I mean, of course white folks wouldn't dig him like that if he was black.
my question is... would black folks have accepted him if a black dude
was rapping about the shit he was rapping about?


EDIT: I guess reply number 5 sort of touched on this already.

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> He would of sold half, but we didn't have to go to Lincoln
>High School to know that.
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> On some real stuff. After Relapse (2X Platinum) and Encore
>( 4X platinum), it's amazing he sold what he did. Straight up
>- selling half is an overstatement.
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> If Eminem was black, skills and all, he'd probably be
>selling like Papoose.
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> Also makes you think about racism in America. Or maybe
>it's due to people relating more to people that look like
>them. Or even worse...the latter and precedent are the same
>thing...
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