A Manchester woman is chastising Eminem for his recent “Kick Off” freestyle. At the beginning of the track, Em references the deadly 2017 bombing that occurred during an Ariana Grande concert.
“Like an Islamic regime, a jihadist extreme radical/Suicide bomber that’s seeing/Ariana Grande sing her last song of the evening/And as the audience from the damn concert is leaving/Detonates the device strapped to his abdominal region/I’m not gonna finish that for obvious reasons,” he spits.
Charlotte Hodgson, who lost her 15-year-old daughter Olivia Campbell-Hardy during the attack, spoke to the Manchester Evening News about Slim Shady’s perceived lack of empathy for the victims and their families.
“I didn’t think anybody could do this and be so disrespectful to us all,” Hodgson said. “It’s vile and he is a vile human for doing it.
“Why would anyone compare themselves to a Jihadist or a bomber? I think he needs help if he sees himself like that. Why would anyone want to listen to it for entertainment? Ariana did a very respectful song in memory of everyone there and that was lovely, a fantastic gesture, as she was involved too, but why would people want to make money out of such a horrific event?”
The bombing took place on May 22, 2017 and 22 people lost their lives. Following the incident, the Detroit-bred rap god made an undisclosed donation to help the victims and their loved ones. He implored his fans to follow suit. Perhaps that’s why the “Kick Off” freestyle came as a surprise to Hodgson.
“It kills me every day,” she said. “At times it’s worse as at the beginning we were kept so busy. Now that things are quiet and we have time to think it’s hitting hard. Olivia would have been 17 on November 28 and we had a little party for her and raised a glass but it’s just not the same.”
At the beginning of the “Kick Off” video — which he said was inspired the battle rap satire BODIED — Shady explains how he approached it.
“I’ve always looked at battle rap as competition or war,” he says in the visual. “And the main objective is to destroy. Completely fucking obliterate your opponent. By saying anything and everything, whatever the fuck you can, to get a reaction from the crowd. So nothing’s off limits.”
What do you expect from this piece of shit it’s he’s MO Fuck this coward
Look, I get it… But c’mon son. Its RAP. Its a metaphor. Sorry for anyones loss but this shit ain’t for u. Don’t take it all.personal.
Mentalities like yours are why this world is so fucked up.
People feeling the need to steal each others freedom are why the world is fucked up, whatever gives you a purpose eh?
I agree he is a vile old man.
Old? Vile?He is ? of rap and you are stupid and irritating woman who has no idea what freestyle is so go back to your hole!
Sorry to broke your illusion about the real life little princess, sit your butt in a comfortable pillow to avoid more pain in the anus.
Shut the fuck up already, I bet this same bitch will tell a black person to get over slavery in a heartbeat
Too soon. Ludacris ran into the same problem with his Steve Irwin line
“IF YOURE A FAT CHICK GETTING YOUR F- ON TONIGHT GO OHH OHH OHH OHHHH” SONG OF THE DAY REDMAN & DE LA SOUL OOH.
Who cares about this? My crush Drake has the #1 Billboard song of the year with “God’s Plan”, he’s the #1 Billboard and Apple Music artist of the year, he’s currently #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and he has the #1 Billboard Hip Hop album of the year. Where’s the news articles for those? Fake drug dealer Pusha TMZ and his fans are mad as hornets right now. Go Drizzy! OVOXO
Cause nobody relevant likes Drake lmao
okay… i didn’t see anything disrespectful by it and why does Charlotte feel he’s making money off of a “FREE”style? lmao… jeez
She’s not wrong.
Fucking sissy
Well that was upsetting to read.
FOH DICK HEAD!!!
“Fuck the victims. Eminem is our God. Anything he says and does is law and must be praised. It’s real hip hop. If you don’t like it, you’re either racist, a bitch or like mumble rap.”
Yeea… and did your butthole started to feel the pain?
Eminem is without a doubt the best rap artist! And you must be one of the messed up fans he raps about! Don’t take it literally it’s art
Man you should like a eminem ball licker LITERALLY!!!! talking about what he says must B worshipped u a waste of sperm Em is my favorite rapper and ill NEVER “Worship” his words you dumb ass i wished it was one of your kids or cousins that died there mf
Fucking IDIOTS!!!!
I didn’t know Eminem listens to guerrilla funk
I mostly think he should stop yelling and focus on making good rhymes. Lord Jamar looks smarter by the day…
Shut your dumbass mouth and keep sucking the lollipop my lady.
What the hell does that even mean?
Your all taking it way too serious eminem is and always will be #number1 he’s an amazing freestyler no one touches him imo! I listened to the rap that’s so bad but he never once disrespected any of the victim’s and no he wasn’t comparing himself to the bomber either if anyone thinks that then they ain’t hearing right
The lady doesn’t understand the art form of rap and why rappers say the things they say or would say in a freestyle or song. Sure it could turn people off but she needs to learn to be more understanding of why they put certain subject matter in their lyrics. Sometimes they are borrowed from actual events in the world. Bet she wouldn’t say or feel the way she does if it wasn’t her child involved in the actual bombing.
Well as a rapper who didn’t have a child involved in this I also think he’s a piece of shit for this, and that entire free was mediocre as fuck.
You just write and article that reads “someone angry at the thing Eminem just did” and post it literally every time he does something and it would match every article you’ve ever written about Eminem