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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

21. muggle0388 -
you mean discuss it "with" because discussing it "would" someone doesn't make sense.

22. TF -
m&m is pathetic

23. Tony J -
Why not talk about banging her everyone else has....

24. Sam -
who cares about eminem anymore?! LAME! his songs sound exactly like they did back in the day (he just replaces old celebs with new ones). What a joke of an "artist". Like a hungry vulture picking at the fruits of other REAL artists. How would he feel if some rapper called his own daughter a cu*& or a wh!@#.

25. Ryan N -
eminems songs are lame? are you kidding me indian princess? LOL get out of here please, and dont talk anymore until you realize how stupid you sound.

26. Arian -
Nick got NO GAME to go after a washed up old hag! when there are a lot of young hotties, loser

27. Yahoo! Music User -
Why did she marry a Bootlip?

28. bump that -
mariah carey is beeautiful
nick is talented
&
FEMINEM is gunna get what he deserves

29. John G -
Slim Lamey? what a weak comeback.

30. billj -
Wow, Nick Cannon is such a tool. I cant believe he actually got offended by Eminem. Thats pretty sad if you let Eminem get to you. Eminem makes fun of everyone, including himself. And I highly doubt Eminem actually wants to get back with Mariah Carey.
Ahh, Nick Cannon makes me laugh. =D

31. Future -
Eminem is a lame rapper so Nick is right in calling him out.

32. Sonya -
Uh... I really think Nick is just going a little overboard... I don't want to seem to go after one or the other, but it was a little harsh of Eminem to diss them. And a little kindergartner of Nick to lash back.

33. Shawny -
nick needs to stop... ok so u steppin up 4 ur gurl... dats all good and dandy but think about his WACK ASS career... all his songs SUCK!!!! his movies all SUCK!!! nick better b so glad he pulled MC. all he gunna do is dj... sumthin hez OK at and live off of his wife. Em is the truth.. em will eat u alive... so lets not get sumthin started nick that u cant finish. its not worth it.

34. Kevin B -
Sounds like they both need to grow up. Hollywood drama is played

35. Don Puccinelli -
LOL. "Eminem is a racist in disguise". Does Nick still work for Nickelodeon?

36. Johanna -
He's defending his wife blah blah blah.
This is why Eminem is THE man. He got a reaction that's all he wanted and it's hilarious. Besides, he apologized for that song about black women like, two albums ago and said it doesn't matter what color a girl is they're still sluts.
The only reason Nick is famous is because of who he's married to. Everyone forgot about his ass after Drumline.
Oh my GOD, i love Eminem!

37. all-about-me -
em is whack that is just straight hating he mad because he did not get 2 second base with mariah lol!

38. Joanna -
Nick Cannon is a lost bum. Washed up from a few of his garbage songs. Em SHOULD rip on him and that plastic doll Mariah

39. Yahoo! Music User -
Eminem dissing people is just for fun man. I can understand Nick getting pissed but its all for Eminem in the end. I would like to be in 1 of his songs. And believe me, Eminems comeback will bring him back to the very top, knock out all those other people who have been "Best Rapper". And Eminems songs are so not lame, he actually talks about things that matter most of the time, with a couple funny songs. lol, the most controversial rapper is back. MAY 19!!

40. Yahoo! Music User -
Go ahead and try and be sweet Nick, have fun with your little blog while Em makes a hit song about you. Oh, and if you think for two seconds you have the backup that he does, you couldn't be more wrong. Em is associated with G-Unit, D-12, Dr. Dre, and everyone that is still loyal to NWA, not to mention the 150 people in the industry that worship Snoop. Idiot trying to be hard, you probably just got yourself jumped. Defending your wife is one thing, but blowing nothing out of proportion and making yourself sound like a B.A. when you are just an idiot, is another.
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