Being dissed, the ‘King of Pop’ spent 370 million USD to buy all the hits ‘God of Rap’

Eminem almost lost his entire music career because he dared to diss Michael Jackson

It’s no exaggeration to say that the legendary Eminem – “God of Rap” is the character who curses the most artists from Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Justin Bieber, Machine Gun Kelly, Will Smith,…

The most notable of his “reckless” moments is that he once dissed Michael Jackson – the “King of Pop” even though the two had no previous grudges.

Specifically, in 2004, Eminem mocked Michael Jackson with the hit single Just Lose It on his fifth studio album Encore. From the fire accident that burned her hair while filming a commercial for Pepsi in the past to the suspicions of child sexual abuse, all are vividly recreated by Em through the lyrics and humorous MV of contrack.

Needless to say, after the Just Lose It bomb exploded, Michael Jackson began to be made fun of throughout the media in America.

Of course, whatever happens must happen, Michael Jackson could not help but angrily say: “I have always admired Eminem as an artist. And I am really shocked by this incident. I have never met Eminem but this It’s truly heartbreaking…”.

Michael Jackson gave an interview to the press about the story with Emi

At the same time, Michael Jackson held a public press conference requesting all cable television systems and music channels, large and small, in the United States to immediately stop broadcasting Just Lose It MV for the reason that “it is not indecent and disrespectful towards me, my children, my family and the community out there.”

And, as confirmed by the famous newspaper The Guardian, the heads of those organizations indeed followed the call to stop the show, or remove all segments mentioning Michael not long after.

At the same time, when asked about the shocking episode in the Just Lose It MV, Eminem simply replied: “I’m sorry for that”, but still did not take any action to show goodwill. with the MV Just Lose It mentioned above.

Thought the matter had “sunk” but in 2007, Michael Jackson made a “fatal” move for Eminem.

Accordingly, through the Sony/ATV joint venture, Michael acquired Famous Music company – the unit that holds music copyrights of major artists, including Eminem – for $370 million USD.

To put it simply, Eminem’s classic hits such as “The Real Slim Shady”, “Without Me”… are officially owned by the “King of Pop”.