It would be safe to say that, as music artists go, Eminem is pretty outspoken. The rapper, who has recently grown what is possibly the worst beard in the world, has long divided opinion due to his controversial and graphic lyrics. Whether it's his early releases, such as Kim or Stan, or his later works, like 3am, Slim Shady certainly knows how to cause a ruckus.
However, recent times have seen Eminem hone in on one target, and one target alone: the Trump family. It would seem that Slim's gun is firmly pointed at the president and his family and, if his latest track is anything to go by, Eminem has got plenty more in the locker.
Eminem's beef with Trump started back in February 2017, when he wrote a guest verse on Big Sean's song No Favours, calling Trump a b***h.
Then, he participated in the 2017 BET cypher, to which he contributed a verse called The Storm. In the verse, Eminem called out Trump for being more concerned with the NFL protests than helping hurricane victims in Puerto Rico. He also criticised the president's views on gun control.
"Any fan of mine who’s a supporter of his, I’m drawing in the sand a line, you’re either for or against," he rapped.
"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: F**k you.
"The rest of America, stand up! We love our military, and we love our country… But we f****n’ hate Trump!"
After that, Slim appeared at the iHeart Radio Music Awards and slammed the president, the NRA and anti-gun-law advocates in the wake of the horrific Parkland shooting. Taking to the stage to perform the powerful verse, he said:
"Sometimes I don’t know what this world has come to. It’s blowing up.
"This whole country is going nuts, and the NRA is in our way.
"They’re responsible for the whole production
"They hold the strings, they control the puppet
"And they threaten to take away donor bucks
"So they know the government won’t do nothing
"And no one’s budging
"Gun owners clutching
"Their loaded weapons
"They love their guns more than our children."
Now, however, Marshall Mathers has taken his most controversial shot at the Trumps. In his new song, Framed, Eminem plays an escaped asylum patient who goes on a killing spree that he fails to remember when questioned by the police. However, it appears that one of the victims of his crime is Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter. He raps:
"Woke up, it was dawn, musta knew somethin’ was wrong. Think I’m becomin’ a monster ’cause of the drugs that I’m on. Donald Duck’s on, there’s a Tonka Truck in the yard, but dog, how the f**k is Ivanka Trump in the trunk of my car?
"Gotta get to the bottom of it to try to solve it, must go above and beyond, ’cause it’s incumbent upon me… Plus I feel somewhat responsible for the dumb little blonde, girl that mother f**kin’ baton twirler that got dumped in the pond."
There's no doubt that this is Shady's most controversial remark regarding the president and his family thus far. And, given the nature of the remark and the intensity of Trump's fanbase, Eminem will no doubt be receiving a lot of hate online for his stance when it comes to the president.
