Eminem is facing backlash over a lyric in his new song, “Houdini,” in which he references the infamous July 2020 shooting involving Meghan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez.
The rap superstar spits in his latest track, which dropped Friday, “If I was to ask for Megan Thee / Stallion if she would collab with me / Would I really have a shot at a feat? / I don’t know but I’m glad to be.”
“Is it too much to ask that as we enter Black music month in a few days that folks not allow Eminem to make light of Megan, a BW who was a victim of gun violence, to be targeted in a song by a white rapper?” one critic wrote in response via X Friday. “Folks are too comfortable disrespecting Black women.”
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Another chimed in, “You ain’t dropped an album in 20 years the people not checking for you any longer but hey mention Megan’s assault and get the people talking @Eminem you will crumble.”
Music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy slammed Eminem as “out of touch,” adding via X, “Eminem’s career has largely been built on being shocking and provocative to certain audiences … Being 51 years old and taking shots at Megan Thee Stallion?”
“Houdini” is Eminem’s first single off his forthcoming studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).”
Some have backed the “8 Mile” star, however, noting he has always called out other artists in his music.
“If you’re offended by the Megan thee Stallion line in Eminem’s #Houdini, you clearly don’t understand/know who Slim Shady is – the whole purpose is that he makes fun of everybody,” one person wrote via X Friday in the rapper’s defense. “It ain’t that deep and it’s a good line. This isn’t a diss.”
Another pointed out that perhaps Eminem took a shot at Megan, 29, because she referenced Mariah Carey’s diss track about the “Without Me” rapper — “Obsessed” — in her 2024 song “Hiss.”
Megan raps on the track, “I feel like Mariah Carey / Got these n–s so obsessed.”
“Megan thee stallion used lyrics from a song shot at EM, but Em made a bar with her issue of being shot on the leg and yall going wild saying Eminem is always going at people,” the social media user wrote.
“yall should stfu. yall were hyping Megan wen she made that ass bar. Eminem sees everything
