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Nick Cannon Falls Into The Eminem's Trap

Posted Mon May 11, 2009 5:23pm PDT by Billy Johnson, Jr. in Hip-Hop Media Training
Looks like Eminem successfully enlisted Nick Cannon to help promote his new album Relapse which is slated for a May 19 release.

 

Nick Cannon went on a rampage Friday when he heard Eminem's Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon diss track "Bagpipes From Baghdad." On the leaked song, Eminem jokes about his previous short-lived dating stint with Mariah.

Eminem sarcastically suggests that he wants "her back" while making derogatory slants about Mariah and her newlywed husband of one year.

Nick's angry blog response no longer appears on his website, however, it was cited by several news sources.

According to MTV, Nick initially thought "Bagpipes From Baghdad" was a joke. "I thought it was old material that had been dug up from when dude 'fantasized' about having a pretend fling with Mariah," the music television channel reported. "But all of a sudden I hear my name in the verse! My first reaction was like, 'This is his new sh-t? Wow, that's too bad.'"

Nick argues that Eminem's attack on Mariah is indicative of negative comments he made about Black women on the song "Foolish Pride" recorded prior to the release of his Interscope 1999 debut The Slim Shady LP. "How did we let him get away with that in the first place? He is a natural born racist is disguise," Nick wrote, hip hop blog Brokencool.com noted.

Nick says Eminem never got over Mariah. "I feel sorry for him because he must really be stuck in the past," Nick says, according to US magazine. "Not only has his music not evolved, but also homeboy is still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn't let him get to second base from eight years ago."

"What type of grown...man lies about getting with a chick? Only Slim Lamey! LOL!" Cannon added.

Mariah addressed her relationship with Eminem on the song "Clown" from her 2003 album Charmbracelet. Mariah sang, "You should've never intimated we were lovers, when you know very well we never even touched each other."

Nick Cannon should have spoken out. Mariah is his wife, and he needed to defend her. But Nick's approach is all wrong. This isn't a real beef. It is an album set-up strategy within Eminem's shock-value platform. The more people get riled up and complain the bigger Eminem wins.

By getting irate, threatening Eminem, and digging up his old dramas, Nick has done exactly what Marshall Mathers hoped he would do. Eminem is the bad guy people love to hate. Nick has spent too much time on the subject.

Nick should have simply said that he did not appreciate the song and would discuss it would Eminem.

People are mocking Nick's long, play-by-play plan of attack. He just needs to contact Eminem, make a response record, or just move on. Otherwise, he is just fueling the hype of Relapse just like 50 Cent's preoccupation with Rick Ross helped Ross' Deeper Than Rap secure another No. 1 debut.

 

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5932 Comments

121. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Who Cares

122. asdf -
Eminem sucks - obviously creating controversy is the only thing he has to fall back on becasue his music sucks and thats the only way he can move albums. Its sure not off his "lyrical skillz". Same old stuff just different year. He just needs to go take some pills and go into hiding and feel sorry for himself.

123. Legit -
Em sucks. Anyone who likes him probably sucks at life at least in some form, as well.

124. armygirlabn -
Em should have known that talking about someone's wife isn't cool. I'm sure he wouldn't like it if someone had rapped about his ex-wife kim. Someone should rap about that crack head!

125. hellboy -
i dont care what these douches are up to

126. Rumiko -
Plain and simple...Eninem is a ugly bald Jackass!!!

127. Yahoo! Music User -
Eminem hes da bomb!

128. hxc_ johnny007 -
i love em :] Who's nick cannon..? ahahaa

129. Fernando -
no no no nick gots it all wrong if his head wasnt far up his ass he could hear that em was just going along with the latest craze like tony romo and jessica simpson i hate nick cannon and i hope he reads this remember what chapelle said

130. Ronald -
THAT'S JUST EMINEM, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT THEN DON'T PICK UP THE MIKE, LEAVE IT TO THE PRO'S

131. Jason -
LOLOL..Hes doin what he does. Now Nick fell into a hole that he will never be able to recover from. Em is going to make Nick his new wife!!

132. MsSchadenfreude -
I laughed so hard when first heard it. He will get slaughtered, this will be way too funny,and way too easy, should this continue.

That racist issue is so old, obviously his friends has forgiven him, otherwise 50, Dre, or anyone else would've left him in the dust, which I'm glad that didn't happen, but if Nick uses that [I know he will], no one will care. I don't see how he'll 'diss' him, but only time will tell.

Ugh, I don't care about their marriage, but that was very sweet of him to defend her I guess.

Thanks for the help promoting Relapse Nick! You're being too kind!

133. Susie -
Hey Hey let him Say what he has to say,,,And come on You now EM DID HER!!!!!!!!!

134. B C -
Is it just me or do all the people involved lack that certain something.

dig it

135. MzLaUtNeR -
lol nick is so lame ha ha i love Emeniem!!!!
he won that one

136. Gomer -
People got to learn to take things like this. They arn't bad after all

137. CederickJ -
Eminem who?.....is he even still around?

138. Shadow -
dude em would totally wreck nick cannon........

139. Marie :-D -
I am a HUGE Mariah Carey fan and I really dislike Eminem speaking of her this way!! Sounds like he still has not gotten over her!! Looser!!!!

140. CJ -
Obama can fix it.
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