Monday, December 7, 2009

Eminem Takes a Dig at Bass, Lambert & Aiken


In the track, Eminem jabs at former 'NSYNC member Lance Bass and a pair of former "American Idol" contestants, Clay Aiken and Adam Lambert, all of whom are openly gay. While the actual wording of the lyric is in question, here's what Eminem appears to be rapping, according to several sites, including ThisIs50.com:

"Sorry, Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it/ They get so mad, when I call them both fake/ It's all these fucking voices in my head, I can't take it/ Someone shut that fucking baby up, before I shake it."

However, as gay-news site Towleroad.com has noted, "fake it's" sounds phonetically like "faggots," a similarity that they claim is anything but coincidental, given the rapper's previous history with the word.

"Eminem cleverly avoids using the word 'faggots" in his new song 'Elevator' when referring to Adam Lambert and Clay Aiken, replacing it with the words 'fake it's,' " site founder Andy Towle writes in a post. "Of course, phonetically, it sounds just like 'faggots.' "

Contacted by MTV News on Friday (December 4), a label rep for Eminem had no comment, and official lyrics for the song were not available at press time. - MTV.com

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