Rock guitarist Ted Nugent launched one other verbal assault on Hip-Hop, this time concentrating on Eminem in a latest video the place he referred to as the Detroit rapper a “whole fool” over his political views.
The 76-year-old rocker made the feedback throughout his “Let’s Discuss Music” video, the place he frequently shares his conservative political views with followers.
Nugent particularly criticized Eminem and Jack White after their Thanksgiving halftime efficiency for the Detroit Lions, claiming each artists oppose safe borders and help transgender athletes in ladies’s sports activities.
“Eminem, the man’s a… Each of these guys, Eminem and Jack White: whole idiots,” Nugent mentioned within the video. “They don’t need their nation to have safe borders. They assume males ought to destroy ladies’s sports activities.”
Ted Nugent continued his rant by connecting the artists’ opposition to Donald Trump with varied political positions, making inflammatory claims about their stance on immigration and nationwide safety.
“Whenever you hate Donald Trump, you need males in ladies’s sports activities to destroy ladies’s rights,” Nugent claimed. “That’s what these guys stand for. They don’t assume our border must be secured. They assume we must always invite jihadists in who announce they wish to kill the infidels, they announce they wish to kill People and Jack White and Eminem say ‘carry these guys in.’ However their music is soulful.”
Regardless of his harsh political criticism, Nugent acknowledged each artists’ musical skills, saying “their music is soulful” whereas sustaining his disagreement with their political beliefs.
This newest outburst matches a sample for Nugent, who has repeatedly focused Hip-Hop artists and the style itself with controversial statements over time. In earlier interviews and social media posts, the Michigan-born rocker has referred to as rap music “racist” and questioned whether or not it must be banned, displaying a constant hostility towards the tradition.
Nugent first gained fame within the Nineteen Sixties as lead guitarist for the Amboy Dukes, a psychedelic rock band that scored hits with songs like “Journey to the Heart of the Thoughts.”
He later launched a profitable solo profession within the Nineteen Seventies with albums like Cat Scratch Fever and Free-for-All, establishing himself as a tough rock icon recognized for his wild stage performances and advocacy for searching.
The guitarist additionally performed within the supergroup Rattling Yankees, which achieved industrial success within the early Nineteen Nineties. Nevertheless, Nugent’s musical legacy has change into more and more overshadowed by his political activism and controversial statements, notably since changing into a vocal Trump supporter in 2016.
The rocker has persistently praised Trump as “the very best President I’ve ever seen” and just lately endorsed the administration’s deportation insurance policies, calling immigration enforcement efforts “warfare” in media interviews.
Nugent’s political commentary has price him live performance bookings over time and he was even formally branded a racist by the Southern Poverty Legislation Heart.
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