Clearly, Eminem didn’t get the message that using music to threaten women is not cool (we’ve tried everything – SMS, SnapChat, carrier pigeon).
The 42-year-old rapper (YES, 42) just rapped about raping Australian pop star Iggy Azalea.
To quote Eminem directly: “So what’s it gon’ be? Put that s*** away Iggy. You don’t wanna blow that rape whistle on me. Scream! I love it. ‘Fore I get lost with the gettin’ off.”
Those lyrics appeared in a vile 60 second track unveiled on iTunes yesterday. It came from the star’s album appropriately called “Bad Meets Evil” with fellow rapper Royce da 5’9″. (If only rappers spent more time deciding on good stage names, less time normalising violence against women with catchy music).
Iggy Azalea responded to the verbal attack with a series of tweets:
[raw]
im bored of the old men threatening young women as entertainment trend and much more interested in the young women getting $ trend. zzzz
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) November 20, 2014
Top Comments
I wonder if she is more upset at being described as a "pop star" rather than a rap star?
Personally I am a fan of pop, so please don't include rap music, surely the toilet genre of music , in the same category as pop
Don't assume that all rap is like the rubbish you hear on the radio. I used to think that and it turned out I was missing out on some really great artists by dismissing the entire genre.
No sympathy here. Put some pants on Iggy and maybe be classy rather then a smartass and people might respect you.
...So it's her fault because of what she's wearing?
No. If she's singing about "pussy" and someone responds, well why sing about pussy. It's a number of things.
Singing about pussy doesn't invite someone to rape you.
Singing about it in a rap song doesn't mean somebody's going to do it.