Eminem attacks NRA in awards show performance: 'They control the puppet'

[demmiblue]

Source: The Guardian

Eminem has continued his run of politically charged performances with an attack on the National Rifle Association during a set at the iHeartRadio Music awards in Inglewood, California.

Adding a new freestyle verse to his song Nowhere Fast, he rapped:

This whole country is going nuts, and the NRA is in our way

They’re responsible for this whole production

They hold the strings, they control the puppet

And they threaten to take donor bucks

So they know the government won’t do nothing and no one’s budging

Gun owners clutching their loaded weapons

They love their guns more than our children

The performance was introduced by Alex Moscou, one of the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. He said he and his fellow students were “tired of hearing politicians sending their thoughts and prayers to us, and doing nothing to make the necessary changes to prevent this tragedy from happening again”.

Eminem’s attack on the NRA comes after fellow rapper Common criticised them during a performance of Say Something at this year’s Academy Awards, saying: “Tell the NRA they in God’s way.”

Read more: https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/12/eminem-nra-iheartradio-music-awards-rap-protest?__twitter_impression=true

[demmiblue]

1. Video:

[hexola]

2. I suspect due to past collaborations - Trump can't reply - must be non-defamation clause somewhere.

Trump worked for EM in a video...maybe he was slick enough to get a no defame clause.

He never did react to his previous taunts.