r/Music • u/ebradio • 5h ago

article Emimen Defends Kid Rock Collab: "Just Choosing to Make Music with My Old Friend"

https://consequence.net/2026/10/emimen-defends-kid-rock-collab/
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u/HalfwayHeroic 5h ago

He's not trump

Sure, but he uses his celebrity status to endorse and amplify trump's politics.

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u/AlexTorres96 5h ago

50 does the same thing and Eminem is close with him too

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u/HalfwayHeroic 4h ago

Okay? And? Neither one is a good look for someone who "drew a line in the sand" about this political topic and is now walking it back to collab with a talentless piece of shit.

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u/Cyricist 2h ago

He's not walking back anything. Most normal, rational people can hold space for complex opinions and nuanced stances. Eminem, like normal people, is capable of empathy and maintaining friendships with people he disagrees with on some issues, even very big issues. Most of us do the same with family members or coworkers, or indeed, very old friends.

What if you just calmed the fuck down and found something else to do? Stop riling yourself up about every single thing you read. This is really not that big of deal. You clearly don't listen to Eminem, nor Kid Rock, and you don't have a dog in this fight. You don't care about these people. Just stop.

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u/HalfwayHeroic 2h ago

I don't have a dog in this fight? Are you kidding me? I happen to live in the country that is being turned into a shithole. So yeah, when I see people openly support it happening like its a good thing it kinda pisses me off and makes me dislike them.

If you find that you have no problem associating with people who are into what they do, you are just as big of a piece of shit as them.

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u/StrengthGood3208 4h ago

50s BEEN a sell out LOL 

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u/robjwrd 5h ago

50 is like Snoop, he’ll be bought for a price.

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u/ayoungmanfromtheuk 4h ago

Nah, 50 actually turned money down he was offered to perfo6at Trump rally 

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u/harambe_did911 4h ago

Then fuck 50 too

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u/ayoungmanfromtheuk 4h ago

Yeah 50 is shit for that too, but he is way less committed to supporting Trump he is mad wishy washy but still shitty of him 

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u/thainfamouzjay 2h ago

So does Snoop

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u/HalfwayHeroic 2h ago

Then fuck snoop, too.

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u/thainfamouzjay 2h ago

Yes, lil Wayne and Jay-Z also. Most rich rappers actually

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u/HalfwayHeroic 2h ago

I guess it isnt really a surprise that out of touch rich people would support the guy who makes his rich friends as rich as possible

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u/thainfamouzjay 2h ago

well to snoop, trump helped get a pardon for his cousin who was wrongfully imprisoned while he said democrats helped lock him up with the 3rd strike rule in the first place. lil wayne also was pardoned by trump. jayz is just a rich guy who appreciates trump making him richer.

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u/L10N0 3h ago

And Em is an outspoken critic of Trump. It doesn't matter.

People are complicated and 3 dimensional. Trump is divisive, but being able to maintain friendships with people you disagree with - even wildly - is a better point to take from this.

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u/HalfwayHeroic 3h ago

He was an outspoken critic of trump. Now he's working with a very outspoken supporter of trump.

What you call 3 dimensional I call hypocritical. Nothing complicated about it.

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u/Eazy-Eid 3h ago

Lol you think anyone was undecided and went "Oh Kid Rock supports Trump? Well then I'm definitely voting for him"

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u/HalfwayHeroic 3h ago

Any amount of celebrity endorsement normalizes his actions.

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u/hunnypablo 3h ago

My friend voted maga. Although I don't support his stuff, he's still a cool ass and kind dude.

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u/HalfwayHeroic 3h ago

Then he supports hateful and demonstrably damaging policies for our country. There's nothing cool or kind about that. He's either uneducated and voting anhway or truly believes trump is correct, which is way worse.