Nick Cannon-Eminem Feud

Overview

The Nick Cannon-Eminem Feud began in 2009 with the release of Eminem's song "Bagpipes Over Baghdad" in which he insinuated that he and singer Mariah Carey, then Nick Cannon's wife, shared a romantic relationship. Over the next decade, Cannon and Eminem would trade insults in songs and social media.

Background

On May 15th, 2009, Eminem released the album Relapse. The album includes the song "Bagpipes Over Baghdad" in the song, Eminem references a relationship with Mariah Carey and mentions Nick Cannon by name (song below, left).^[1] He raps:

Mariah, whatever happened to us? Why did we have to break up? All I asked for was a glass of punch
You see, I never really asked for much I can't imagine what's going through your mind after such A nasty break-up with that Latin hunk Luis Miguel, Nick Cannon better back the fuck up I'm not playin', I want her back, you punk

Shortly after, Cannon blogged,^[2] "I realized that this so-called man has just disrespected…one of the world's most significantly influential artists, one of the most notable black females of our time, the incredibly cherished, globally loved and world-embraced woman of color, Mariah Carey."

On June 16th, 2009, Mariah Carey released the video for the song "Obsessed," which features Carey dressed up as a stalker that resembles Eminem. The video received more than 126 million views in just over 10 years (shown below, right).

On July 30th, 2009, Eminem released the song "The Warning," a diss track about Mariah Carey (song below). He raps, "I got the exact same tattoo that's on Nick's back, I'm obsessed now, oh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee."

Developments

2019 Revival

In September 2019, Cannon appeared on rapper T.I.'s podcast "ExpediTIously." He said, "I wrote this long-ass letter pretty much saying, ‘I respect you as an artist, I’m actually a fan. I think you’re one of the best to ever to do it, but from man to man, you talking out of pocket to my wife. You’ve gotta be held accountable for that so I need to see you face to face.'"

Following the comments, Eminem mentioned Cannon in an appearance on the Fat joe song "Lord Above. He rapped, "I know me and Mariah didn't end on a high note/But that other dude's whipped, that pussy got him neutered/Tried to tell him this chick's a nut job before he got his jewels clipped / Almost got my caboose kicked, fool, quit, you not gon' do shit / I let her chop my balls off, too ’fore I lost to you, Nick."

Shortly after the song's release, Cannon mocked the song and Eminem on his radio show. He said, "We should change his name from Eminem to, like, Percocet. What’s the pill that old people take? We gon’ call him Cialis. Bring your walker, get out your wheelchair Eminem, and pop whatever you wanna pop. Should I respond back to this? It's not worthy of a response." Cannon posted the clip on Instagram, where it received more than 186,000 views and 7,900 likes in less than one week (shown below, left).

On December 9th, Cannon released a diss track about Eminem entitled "The Invitation." In the song, Cannon accuses Eminem of firing his chauffeur for having a sexual relationship with another man. Within 24 hours, the song received more than 600,000 views on YouTube (shown below, right).

Eminem responded to Cannon with two tweets (shown below, left and right).^[3][4] He said, "U mad bro? Stop lying on my dick. I never even had a chauffeur, you bougie f*ck." He then tweeted, "I demand an apology Nicholas, you've made my gardener so jealous!"

On December 10th, rapper 50 Cent posted on Instagram,^[5] "I don’t understand to save my life why someone would pick a fight with EM. He is a different kinda animal, I haven’t seen a motherfucker come close to beating him man. 😠hey Nick that shit was trash, I oughta kick you in yo ass when I see you PUNK." The post received more than 403,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Cannon responded by tagging 50 Cent's Instagram^[6] account on a picture of Samuel L. Jackson's character from the film Django Unchained, implying that like the character in the film, 50 Cent is subservient to a white person. The post received more than 55,000 likes (shown below).

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