{"id":937644,"date":"2026-10-18T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:02:12","slug":"eminem-defends-kid-rock-collaboration-not-about-choosing-sides-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937644\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem Defends Kid Rock Collaboration: \u2018Not About Choosing Sides\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEminem<\/a> has defended his decision to collaborate with longtime friend Kid Rock<\/a>, after their new team-up drew backlash from some fans over the two artists\u2019 opposing politics.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe rapper appears on \u201cHeal My Faith,\u201d a track from Kid Rock<\/a>\u2019s new faith-based album Halfway 2 Jesus, released Friday (Oct. 17). Hours after the album arrived, Eminem<\/a> addressed the pairing on social media. \u201cNot about choosing sides, just choosing to make music with my old friend,\u201d he wrote. \u201cPraying for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe collaboration had surprised some of Eminem\u2019s fans given the two Detroit artists\u2019 well-documented political differences: Eminem endorsed Kamala Harris at a 2024 Detroit rally and has criticized Donald Trump on tracks including \u201cCampaign Speech,\u201d while Kid Rock is among Trump\u2019s most prominent supporters in music. Eminem addresses that divide directly in his verse. \u201cFrom shock rap to the rock rap, my homie and me \/ He is my brother, not my political enemy,\u201d he raps, before calling for unity across party and religious lines.<\/p>\n

\n\tKid Rock, who has been friends with Eminem for roughly four decades, spoke about the collaboration in an interview with Billboard<\/a>. \u201cI really didn\u2019t want to drag him into my political world,\u201d he said, adding that the two discuss politics \u201ca little bit, not a ton.\u201d He described the album as being \u201cabout forgiveness and second chances\u201d and an attempt to \u201cheal some of the division in our country.\u201d Kid Rock also noted that Eminem was initially announced for a different track, \u201c7 Sins,\u201d before the two decided to keep their collaboration to a single song; that slot ultimately went to Lil Wayne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two have a long history together. Eminem featured on Kid Rock\u2019s 1998 song \u201cF\u2014 Off\u201d from Devil Without a Cause, and Kid Rock appeared in the video for Eminem\u2019s 2013 single \u201cBerzerk.\u201d Both rank among the best-selling artists in Billboard history \u2014 Eminem has notched 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and five No. 1 hits on the Hot 100, while Kid Rock broke through with his diamond-certified 1998 breakthrough Devil Without a Cause and scored a Hot 100 top 10 with \u201cAll Summer Long.\u201d<\/p>\n

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