Eminem & White America

It was the cypher seen ‘round the globe. BET. The calm before the storm. The shoot took place at Detroit’s First Street Parking. Flanked by a couple classic cars and the future of Shady Records—Boogie, Westside Gunn, Conway the machine, plus Royce 5’9 and his younger brother Kid Vishis (Nobody’s rapping better than Royce right now)—Eminem dismantles Donald Trump. 20 million views in 24 hours. Every outlet covered the carnage. Grandma watched it on Facebook. Em drawing a line in the sand is Em forcing his audience, if only for a moment, to think about their icon and everything they love and relate to about him in a context in opposition to Donald Trump, the guy from the Shady National Convention, and everything he stands for. It’s all happening.

Produced, Shot & Edited By: Ahmed Sabir-Calloway   / akthentik  

Produced, Written & Hosted By: Justin Hunte   / thecompanyman  

NOTES:

TCM store: https://thecompanyman.myshopify.com/

Eminem investigated by Secret Service: http://www.mtv.com/news/1480985/did-e...

Entertainment Weekly 2000: http://ew.com/article/2000/12/23/emin...

People 2002: http://people.com/celebrity/is-eminem...

PBS: Crossing Over: Eminem or Elvis http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entert...

Huffpo 2011. Eminem isn’t Elvis https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0...

New York Times Artist Heatmap: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

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Justin Hunte is a former Editor-in-Chief of HipHopDX and creator of DX's popular series The Breakdown and #DXLive. Hunte has debated at the prestigious Oxford Union and is featured on Shade45's "All Out Show w/ Rude Jude," as well as Revolt TV’s “Revolt Live” Billboard magazine, digital campaigns for Lexus, Honda, Brisk, and Simple Mobile. Prior to joining HipHopDX, Hunte spent 5 years working in investment banking at Banc Of America/Merrill Lynch and has covered music, politics, and culture for numerous publications. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

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