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Eminem's new single 'Rap God' has been criticised for its lyrics, which include a number of aggressive, homophobic lines.
The returning rap legend revealed the new track this week, taken from his upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, to huge praise from fans and critics alike. However, a number of individuals have taken a stand against the track, and in particular its offensive lyrics.
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Slammed as a 'rapid-fire, six-minute anthem to himself, and it's peppered with brazenly and violently homophobic rhetoric' in a piece by US website theweek.com, the track's lyrics are discussed in detail, including references to 'f***ots' and 'gay boys'.
The most offensive lines in the track, singled out include: "break a motherfucker's table over the back of a couple f***ots and crack it in half," and worse still: "Little gay-looking boy / So gay I can barely say it with a straight face-looking boy / You witnessing massacre like you watching a church gathering taking place-looking boy / 'Oy vey, that boy's gay,' that's all they say looking-boy / You take a thumbs up, pat on the back, the way you go from your label every day-looking boy."
Eminem has been criticised for his homophobic stance before, but has previously made efforts to dispel the tag, performing with Elton John at the 2001 Grammy Awards, who spoke of his support for Eminem and belief that he was not homophobic.
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