LZ Granderson: Kid Rock Is ‘Just Doing Cosplay’ While Eminem Is a ‘Real Product’ of Detroit

COATES LZ Granderson a ░░░░░░░░ native and host of ░░░░░░░░ Life Out Loud with ░░░░░░░░ Granderson podcast LZ they ░░░░░░░░ in your hometown tonight ░░░░░░░░ significant is it to ░░░░░░░░ Eminem s endorsement in ░░░░░░░░ more broadly especially when ░░░░░░░░ comes to efforts to ░░░░░░░░ working class voters GRANDERSON ░░░░░░░░ Laura You nailed it ░░░░░░░░ know Trump usually goes ░░░░░░░░ Michigan and pulls out ░░░░░░░░ know Kid Rock But ░░░░░░░░ of us who were ░░░░░░░░ and raised in the ░░░░░░░░ we all know that ░░░░░░░░ Rock is just doing ░░░░░░░░ and that Eminem is ░░░░░░░░ a real product of ░░░░░░░░ area and of the ░░░░░░░░ of which he speaks ░░░░░░░░ that he represents And ░░░░░░░░ also doesn t use ░░░░░░░░ platform very often in ░░░░░░░░ political spectrum So when ░░░░░░░░ does speak like this ░░░░░░░░ does have impact in ░░░░░░░░ specifically but also nationally ░░░░░░░░ he s still a ░░░░░░░░ popular figure And Lose ░░░░░░░░ did win an Oscar ░░░░░░░░ it is that dope ░░░░░░░░ it does still have ░░░░░░░░ staying power like that ░░░░░░░░ I mean he s ░░░░░░░░ to own it never ░░░░░░░░ it go you get ░░░░░░░░ shot right And this ░░░░░░░░ apparently his shot to ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris And yet ░░░░░░░░ you mentioned it s ░░░░░░░░ just Detroit he has ░░░░░░░░ appeal to It s ░░░░░░░░ to be Michigan which ░░░░░░░░ course has the huge ░░░░░░░░ voter population we knew ░░░░░░░░ months ago But Eminem ░░░░░░░░ also been a huge ░░░░░░░░ critic He s made ░░░░░░░░ back in 2017 when ░░░░░░░░ released well this freestyle ░░░░░░░░ BET Listen Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ We better give Obama ░░░░░░░░ cause what we got ░░░░░░░░ office now is a ░░░░░░░░ that ll probably cause ░░░░░░░░ nuclear Holocaust And while ░░░░░░░░ drama pops and he ░░░░░░░░ for muted to quiet ░░░░░░░░ he ll just gas ░░░░░░░░ plane up and fly ░░░░░░░░ till the bombing stops ░░░░░░░░ ends COATES Does it ░░░░░░░░ his critique GRANDERSON I ░░░░░░░░ so I think so ░░░░░░░░ Detroit because in or ░░░░░░░░ Michigan in general because ░░░░░░░░ we have this saying ░░░░░░░░ Detroit area Are you ░░░░░░░░ Detroit or Detroit Detroit ░░░░░░░░ there s a lot ░░░░░░░░ people who say they ░░░░░░░░ from Detroit but they ░░░░░░░░ really like 35 40 ░░░░░░░░ miles away and they ░░░░░░░░ t really of the ░░░░░░░░ and of the element ░░░░░░░░ the working class people ░░░░░░░░ you think of when ░░░░░░░░ think of the area ░░░░░░░░ s not Eminem That ░░░░░░░░ not who he represents ░░░░░░░░ s not where he ░░░░░░░░ come from And so ░░░░░░░░ know that in the ░░░░░░░░ and he s drawn ░░░░░░░░ to a part of ░░░░░░░░ conversation that I think ░░░░░░░░ with a lot of ░░░░░░░░ is that it s ░░░░░░░░ artist s impact on ░░░░░░░░ a Trump presidency could ░░░░░░░░ You know that s ░░░░░░░░ I thought in terms ░░░░░░░░ how he was endorsing ░░░░░░░░ vice president and speaking ░░░░░░░░ about retribution for how ░░░░░░░░ speak You re talking ░░░░░░░░ him using his rap ░░░░░░░░ to attack President Trump ░░░░░░░░ he s talking as ░░░░░░░░ artist Artists should not ░░░░░░░░ afraid to speak out ░░░░░░░░ against elected officials That ░░░░░░░░ what the First Amendment ░░░░░░░░ for And I think ░░░░░░░░ used his endorsement as ░░░░░░░░ way of using his ░░░░░░░░ as an artist to ░░░░░░░░ our attention towards that ░░░░░░░░ well COATES Well I ░░░░░░░░ be curious to see ░░░░░░░░ impact of his endorsement.”