Eminem is set to perform at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show alongside fellow Hip Hop and R&B luminaries Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige in Los Angeles on February 13, 2022.
The all-star lineup, which appears to have been assembled by JAY-Z in his role as an NFL consultant, sent fans into a frenzy when it was announced last month — but not everybody is excited about Eminem’s inclusion.
During a recent episode of her See, The Thing Is… podcast, R&B singer Bridget Kelly threw all kinds of shade at Slim Shady, saying she “could do without” the Detroit rapper at the Super Bowl before labeling him “the token white guy.”
“I love the idea of so much beautiful Black talent on this stage,” she began. “This is the biggest stage in the country. This is the most-watched event.”
Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg & Mary J. Blige's Super Bowl Has Fans Berserk
After Kelly’s co-host Mandii B reminded her that Eminem is also on the Super Bowl lineup, she said, “Either way, I would love to see it because when are we ever gonna see Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar onstage together? I could do without Eminem. I don’t really care whether he’s there or not.”
“Do you know what I do love about Eminem being the token white guy on this? Usually it’s the other way around,” the “Special Delivery” singer continued. “Usually it’s a whole fucking lineup of white talent and then it’s like, let’s just throw a person of color in there so people don’t get upset. Let’s not ruffle feathers.
“That’s what this feels like. This was like, let’s get all this top-tier Black talent and let’s throw somebody white on the bill just so we don’t piss anybody off.”
Needless to say, Bridget Kelly’s comments didn’t sit well with Eminem fans, who bombarded her Twitter mentions as her quotes made the rounds on social media.
“Please you can’t even sniff the same air as @Eminem & where’s your #NFL #SuperBowl halftime show appearance?” one Em fan retorted, while another wrote, “He’s literally DRE’s biggest artist. The only reason Ems even doing this is because of DR. DRE not to be a token white person.”
Bridget Kelly later took to Twitter to defend herself against the horde of angry Eminem fans, while making it clear that she didn’t refute his status as a “legend.”
“You bum ass bottom feeders need to get tf out my mentions defending Eminem,” she tweeted on Thursday. “Nobody said he wasn’t a legend. They’ve never had an all Black halftime show, so yes, he is the token in this case. Go argue w/your mother about his impact, that was never up for debate. Losers.”
Unsurprisingly, the social media-averse Eminem has yet to respond to the fracas. Instead, he’s been busy in the studio lately. The 8 Mile megastar teamed up with Polo G, Mozzy and Skylar Grey on the Venom 2 soundtrack cut, “Last One Standing,” and appears to have a collaboration with Snoop Dogg on the way.
Both songs add fuel to the fire of rumors suggesting Eminem is readying a new album — potentially, a third installment in his iconic Marshall Mathers LP series.
Unfortunately race will always be a factor for both whites and blacks
Wow this is a special kinda stupid right here haha
1998 all black performers at Superbowl halftime show.
Wow. Cancelled for racism?
Dre, Snoop and Eminem. It’s like a rock supergroup everyone knows that. A big millenial thing is pretending not to know anything that happened more than 6 months ago. That’s their issue. Just makes you look foolish and it’s easily used against you when you finally accomplish something and want others to remember.
Hi I don’t get out much and I have never seen a white man
Who the fuck is Bridget Kelly??? Bitch shut your dumb ass up… we wuz kangz comin ass. SIT DOWN BITCH.. Nobody knew who the fuck were until you spoke his name.
yeah this kind of reply just don’t help eminem. this is why she felt like she could speak. proud boy clowns online trying to act like eminem speaks for them
This dumb hoe should get back in the kitchen if she’s not smart enough to realize that this has nothing to do with race. Dre and Em go hand in hand. Same with Snoop. Kendrick. They are all Dre artists.
It’s funny because one of them bitches on that nothing podcast is actually half white herself and yet, there she is talking down on the white man!? Couldn’t make this BS up, nothing but a pair of dumb bitches!!
As a European I am amazed at how literally everything is turned into a racial issue in the USA… Five fantastic artists on one stage. And then some people start whining that there is a white person among them. WTF?! In a certain way, that even sounds racist to me.
go the fuck back to europe with your troll ass – no one is impressed with your sociological observations
I think Jduin has a perfect point. How is noone impressed if Jduin’s comments is first in Fire?
Go back to Europe⁉ “www” means world wide web so anyone in the World can access it from where they are at. I am going to tell your mommy and daddy that you are on this site when you told them you were on Disney Junior’s site.
You ever see the video of Katy Perry talking about Twitter with a British comedian, and he says ‘you’re tweeting to kids in China that’s crazy’ and she replies with ‘that’s racist’ … like are you kidding me? Why are America’s so obsessed with racism? Her saying that is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. Unbelievable
I just looked it up. Hilarious! Great example of how the whole debate has gone too far. That’s a shame, because that doesn’t solve the real problems. I certainly don’t want to downplay racism. But this is counterproductive.
Beyonce?!? 2013 followed by a literal blackout lol
not sure why people keep concentrating on the color of peoples skin your falling into their trap
everything is about race if you’re black – they set it up that way. but I can still enjoy a Dre Snoop and Eminem performance as they are largely separate issues with some paralells
This is what happens when you give ignorant people legitimacy through social media. It’s the toxic part of this society
he is the token white guy in this situation. Em is a legend at this point. No disputing that but my thing is that did Eminem really need to be a part of that lineup? i don’t feel like he was needed. i do believe that they wanted to bring in more of the white audience so they added Eminem. Bridget Kelly is savage for real. She pulls no punches. either way, this Super Bowl performance is gonna be one of the the best of all time.
I don’t know how Dre and Snoop could play a Super Bowl without Eminem onstage. So I have to disagree that he is a token in any regard. He’s a headliner and rap legend just like Snoop and Dre.
Bridget fine as F–k, no lie. But that was stupid what she said. Does she not understand that Em is the Biggest artist out of all of them. You mean to tell me you can do without Em, but not Snoop? That’s funny. You mean to tell me You good with Dre who’s beat up more women than Amanda Nunez and Valentina Shevcheno combine, but you got a problem with the cool white boy that never bothers anybody. I’m super sick of the hate Em gets now, dude has always showed nothing but love and the upmost respect to the culture of hip hop
Hell nah she a hag. Ugly inside and out. Wouldn’t even give hoecakes the time of day even if you paid my ass to.
It’s a known fact the whole Joe Budden network over there hates Eminem. It’s on brand for her to stick up for Joe.
facts
How long will we tolerate black racism on white ppl‽ imagine if it was the other way around oh boy oh boy….black ppl shame on YOU!
I don’t even know who this chic is, but she needs to shut the heck up!! Eminem is one of my favorite rappers and I am so looking forward to seeing the Super Bowl halftime show!! It’s always a jealous hater in the rear!! Callin him a token white boy!! Trick don’t know, he’s one of the baddest in the game!!
The minute I seen this headline I knew so many triggered “forgot the past and present” whites would OVERREACT. Notice they didn’t even acknowledge her HISTORICALLY FACTUAL truth about the “one token black” in the entertainment sphere. I grew up around whites before I grew up around a lot of blacks as a black man,didn’t bother me, people are people,you either good or bad in my book. However as I got older,educated about whitewashed/hidden history and more pro black like,I realized how much RACISM is engrained in this stolen nation. Her point was black folks should get the same allowance to have an all black presence,like white counterparts have been doing for CENTURIES in various industries. If that makes her racist for POINTING OUT an ongoing issue, you’ve CHANGED the definition of racism. Even if you consider ANY blacks racists or reverse racist,we can’t AFFECT your life as a white person in amerikkka. When made “White History Month” on YouTube,white folks were mad at me but not their race/ancestors that committed horrible atrocities to minorities across the country,I don’t have BLOOD on my name. Go to YouTube and search: darealkingrichard and get your HATE on lol
Amongst us hip hop heads on here nobody really thinks she’s racist, but she is a jerk for trying to dismiss Eminem. Eminem has nothing but love from real hip hop heads.
Educated? Not likely. You seem wholesale ignorant even at first glance. You seem happy living deep in the past, and keep things there willingly. So much so that you ain’t never moving forward in any way and beat a dead horse with junk propaganda and siding with known, and debunked militant level mentalities, that help ABSOLUTELY NOBODY at the end of any given day. You seem to like being stuck on ignorant and arrogant with the rest of the loudmouths that never actually work toward lasting change. You seem way too proud to be continuing a generational problem, while crying about it from the other side of your flagrant mouth. Shit’s weak, and you’ve made yourself an obstacle to progress for everyone. When we’re out here marching, lobbying and working for real change, we get REALLY tired of being dragged backward by you shallow armchair idiots with your not even puddle deep thoughts and weak reactionary mentalities spewing propaganda, and screwing it all up.
Sit your ass down. Your own are finding you straight up disgusting right now. I’m ashamed to share this planet with you let alone pigmentation. To hell with you for dragging a legitimate cause backwards and minimizing it with debunked and self destructive hamster wheel stupidity. Just do everyone a favor and stay your sad ass at home next time you see us out. We don’t even want your worthless brand of fake help.
Change that name too you lame. It’s obvious you wouldn’t know right or wrong if it backed up and twerked on your caveman forehead.
You sus, at best.
Boooooring!
Congrats lady. You going to be on his ish list in a future song. And then you’ll play victim. YA PLAYED YASELF!
That was the goal perhaps. Mention her in a song and she becomes an overnight success. She should make a Drake diss song next so she can reach Meek Mill status.
Facts all I’m waiting for is to find out will it be a whole song or just a bar …I’m glad she said it because I’m sure his list has a lot of open spaces now
Eminem wasn’t thrown on this super bowl show to keep the people that would be pissed off from being pissed off over all black performers, those same people don’t like Eminem either. The fact that she thinks they put Eminem on this show to satisfy some people, instead of putting him on for the fact that him and Doc Dre or linked is silly. The people that spearheaded Interscope/aftermath/shady all those years probably are the ones responsible for setting this line up. So it’s only right they get their biggest artist Eminem add his mentor and the leader or at least the perceived leader Dr Dre, put Kendrick on there because it helps promote his next album and he’s considered the future of that camp, and also they’re setting up Kendrick to make a run without having to split profits with TDE. They add Snoop because he’s linked to Dre and he’s a household name now, add Mary J who was on Geffen during her most profitable years, Geffen basically ran by Interscope. All of these artist sales will increase after the show. The people that organize this event like I said most likely the regime that ran Interscope/Dre beats etc, they didn’t care about whose black or white when organizing this, THE MAIN COLOR THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT WAS GREEN
I agree with Bridget. If we send them all back to the caucuses, we have no crime, no disease, and no greed. This is a fact.
Cool, just don’t forget to send your own ass back to Africa while you’re at it. If we’re playing those games, America should only be for the native Indians.
Key answer right here. Native Americans ftw.
Sounds like you need some education. With a key. Sissssyyyyyyyyy!
Hahahahaha. The token white guy has sold more records than anyone else in Hip-Hop. Hilarious.
I hope that black bitch gets hung and scalped in public
Has anyone ever heard of this broad?
I understand the point she tried to make but Em is cool and definitely not a token.
But she isn’t making a point… there have been numerous all-black Super Bowl Halftime Shows… Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Tribute to Motown, Beyoncé, TheWeeknd and Bruno Mars. The whole conversation and her point is completely flawed.
Bruno is Filipino/Puerto Rican.
Puerto Rican’s are black idiot.
Who the fuck is Bridget Kelly?
eminem is hebrew.
No he’s not. Gtfo
She fu$ed up here with the word token. token expressly says non worthy;there only due to race; devoid of fitness for the task.EM is greatness. therefore she has no defense
He’ll yeah wet mayonnaise going down
Well, at least he acknowledges his kid and pays his child support. Smiley face emoji.
Come on ya’ll know Em a token, Just like Tyson Fury a Token.
/s
What!?!?!?
It’s inevitable, haters are going to hate. With all that’s going on in this world you’d think you could find something more meaningful to talk about.
Dre and Eminem been making music together since 1998, why the hell would he not been on that stage? She doesn’t even know all these rappers music. She only see a photo of them and makes her own racist story!
Also, Em has sold more albums than anyone who will be on stage that night.
She just sounded dumb lol
This article is proof racist black people do exist. Why does everything always gotta be about color ? Why not about the talent ? What the fuck is black music ? Music is not a color its a fucking sound.
If you don’t understand what she’s saying, it’s because you don’t want to. Not to say she’s not dumb for saying it, but if you can’t understand why she said it, then you obviously don’t understand.
Blacks are complaining more about shit when they are free then they where slaves.
It’s not because he doesn’t want to dumb dumb. It’s because it doesn’t make sense. You’re seeing somebody doesn’t understand something because they choose not to understand it. How stupid are you? Eminem has sold more records than anyone else that will be on stage with him that night. Color has nothing to do with it. It would make more sense to see everyone else on stage as a token black guy. There are a lot of tokens. Look it up. Eminem has sold more albums than all of those guys. What she is saying is ignorant and ridiculous. As far back as the 90’s there have been super bowl halftime shows with only black artists.
She’s just tryin to get her name out there and get some kind of deal !! She knows fucking with Em she will get famous as fuck ! But on the flip side of it Em can also destroy her career too !!
Nobody even knows this chick. She sounds super mad lol. How tf one of the biggest artists in the world a token. These anti stans are as annoying as the stans at this point. Just sit down and enjoy the show from a group of the worlds biggest artists and stop being extra.
Fucking trash human being. BLM right!?!
Shut the fuck up you stupid fuck.
what the fuck do BLM got to do with her opinion ?!?!
I can’t stand racist people.
This article is misleading by saying she threw all kinds of shade at em, it’s obvious purpose is to rile people up, all she said was she could do without eminem probably because she’s not a fan, which is fine not everyone has to love all artists. Then she pointed out that the show is usually all white with a sprinkle of black but this year its all black with a sprinkle of white, how is that offensive? Is it not true? People sometimes just lack comprehension. The term token black guy is common so she pointed out how it’s been flipped around and know the white person is that token guy. If you’re offended you might be dumb.
Yeah, only the last SEVERAL Super Bowl half time shows were over 50 percent black at least. They’re 13 percent of the population. Strangely she doesn’t have a problem and there hasn’t been any Native American halftime performers, or Asian etc… Bruno Mars once. LOL. She also called the most selling artist out of all of them a token white guy. It was definitely racist. You’re obviously an idiot, like she is.
The way you wrote this shows who the true idiot is, you’re not even making good points just rambling, what does it matter what percent of the population is black in context to this? And if the last SEVERAL super bowls were 50 percent black then that supports what she’s saying about it those performances not being totally black dominant until this one doesn’t it? Why would she care about asian or native American performers? She’s black talking about black people or is that something new to you?? Is she advocating for equal rights for everyone? Obviously not so shows how dumb your points are, she is praising black excellence for this super bowl and pointing out that only 20% of this performance is white, the term token black guy refers to when there’s a movie or show that is mostly a white cast and then there is 1 black person, that’s something that had been common, the skills and accomplishments of that token person is not what defines them as the token person.For it to be flipped is not common and it’s valid to point out. So based on your dumb comment you’re obviously the idiot here LOL.
Kinda funny that the real token is missed. Kendrick, Em, and Snoop are all Dre’s former artists and his biggest ones. Mary J is the token. Yeah she had a few collabs but she was never a Dre artist. She was just the token woman they added,
She had a few collabs? The woman is a legend which is why she in the lineup. Yes she’s done a lot of collabs but that’s not what she’s known for. She has had so many awards and has been a pillar of strength to many women. She didn’t need to be a Dre artist to accomplish that. She’s been in the game as long as the early 90’s. Maybe google her cause the only thing that stands out in this lineup is that she is the only woman worth putting along side these guys.
Ems gonna fuck her up in a song lmao
Orwell’s Animal House “Pigs” come to life
Once Eminem gets done tearing her up in two lines on a track her vagina will zip itself up and she’ll be closed for business.
this is the reason why black ppl are being held back. with this type of mentality shit will never move forward.
Never had an all black half time show, The Weeknd plus MJ is still black despite the skin bleeching.
There has been several dating back to the 80’s. Look it up.
Yes Prince, Beyonce too
If it were flipped around and a white person were to say this they would be labeled a racist. It’s this type of thinking this country can do without. Just goes to show how incredibly ignorant people can be. Great line up full of legends.
What a racist she really is, it really is disgraceful
That’s racist as fuck
im seeing a lot of hurt “Stans” in the comments….yes Eminem is the token white guy in this case…dont forget…he is a guest in hip hop like Lord Jamar said…so all of u haters in the comments really just need to know ur role…
Lol lord jamar said it so it must be true lmao. You bozos cant think for yourselfs huh the weakest of that crew has a bone with eminem and now we all do because hes not black. He is clearly the bigger artist among all of them, accolades, skills, popularity, or even sales. It honestly starting to feel like the racism is coming from the opposite side of the fence now. F’n racist bozos.
accolades dont mean anything because suburban white girls are the reason em is the biggest artist…white boys dont know anything about skills so ur collective pale opinion means nothing, popularity doesnt mean anything because white people make things popular, and yall dont really set the standard for anything other than death and disease, and as far as sales go…immortal technique already spoke on that…a million people that have no taste means nothing to me…and blacks cant be racist…get over it
it must really hurt your soul for a ‘guest’ to be the g.o.a.t. suck it up big boy
thats an opinion tho….and white people really dont have a say as to who the goat is…so….yeah…
talk about a troll.
Idc about her liking Eminem or not, but her spouting nonsense about them including him to appease white people because they’ve “never had all black people” is hella dumb hahaha Prince? MJ? The Weeknd? Beyonce? Just off the top of my head
It would actually be weird if they had Dre and not Eminem. Mary is actually the one who doesn’t fit with the others as much. Even Kendrick fits less with Dre than Eminem does. They don’t collaborate anywhere near as much as Dre and Em do. Just a strange argument for her to make honestly
Y’all on these comment section racist’s!!
Both whites and blacks..
Don’t know why it’s so hard for y’all to coexist I guess y’all dumb and stupid Af..
fuck this racist ass nobody bitch
I bet Em will address this at the superbowl liveee
First who is this person and why even say that? Oh I get it she said that to get views and clicks, same BS everyone does nowadays! And second I don’t understand all the hate Eminem gets. He has not only showed so much love to the Hip Hop community/black community it’s like he gets hate just for being white.
Why is this woman that literally‘ NO one knows even openly her mouth about Eminem? It’s apparently a jealousy situation. Never ever heard her name before in my life lol
There isn’t a person in the world who hasn’t heard of Eminem. Bridget Kelley wishes she could say that. Eminem is the only rapper I actually enjoying listening to. Who cares what color he is. He can straight out rap and that’s a fact. Check his bank account.
That doesn’t make sense. A token white guy would be some random white dude like Garth Brooks. She act like Eminem never worked with those artists before.
I’ve never heard of this woman google says racist black woman what that mean
Racist af bitch just imagine for one sec if a white person said this about 1 black person performing with 3 other whites omg there would be riots blm would be protest looting all kinds of shit but its ok for black people to say racist shit because there black that has always been the narrative but fighting racism with racism works right ooo wait blacks cant be racist i forgot
While I do agree that this is an unnecessarily and hateful, or “racist” comment… no, there wouldn’t be riots for something like this if black people were met the same by some nobody. It’s like you think riots just happen out of every little hateful or racist thing said. Ignorance is far too blissful in the country. You have far more problems yourself with the kind of comparison and thinking you have expressed here.
Who is she???
I was wondering the same thing
She just trying to stay relevant. Im sure she loves all the attention she’s getting. Maybe his reflection will brighten up the stage. Im neither black or white, but why would I ever feel the need to mention that? Oh thats right, its about race. Foh with your shade throwin ass, beotch. Use talent to get somewhere rather than your mouth. Btw, who is she anyway?
Who is this Racist Bitch making it a Color thing? Em is the Best in the group. If anything if he doing everyone a favor and more people will watch!
you can see who they target hip hop to by the number of comments on each article. the algorithims all favor white american males. wonder if that’s because white american males paid for the code that makes the algorithim and slipped that calculation in? Over stand over stand over stand over stand
Oh no, Eminem’s name was mentioned negatively. Here comes his oversensitive fanbase to angrily and tearfully attack the people who don’t like him.
blacks are racist. Its only them or there is a problem, and they call themselves gangster but still live with their grandma and are scared when police pull them over LOL! What pussies!