Why did politicians and press had a big agenda against Em?

[dshady89]

Back in 1999-2000, when there have been many artists to say violent things in the past, yet I cant remember anyone who was called out as much as Eminem

[shadyphantom91]

I think it's because he was white and because of that they feared the impact of his music on white kids. There have been many rappers who said violent and offensive things probably even worse than Em. For example some of Big L and Biggie's lyrics make Em's look like childplay in terms of offensiveness but because most famous rappers were and by a majority still black, the media and the government could have cared less about the effect it had on black youth and due to the fact they don't understand it.

[Raul]

He was white.

[Excita]

I think it's because he was white and because of that they feared the impact of his music on white kids. There have been many rappers who said violent and offensive things probably even worse than Em. For example some of Big L and Biggie's lyrics make Em's look like childplay in terms of offensiveness but because most famous rappers were and by a majority still black, the media and the government could have cared less about the effect it had on black youth and due to the fact they don't understand it.

Man, I would have loved to have heard a song with Em and Big L...would've probably been the funniest and most offensive thing out there at the time.

That would have been so awesome rip Big L

[ShadyxEminem]

I've seen an UK newspaper article with Snoop Dogg on the front with "Get This Evil Bastard Out" or something like that as the heading. I think it was issued back in 96? Maybe

[sbolli1]

All of those people deserve to be taken out back and whipped like a horse.

Particularly Lynne Cheney, boy does that stuck-up bitch make my blood boil.

If I may quote da Gawd himself: "Fuck you Ms. Cheney!"

[Blackquill]

Convenient scapegoat to deflect the blame on.

[shadyphantom91]

I think it's because he was white and because of that they feared the impact of his music on white kids. There have been many rappers who said violent and offensive things probably even worse than Em. For example some of Big L and Biggie's lyrics make Em's look like childplay in terms of offensiveness but because most famous rappers were and by a majority still black, the media and the government could have cared less about the effect it had on black youth and due to the fact they don't understand it.

Man, I would have loved to have heard a song with Em and Big L...would've probably been the funniest and most offensive thing out there at the time.

I agree it would be a better version of Bad Meets Evil. I guess it would be called Evil Incarnate or Hell Spawns something like that.

[kkaniff]

@Stay Wide Awake
On point as always.
And OP, it's still happening, it was first hilarious, then alarming, then downright sad how clueless the media and critics are/have always been about Eminem's work.
Especially his blue eyed and blonde haired persona.
And after the fuck-it-all obviousness of some of his trademark "homophobia and misogyny" on MMLP2, it's seems Em has finally gotten tired of trying to explain it, as evidenced by G>Fear.

[TheBoss123]

I don't think it was just because he was white. It was because he was bringing it to the mainstream. Pac, Big, Nas, Big L and so on were primarily for the "hip hop" crowd. Nobody really freaked out when they said weird shit because their audience expected rougher music. Eminem was one of the first rappers to truly bleed serious hip hop into mainstream culture. Yeah you could say "but Big L already talked like this", but moms and suburban kids weren't singing the words to Street Struck on the way to school. Eminem had a huge hand in transforming hip hop from it's own corner of music into the music that everybody and anybody listened to. It's not just that he made the music that way. It's that he exposed that culture to every corner of the world.

On Point.

[Mr Evil]

I don't think it was just because he was white. It was because he was bringing it to the mainstream. Pac, Big, Nas, Big L and so on were primarily for the "hip hop" crowd. Nobody really freaked out when they said weird shit because their audience expected rougher music. Eminem was one of the first rappers to truly bleed serious hip hop into mainstream culture. Yeah you could say "but Big L already talked like this", but moms and suburban kids weren't singing the words to Street Struck on the way to school. Eminem had a huge hand in transforming hip hop from it's own corner of music into the music that everybody and anybody listened to. It's not just that he made the music that way. It's that he exposed that culture to every corner of the world.

On Point.