An all-out social media war between Gen Z and millennials broke out on TikTok earlier this week as they debated Eminem’s often controversial lyrics. Gen Z’ers were attempting to “cancel” the legendary MC for a line on his diamond-selling single “Love The Way You Lie” in which he raps, “If you fucking leave again I’m strap you to this bed and set the house on fire.”
Millennials weren’t having it though and valiantly came to Slim Shady’s defense, resulting in some hilarious TikTok videos. But as Eminem’s name was trending on Twitter, Shady was apparently working on a new lyric video for the Music To Be Murdered By track “Tone Deaf,” which arrived on Friday (March 5) — almost like a giant middle finger to anyone dragging his name through the dirt.
So did he tone it down for his critics? Of course not.
“Yeah, I’m sorry (huh?),” he begins. “What did you say? Oh, I can’t hear you/I have an ear infucktion and I cunt finger it out (out, haha)/(I need Auto-Tune).” From there, Shady unleashes another lyrical assault that comes with 12 uses of the word “bitch,” nine fucks and at least one muthafuckin’.
Eminem, who has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, smashed multiple Billboard records, won several Grammy Awards and an Oscar, clearly has a sense of humor, as evidenced throughout his entire catalog. And anyone who grew up listening to Shady likely understands that as well.
Eminem Trends On Twitter After Gen Z TikTokers Try To 'Cancel' Him & Millennials Fight Back
Subsequently, tweets such as “Since Eminem is trending, let’s bring this back … if you are easily frightened by loud noises or offended by explicit lyrics you shouldn’t be here” and “Since Eminem is trending let me remind y’all that he is the first artist in history to have 10 consecutive no.1 albums on the billboard 200 and he reached this achievement last year with his album music to be murdered by. legend shit me thinks” started pouring in.
And if Em’s tweet announcing the video is any indication, he still doesn’t give a fuck.
Wait until someone plays these snowflakes ‘Kim’
I wish I could have hit the fire button on this 1000 times
What does snowflake mean ? Curious…
Thanks in advance
I think snow flake is a metaphor for someone who melts or crumbles easily over petty stuff
E.g that person is as soft as a snow flake
I.e. weak minded
Wait a minute… do you mean a white person?
Don’t let them listen to dead wrong either.
“From there, Shady unleashes another lyrical assault that comes with 12 uses of the word “bitch,” nine fucks and at least one muthafuckin’.” / HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
Reading that made me laugh and cringe at the same time.
Brilliant!
the track + the vid = Doope!! i really like this one.
video is incredible props to the artists involved
Lets cancel Gen Z. Bunch of pussies.
Let’s be honest. Em can rap his ass off, but damn his style is getting corny as fk. You’re sober, quit rappin about drugs. That’s all it is nowadays.
When he tried to be mature and rap about more conscious topics, everyone shited on his music. Every artist has something they constantly use as filler in their music … j cole- school, jayz- selling drugs, logic- mixed race, kanye-cockiness, Game-Gang life etc. Also he put out more music than the rest of those guys, so it makes sense.
Dude is 20+ years in and still a phenom. I’ll take his albums over everything on the radio.
I agree, revival I think is undoubtedly one of eminems worst albums but it got shit on much more than it deserved. If people would of called it like it was, we could of had a more calm eminem the last few years, with many more introspective tracks, but the general media took there chance to shit on em as much as possible. Although revival didn’t live up to expectations, that style of eminem produced a few of his best songs of the decade (such as castle or WOW). It would of been nice if people kept the criticism realistic, for me revival doesn’t miss in style, it’s the selected tracks and over arching narrative which really had nothing to do with the direction em took his sound.
These are the lyrics you want to cancel Em on?! If that made them mad don’t listen to anything on his first two albums.
Yo that whole music to be murdered album was ill as fuck. Lyrical hurricane.
I agree, the lyric patterns are ill as fk, but the rhymes themselves are subpar. I want to hear Em kill some lyrical hiphop and not rap about pills over and over again.
Fire
Cancel Eminem? Harass Rihanna for a song that was pretty much dead on about my life?
Try Maroon 5 and their song Animals and check out the video- that glorified and sexed up stalking
I’m amazed everyday from human ignorance and etch a sketch memories…
If you played criminal through the radio world wide all of gen z would collectively have their heads explode like in the movie kinsmen. Rainbows and all.
Literally the only person in music I know that could give zero fucks , he’s good at that
I just think it’s weird that they chose this to be mad about. This was rather light compared to the rest of his catalog. Em can’t be canceled. Now he has gotten the biggest pass of all time, people still swear his lyrics are meaningful. It’s rap, so whatever imo, I just find his approach generally corny. It ruined the staying power of his music to me, but any attempt to “cancel” him is a waste of time.
It was literally just one silly a** 12 year old looking girl in a video and these couple dumb 30 year old looking individuals decided to exaggerate it into something more saying like a whole generation or a bunch of people are trying to cancel when it was just ONE young girl in ONE vague video not a bunch of people. I don’t know who this diss is for (most likely probably for anyone who’s been a hater since 1999) but it seems these tik tok dummies got Eminem believing for a sec a bunch of people were trying to cancel him when it was just one video of one girl. People on tik tok are so stupid making cringe videos and exaggerating things. Y’all need to stop acting childish like it’s making everyone middle age and older shake their heads in disappointment of anyone most under 40 years old….all these youngins
Who is Eminem really talking about slot of sugar coating gen z is a org not a person
I love em, but this song is so terrible. Why does he have to have goofy filler bullshit such as this, little engine and killer on all his albums smh
Because his audience likes a variety of styles of Em. I dont really like either of those songs, however I know people who do. I no longer expect classic albums from Em but I am not the only kind of fan he has. I still like his albums, I just know that there will be some skips. Also, maybe it’s something he wants to do and it doesn’t matter what others think.
there isint a single person under the age of 16 that cares about eminem anymore
Your wrong dude. All the neighborhood kids were bumpin Godzilla this weekend out front playing b-ball. The younger ones are very well aware of him. I hear his music all the time outside
Go look up the movie “The Burning Bed” its where he got the line in the first place. Go be mad at the movie…not the lyric.