Eminem leads chants of 'F*** Trump' at Reading Festival
'I'm not about to stand up here and use this f*ckin' stage for some kind of a platform to be all political and sh*t'
Music's a wonderful way to let all your frustrations out.
During his Saturday night set at Reading Festival, Eminem helped to momentarily release the strain of one of the world's major current causes of anger and frustration, Donald Trump.
"So Reading," the rapper began, "I'm not about to stand up here and use this f*ckin' stage for some kind of a platform to be all political and sh*t, and I don't want to cause any controversy so I won't say no names -- but this motherf*cker Donald Trump I can't stand!"
After the audience cheered and began chanting "F*ck Donald Trump" on their own initiative, Eminem then corralled them with a call-and-response: "When I say 'f*ck', you say 'Trump'!"
After this continued for a little white, The Real Slim Shady then said, "'Cause he's got our country f*cked up in America", before segueing into "White America".
Before the election, Eminem released an eight-minute anti-Trump track titled "Campaign Speech", with lines including: "A f*ckin' loose cannon who's blunt with his hand on the button/ Who doesn't have to answer to no one—great idea!"
Eminem certainly isn't the first to express his distaste for Trump through chant, with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening leading Comic-Con crowds to repeat the phrase "Lock him up!".
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