Eminem says “I should have known better” in the line that refers to Chris Brown’s attack on Rihanna … amid an apology on the last album
Eminem opened his SiriusXM channel, Shade 45, on a controversial lyric he recorded that was a disgrace to Rihanna, referring to Chris Brown’s 2009 attack on the pop star.
The 48-year-old artist, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, was heard on a leaked 2019 track called Things Get Worse (Rihanna Diss), in which he rapped with the lyrics: ‘I would side with Chris Brown, defeat a *** too. ‘
The Detroit native apologized to the Umbrella singer, 32, on the song Zeus on his latest album Music to Be Murdered By: Side B.
The most recent: Eminem, 48, opened his mouth about a controversial lyric he recorded that was a contempt for Rihanna, 32, referring to Chris Brown’s 2009 attack on the pop star
Eminem told host Gray Rizzy that he was initially confused by the resistance when the song leaked.
“When it first happened, I thought, first, I didn’t know how, how did anyone get it,” said the Grammy-winning rapper. – Secondly, I have no memory of having even remembered doing that, that verse, as if the rhyme schemes didn’t even sound familiar to me.
‘So I was also taken aback – I thought,’ What the fuck did I say that? ”
The Real Slim Shady artist said that the period when he recorded the track remains a blurred memory amid his recovery from drug addiction at the time.
Regret: Stan’s rapper said, ‘I think I just said it because it rhymed. And I think now, looking back, I should have known better ‘
Reminder: Real Slim Shady artist said the period he recorded the track remains a blurred memory amid his recovery from drug addiction at the time
“That was, you know, during the early stages of the Relapse album that I was working on,” he said. ‘So, you know, it’s over 10 years old, but I’m not making excuses for that. I said that and I was wrong to say I was fucking stupid, you know, many times, especially with the Relapse album, when I started learning how to rap again, because of the drug situation that I went through and having to relearn a lot of things, that was one of those things that was like, well, rhyme says.
He continued: ‘I think being able to look back, I mean, this is not even an excuse, but I’m just saying that there was a phase that I was going through with that Relapse record … I don’t know, it was a those things. ‘
Stan’s rapper said, ‘I think I only said it because it rhymed. And I think now, looking back, I should have known better.
On the track Zeus, Eminem raps apologies to the Umbrella singer, with whom he collaborated on tracks such as Love The Way You Lie and The Monster.
He rapped: ‘Since I promise to be honest / And with all my heart, I’m sorry, Rihanna / For that song that leaked / I’m sorry, Ri / It wasn’t supposed to cause you sadness / After all, it was wrong for me.’