Eminem hits back at TikTok campaign trying to ‘put it off’ over the words ‘troubled’ in his 2010 song Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna
Eminem seems to have returned to the TikTok campaign trying to put him off over ‘troublesome’ lyrics in one of his old songs.
The American rapper, 48, was waiting for the the popular social media app after a series of videos highlighted a controversial line from his 2010 song Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna.
In the song, Eminem – nicknamed Marshall Mathers – raps: ‘I know I’m a liar, if she ever tries to leave f *** ing again, I tie her to bed and setting this house on fire. ‘
Controversy: Eminem seems to have returned from a TikTok campaign trying to put him off over ‘troublesome’ lyrics in one of his old songs
TikTok users have suggested that the lyrics ‘highlight domestic violence’ and have described the song as ‘problematic’.
One video says: ‘Let Yesssss take it off’, and another wrote: ‘No wonder I’m poisonous, I grew up listening to this song. ‘
Eminem did not notice the controversy this week but today shared a video for his 2020 song ‘Tone Deaf’, apparently using the opportunity to criticize the ‘put it off’ campaign.
Awkward: The 48-year-old American rapper was waiting for the popular social media app after a series of controversial line-up videos from his 2010 song Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna
Hitting back? Eminem denied the controversy this week but today shared a video for his 2020 song ‘Tone Deaf’, apparently using the opportunity to criticize the ‘put it off’ campaign.
He shared a clip from the track on his Twitter, where he seems to be directly addressing the scandal with words he read: ‘I can’t say a word you say, I’m deaf. I think like this I prefer to stay, I am deaf.
‘I don’t stop even when my hair turns gray, I’m deaf. ‘Why don’t they stop until they kill me.’
After the TikTok campaign, many took to social media to defend the so-called ‘liricist’ rapper.
Support: After the TikTok campaign, many took to social media to defend the rapper they called ‘liricist’
The video for Love The Way You Lie, directed by Joseph Kahn, sees Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan play a couple going through abuse.
At the time the song was released back in 2010, Terry O’Neill, president of the National Women’s Association, said Rihanna was unknowingly highlighting domestic violence.
‘She’s telling the story, and she’s not judging it,’ O’Neill said. ‘And so she may not intend to glorify him, but she is.’
Marjorie Gilberg, the group’s executive director against the violence of Break the Cycle, agreed.
‘The danger is that pop culture defines our social norms,’ she told the AP.
‘We don’t want the message of this song to be that this kind of relationship is appropriate.
So this song needs to be viewed in the context of real information from adults, such as parents and teachers. ‘
Comments: TikTok users pointed out that the lyrics ‘highlight domestic violence’ and have described the song as ‘problem’