I’m not sure how rap battles work, but I’m pretty sure Eminem is now the President of the United States of America.
Eminem took shots at President Donald Trump at Tuesday night’s BET awards in a four and a half minute freestyle.
The star said he “came to stomp” on the President, calling him a “racist 94-year-old grandpa” and accusing him of disrespecting the military.
The rapper paces back and forth in an empty Detroit car park, sparring with the camera as he raps.
The track was named after the ominous comments Mr Trump made last week while posing for a photograph with military leaders, suggesting their meeting was “the calm before the storm.”
With all the gems in the song, these are my favourite lines:
1) “A kamikaze that will probably cause a nuclear holocaust”
In this line he references the escalating tension between US and North Korea. Donald Trump even referred to Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man.”
2) “Racism’s the only thing he’s Fantastic 4”
“For” is spelled like “four” and it references the Marvel comic book series to compare Trump to The Thing, because he’s orange.
3) “He attacks the NFL so we focus on that – instead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada”
Eminem is referring to the Take a Knee trend where footballers don’t stand during the national anthem.
4) “He don’t like his war heroes captured”
Eminem implies Donald Trump is disrespecting the military in this line. Eminem references Mr Trump’s attacks on Arizona Senator John McCain, who spent five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War.
5) “America stand up”
Eminem gives his fans an ultimatum: either support him or support Trump.
Celebrities gave him props for his a cappella performance. Sean Combs, or Puff Daddy, tweeted that Eminem “killed it” and J Cole called him a “rap God.”
But I wanna know, what did you think of the Eminem freestyle? Let me know in the comments below and don’t forget to subscribe!
