Eminem as Republican - About

Eminem as Republican - About a year ago, I called in to local conservative Jason Lewis to defend rappter Eminem. My defense was mostly on musical grounds - I'm a former rap DJ, and I'm really tired of the trope that "rap just isn't music". Eminem is a great stylist in the genre - Cleaning Out My Closet", for example, is chillingly amazing song no matter what genre you're talking about.

But I seem to have sold him short even at that. According to Gerald Marzorati and Ann Powers of Slate he might even be a Republican

...the Eminem story—or the movie version that unfolded in 8 Mile—is an echt Republican story, one about pulling yourself up and overcoming your circumstances while your pathetic single mom waits around for a handout...

Hey, if NWA's "Eazy E" could appear at a George Bush Senior fund-raiser...

Posted by Mitch at December 18, 2002 05:56 AM