Editorial: Eminem’s hate no problem for industry

Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001 | 2:50 a.m.

It's astonishing that the music industry would give its stamp of approval to Enimem, whose lyrics glorify rape, murder, drugs, hate crimes and incest. Eminem received not one, but four Grammy nominations, including for best album.

Eminem has every right to preach as much hate as he wants in his songs, and his fans should be able to buy anything he wants to sell, but the music industry has reached a new low. Some rock critics and members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences have called Eminem brilliant, but for them to use such an adjective shows how out of touch they are.

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