Eminem addressed the audience at Kamala Harris' campaign rally in Detroit tonight and introduced former President Barack Obama.
After being introduced by Eminem at a Harris rally in Detroit, Barack Obama began to engage in rap.
The rapper momentarily addressed the audience to implore his fellow Michiganders to vote on November 5 before welcoming Obama to the stage, Express US reported.
"I don't think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution of what people will do if you make your opinion known. I think Vice President Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld," stated 52-year-old Eminem to the jubilant spectators.
"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti. He's nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready," The 44th president began his remarks by rapping the words to the popular song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.
"There was another rally here on Thursday but I hear it was a little smaller," Obama said while making fun of Trump's event in Detroit last week.
Eminem joined the campaign trail just two weeks before Election Day. Nevertheless, Slim Shady's supporters were appalled to learn that he would not perform at the rally.
Currently, polls indicate that Michigan is evenly divided between Harris and Trump. Therefore, Democrats anticipate that Eminem's participation will provide a significant advantage in preserving the state's blue hue.
Eminem has consistently advocated for Harris. He even supported the Biden-Harris campaign in a black-and-white advertisement for the 2020 election, with the famous track "Lose Yourself" playing in the backdrop.
Barack Obama is also an outspoken supporter of Eminem. One of the primary hype tunes from his 2008 presidential campaign was "Lose Yourself."
Following the announcement of Eminem's participation in the rally, voters and admirers of the artist expressed their enthusiasm on social media. One individual wrote, "Will by tuning in to see Barry O and Eminem."
Another wrote to X, "Eminem hates Trump more than anyone; this makes sense," and a third added, "That’s awesome! I'm glad to know he’s on the right side of history."
Other voters were similarly disappointed, as evidenced by their comments: "Ugh nooo eminem!!" "What a disgrace to humanity. Eminem too," a second critic concurred.
Among his numerous criticisms of the former president, the rapper has accused him of "brainwashing" his supporters and of being a "racist."
Eminem delivered a biting critique of Trump during his pre-recorded acceptance speech at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards, which has since gone viral.
"I will say this, he talks a good one," he stated. "And if you're in his base... let's say you're going to the rallies or whatever, you watch him on TV, you hear him talking this s---, there's part of me that understands, like, alright, he's somehow still got them because he's brainwashing them into thinking that something great is going to happen.”
"Nothing's happening. Nothing is happening. I don't know, man. I get really flustered when I talk about it."
Eminem continued to express his criticism after Trump assumed the presidency.
"He makes my blood boil. I can't even watch the news anymore because it makes me too stressed out," Eminem stated of the then-President in a December 2017 interview with Vulture.
"All jokes aside, all punch lines aside, I'm trying to get a message out there about him. I want our country to be great too, I want it to be the best it can be, but it's not going to be that with him in charge."
Nevertheless, Trump was featured in the Eminem concert special, The Shady National Convention, broadcast on MTV before the 2004 presidential election.
"I know a winner when I see one," Trump declared, endorsing Slim Shady, the rapper's alter persona. "Donald Trump is telling you right now Slim Shady is a winner. He's got brains, he's got guts and he's got Donald Trump's vote."
Meanwhile, John Kelly, a retired Marine general who served as the chief of staff for Donald Trump's White House, made a startling entry into the 2024 race. In a series of interviews that were released on Tuesday, Kelly stated that the former president fits "into the general definition of fascist" and desired the "kind of generals Hitler had."
These remarks, made by Kelly two weeks before the election, are the most recent in a series of warnings issued by former Trump White House aides regarding how he perceives the presidency and how he would exercise power if he were to be returned to office.
In addition to the fascist remarks, Kelly, who served as Trump's chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, stated in an interview with The New York Times that the former president "certainly prefers the dictator approach to government."
He also confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump had stated that he hoped his military members had shown him the same level of respect that Adolf Hitler's Nazi generals had demonstrated to the German dictator during World War II, and he described the incident.
Business Times has reached out to Donald Trump for comments.
