The Complicated Legacy of Eminem
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9 min readJan 1, 2021
Allow me to paint a word picture for you. The year is 1999. You come home from school and turn on MTV. There you see Carson Daly standing there ready to serve up some music videos on TRL, the most-watched music show of your time. Then he introduces a new song. A rap song, done by a rapper that is white with blonde hair. It catches your eye and you are fascinated. The song is called “My Name Is…” and the aforementioned white rapper…