Tag: Music

On Tuesday night's airing of the BET Hip Hop Awards, rapper Eminem eviscerated President Trump in a four-minute freestyle, accusing him of being a white supremacist and trying to start a nuclear holocaust. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision for MTV/AP Images)

Beltway Confidential

Eminem vs. Trump: There’s hypocrisy from fans on both sides

Siraj Hashmi · October 11, 2017 4:23 pm

Eminem roasted President Trump in a freestyle rap video that aired at the BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Woke Eminem is boring and his liberal cheerleaders are hypocrites

Philip Wegmann · October 11, 2017 2:36 pm

Eminem's rap was played on a video Tuesday night at the BET Hip Hop Awards and featured the often controversial artist criticizing President Trump on nearly every front. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

Media omit Eminem’s history of bigoted lyrics after anti-Trump freestyle

Eddie Scarry · October 11, 2017 1:52 pm

"I appreciate you," Kaepernick said in a tweet that also had the video, which aired at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Colin Kaepernick approves of Eminem’s fiery freestyle takedown of Trump

Daniel Chaitin · October 11, 2017 5:16 am

Rappers, celebrities, and members of the media praised rapper Eminem after he unleashed a fiery four-and-a-half-minute freestyle takedown of President Trump. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

‘Rap God’: Celebs and rappers adore Eminem’s freestyle takedown of Trump

Daniel Chaitin · October 11, 2017 3:16 am

"Saturday Night Live" paid tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting and the late rock superstar Tom Petty by opening its show with country star Jason Aldean singing one of Petty's songs. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Jason Aldean visits Las Vegas shooting victims at hospital

Caitlin Yilek · October 9, 2017 12:55 pm

Aldean opened with a brief monologue before singing "I Won't Back Down," a 1990 song by Petty. (Screen shot)

Jason Aldean pays tribute to Las Vegas victims, Tom Petty

Kimberly Leonard · October 8, 2017 4:25 am

Modifiers and the Met

The Scrapbook · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

‘Norma’-tivity

Nicholas Gallagher · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

No Things Considered

No Things Considered: Hillary Clinton just won’t go away

Tim Young · October 5, 2017 11:39 pm

Confessions of a Total Poseur

David Skinner · October 5, 2017 1:57 pm

"I'd never make a record that's just polemical, I wouldn't release it if I did. To me, that's just an abuse of your audience's good graces," Springsteen said. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Bruce Springsteen says he doesn’t feel ‘strongly’ enough to write anti-Trump album

Anna Giaritelli · October 3, 2017 4:31 pm