The Wrath of Eminem

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Ariana Scott, Staff Writer

October 6th was another amazing year of the BET Hip Hop Awards, honoring rappers in today’s society and the work that they have done over the last year. Eminem blew minds on his cipher with an unexpected target- Donald Trump. A cipher is a freestyle rap with an instrumental beat in the background that a particular rapper or rap group performs.

He talked about multiple subjects during his freestyle and addressed what is currently happening in the world and how our president is handling things. As we all know, Eminem is a very expressive rapper and does not care about what people think of him. He lashes on and speaks on Trump’s racist comments, the lack of respect towards veterans, and his character in general. The freestyle is five minutes long, expressing Eminem’s thoughts on Donald Trump and even states that “any fan of mine who’s a supporter of his “I’m drawing in the sand a line you’re either for or against and if you can’t decide who you like more and you’re split on who you should stand beside” I’ll do it for you with this,” according to the New York Times.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/eminem-donald-trump/index.html

I am not a huge fan of Eminem and I personally think that the cipher was very accurate to what a lot of people of color are feeling. Not a lot of people really see that side of Eminem and it was super surprising, especially since he is a white rapper. The Trump shenanigans are getting pretty old to me, but it is comforting to see someone who is WHITE stand up for us minorities.

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