Machine Gun Kelly responds to Eminem's 'Killshot' diss track
'We’re talking about facts – you want to talk about man buns? Answer the facts'
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Your support makes all the difference.Machine Gun Kelly has responded to Eminem‘s track “Killshot” in an interview, branding the track a “leg shot”.
The two rappers have feuded over the last few weeks, since Eminem took aim at Kelly on his new album Kamikaze.
Kelly reacted by releasing the track “Rap Devil” only a few hours later, with Eminem putting out “Killshot” the following week.
Speaking to the hosts of The Breakfast Club on the US radio station Power 105.1FM, Kelly gave the latest Eminem track a six out of ten.
“’Killshot’ was a leg shot,” he joked. ”In ‘Rap Devil’, we’re talking about facts – you want to talk about man buns? Answer the facts. You want to talk about a hairstyle I wore for a movie? I’m an actor, homie, how disconnected are you? You call me a mumble rapper? Oh my God.”
Later in the interview, Kelly claimed to have a track that was ready to be released but stopped after hearing “Killshot”.
“I had a clip ready [to respond],” he said. ”I heard ‘Killshot’ and I put that shit back in the holster. I’m like, ‘Oh, word, alright’. He called me a mumble rapper, dog.”
Kelly has also called the track “cheese” but acknowledged the ”artwork is fire. I thought that artwork was f**king awesome.”
Eminem released the 13-track album Kamikaze earlier this month and featured several insults aimed at other artists.
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On the track “Not Alike”, he raps: “I’m talkin’ to you, but you already know who the f*** you are, Kelly / I don’t use sublims and sure as f*** don’t sneak-diss / But keep commentin’ on my daughter Hailie.”
The lyric was seemingly in response to Kelly’s comments about Eminem’s daughter Hailie – in one tweet in 2012 Kelly called her “hot as f***”.
Kelly also subliminally attacked Eminem during a feature on Tech N9ne’s “No Reason (The Mosh Pit Song)” saying he’s “just rap and not God”, a reference to Eminem’s song “Rap God”.
After “Not Alike” was released, Kelly responded with ”Rap Devil”, rapping: “I think my Dad’s gone crazy, yeah Hailie you right / Dad’s always mad cooped up in the studio yelling at the mic/ Homie, we know that you’re the greatest rapper alive / F****** dweeb, all you do is read the dictionary and stay inside.”
Other artists who were called out on Eminem’s tenth record include Charlamagne Tha God, Joe Budden and Lil Yachty.
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