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Nick Cannon Falls Into The Eminem's Trap

Posted Tue 12 May 2009 12:23PM NZST 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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5931 Comments

1. Lance -
I agree with this. I'm a huge Em fan. And he meant no harm by this song. Its just what em does. I mean if Nick keeps this up he's going to commit career suicide if he still has a career. He has way to much stuff in his past that Em would completely destroy him in a diss song if they got into it. Nick has nothing on Em seeing how Em disses on himself before anyone gets a chance to. Em is smarter than most people give him credit for and this blog proves it again because nick is simply going to help sell em's new great album, which it is. Check out underground if you dont believe me. As for the racist comments. What a joke Nick. Em's entire crew is full of african americans. His best friend was black (proof). Em has participated in 5 real beefs in his career. Ja Rule, Benzino, Limp Bizkit, Whitey Ford and Canibus. Where are those guys now? Exactly. They got lyrically murderred. Watch out Nick. Your lucky Em is a nicer guy than you give him credit for and will probabley just ignore your rant entirely because you couldnt take a joke dude.

2. Deslyn -
i think nick is a nice guy just trying to be there for his wife. so that why he's behaving like a kid but after all he is a kid trying to be a man so Nick be a man and drop this one you are way in over ur head and i'm not a fan of em.

3. Max -
payback nick

4. JJ -
*yawn* ..who cares?

5. I enjoy life as it is!!!! -
Nick's acting like a child... come on, this is not even a big deal. I understand defending your wife/husband... but this is just stupid

6. Josh D -
LOL eminem will probably come back and rip nick cannon haha, you dont make fun of eminem cuz his rhymes will just shut you up and you can't say anything back (i.e everlast)

7. Derrick -
Starting stuff is just what Eminem does. Eminem isn't racist besides other rappers say worse stuff them Em does. Nick should just chill.

8. gfh -
Nick could have come up with a better diss than "Slim Lamey." That's one of the worst I've ever heard.

9. badddddd -
nick is funny trying to talk smack with em. Em will own his ass both in music and in a fight!

10. Yahoo! Music User -
Do they proofread before they post stuff on Yahoo! homepage?

11. latosa -
NIck needs to move on and don't even do any more responses about eminems lack of tact.

12. Yahoo! Music User -
hahaha. i just think cannon is a fool!
hahahah. ah he cracks me up.
why the hell is he famous in d first place.
d guy aint even got talent!!
newho. hes nothing compared to eminem

13. David D -
Eminem is the bomb he has the balls to say what we all think

14. Yahoo! Music User -
Nick Cannon is soft and should stop trying to act hard like he's from the "hood". Guess you can do that when you got body guards protecting you.

15. Alberto -
Like the article says...Eminem Wins!

16. Yahoo! Music User -
Mariah Carey does not deserve all of this.
just leave the poor girl alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17. auburn man -
thats just eminem
he raps about real life and what a joke it can be
nick fell right into eminems hands too
eminem likes it when people dont like him gives him publicity and a lot of money

18. Yahoo! Music User -
Nick should leave it out of the media because he will get killed if they beefed, Nick don't even got a career he the stay at home husband Mr. Nick Carey LOL

19. Yahoo! Music User -
Come on, there are enough losers in the world...

20. Mrs.Freeman -
I dont think nick is being childish about anything he is speaking up for his wife and thats what a husband supposed to do im not a nick fan or a em fan but what he did is wrong and if you got to make a cd about other clebs than he is to me hating on them he has no other material and need to go find some new ones as i recalled didnt he do the same thing on one of his other albums
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