Eminem's The Storm

Eminem’s freestyle rap, The Storm, is an attack against President Trump. He expresses his hate and anger against Trump and notes “racism’s the only thing he’s fantastic for,” and taking on everything from Trump’s alignment with white supremacy to his expensive travel budget. Eminem even refers to Colin Kapernick in the rap and putting a fist up to stand for his rights and gives people a voice who don’t have one. Eminem is communicating his personal opinions and emotions through a freestyle cypher that is all over the media. This cypher made major News headlines and gained a lot of attention, very fast. He only uses his voice to get the message across, there is no background music or distracting backgrounds to gain audience’s attention, all of the attention is directly on him. I would say that the audience is completely diverse even though his strongest fan base is in white rural areas, Eminem attracts people who support trump and those who do not. It also attracts people who are part of the military and NFL/fans since he refers to them in the cypher. People who do not even like Eminem are listening because they are …show more content…
I don’t think that just because he is white that makes him less authentic, he is doing what he loves and is extremely passionate about it. No one said that he cannot be a rapper because he is white, he has just followed his dreams. And I also do not think that he is gaining all of the attention just because he is white. He is gaining his attention from what he is saying the cypher and people are wanting to hear what his message is. Of course, him being a celebrity is going to get more attention than a random person doing a freestyle cypher about Trump, but I think it was very brave of him to do knowing that he would not only get praise but he was also going to be bashed for