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Now young people think the older folks’ music is offensive.
An attempt by Generation Z haters to cancel Eminem over controversial lyrics has been shot down by millennials, who feel the youngsters were talking out of school.
“Gen Z really trying to cancel Eminem? Stop. You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into,” one person writes on Twitter.
An inspired TikTok sketch depicts an Eminem-loving millennial having a mock argument with himself as a Gen Zer, who says, “We gotta cancel Eminem.” The millennial responds, “Why?” and is then asked by his offended younger doppelgänger, “Have you heard his lyrics?”
The creator, back to playing his millennial Fireball drinking self, responds: “Heard ’em? I was raised screaming them all through grade school.”
Undaunted, the zoomer says the lyrics are “full of hate,” to which the millennial claps back, “So is my angsty little teenage soul, but look at me now. I turned out fine.”
In the most viral clip, with 5.6 million views, an Eminem die hard defends the “Real Slim Shady” singer in a rap beautifully set to the “Forgot About Dre” beat.
“Listen, little kiddies, lemme make this quite clear: This man was around before you were here,” she spits, adding that modern rappers mumble “gibberish.”
The number ends with this lyrical coup de grâce: “One day you’ll grow up and see how everyone went and forgot about Z.”
For now, it appears Eminem is safe from the social media guillotine. Especially since, as one Twitter user noted, “more powerful people” have tried and failed to cancel the hip-hop icon, including two US presidents.
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/03/03/eminem-getting-cancelled-on-tiktok/
