Contrary to belief,Gen Zershave not called forEminemto becanceledamid the release ofHoudini,the lead single from the rapper’s latest studio album,The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Despite stirring disappointment,Marshall Mathersmostly sparked a battle of the generations.
Houdini, which was released on May 31, makes a punchline out of both Megan Thee Stallion’s 2020 shooting andcontemporary identity politics.
The highly anticipated track opened at Number 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart, representing Eminem’s best solo showing since 2010,The New York Timesreported on Sunday (July 14).
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Gen Zers have not called for Eminem to be canceled
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Gen Z, a generation deeply engaged with social media, often drives cancel culture, a phenomenon where public figures face backlash and potential career consequences for controversial actions or statements.
Nevertheless,Eminem’s 12th album, which arrived on Friday (July 12), has not been entirely free of criticism.
Among the questionable lyrics, the 51-year-old artist raps: “Mytransgendercat’s Siamese, identifies as Black, but acts Chinese.”
Eminem has been mocked since the release ofHoudini
Taking to his TikTok page, 22-year-old Sasha Allen, who is notable for speaking about his trans identity, reviewed the rapper’s new album in avideothat amassed over 1.4 million views.
“He talks abouttransgenderpeople a lot,” Sasha told his 1.3 million followers. “I think he says Caitlyn Jenner’s name like eight f*”***g time.”
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In his new album’s songHabits, the Grammy Awards winner raps: “I’m ’bout as much of a boy as Bruce Jenner is, ’cause I’m not a boy, I’m a man, btch, man-btch.
“My speech is free as his choice to choose gender is (man).”
Eminemalso expresses: “All these pronouns, I can’t remember (damn). They or them, theirs? (Whose?) His or him, hers?”
Houdiniis the lead single from the rapper’s latest studio album,The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Sasha, a Gen-Zer, continued his review: “I’m f*****g annoyed because, you know, it’s not hard to, like, make funny jokes about transgender people.
“They’re really easy to make fun of, especially with, like, little one-liners in a f*****g rap.”
Eminem mentionsCaitlyn Jenneragain in his songBrand New Dance, where he can be heard saying: “I’ma have everybody jumpin’ to this, Caitlyn Jenner in the front row pumpin’ her fists, with a simple little twist and a flick of the wrist.”
Caitlyn is further mentioned inThe Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’sEvil,Antichrist, andRoad Rage.
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Sasha added: “I’m listening to [the album], and all it is is him saying something about trans people that’s, like, not even funny.”
A reminder that Generation Z typically includes individuals born from 1997 to 2012.
Many Gen Zers on TikTok expressed just how little they cared for Eminem’s music
Sasha admitted: “I was sitting there listening to [the album] so ready to hear some crazy s**t, and all he did was say Caitlyn Jenner eight times.”
The critic argued: “No one even gives a fk about Caitlyn Jenner anymore,” before revealing: “I’m a transgender Gen Z person sitting here listening to the f*g album, like, waiting for you to cook up some st. Instead, you just say Caitlyn Jenner’s name and then yell at everyone to cancel you.”
Sasha concluded: “No one’s canceling you. I f***g hate to break it to you. No one gives a fk.”
Some people failed to understand that Gen Zers did not care enough to cancel Eminem
A TikTok user commented: “I used to be a big Slim Shady fan and I was hoping we were gonna get some old Eminem vibes but it just wasn’t funny and wasn’t even good.
“That whole style of rap has really just gone downhill.”
A person agreed: “I feel like he’s just grasping at straws to be relevant with that genre of like edge lord millennials and boomers.”
A person wondered: “I’m trying to figure out this album concept–was he trying to cancel himself (Eminem) or was he trying to cancel (and ultimately kill) the Slim persona so people would stop saying they want Slim back?”
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