, you drink way too much Mountain Dew.” “I was like, really? What the fuck,” Eminem mentioned. “You guys were just on tour with us, we hung out, we kicked it, made jokes.” Eminem mentioned his “breaking point” got here when Tyler criticized his Beyoncé collaboration “Walk on Water.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Eminem confirmed that he actually did obtain a go to from Trump’s Secret Service following Eminem’s BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher about Trump. “They came to my studio, yeah,” he mentioned. “They were basically just asking questions about my lyrics to see what the intent was behind them and if I was making an actual threat or just expressing myself.”

“Fall” notably incorporates a visitor look from Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. Shortly after its launch, Vernon disowned the music. “Not a fan of the message, it’s tired.” Later he added, “We are gonna kill this track.” Eminem has but to answer Vernon.

In the first installment of the Sway interview series, Eminem opened up about how followers reacted negatively to Revival’s rollout. He additionally mentioned he’s “good with” Revival, saying he wanted to make it to be able to follow-up with Kamikaze. He additionally opened up about which albums he’s lower than happy with, together with Encore and Relapse. In the second part, Eminem addressed his feuds with Joe Budden and Machine Gun Kelly.

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