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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
Eminem Accused of Racism
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Raymond "Benzino" Scott and David Mays, founders of music magazine The Source would have you believe that he did--and that he's a bigot.


The duo held a press conference Tuesday at which they revealed a recorded clip of Eminem (news - web sites) freestyling an offensive lyric in the early 1990s.


"The tape contains what is clearly identifiable as Eminem's voice, reciting racial slurs targeted against black women," read a statement released by The Source, "and it proves Benzino right after a year of being vilified by the media for bringing such questions surrounding Eminem to the fore.


"Bringing this tape to the public is the latest chapter in The Source magazine's ongoing effort to expose influences corrupting hip-hop, including racism."


Though Eminem expressed regret over the clip's undeniably inflammatory language, he made clear that he considered its release to be a direct consequence of the longstanding beef between Benzino and himself.


"Ray Benzino, Dave Mays and The Source have had a vendetta against me, Shady Records and our artists for a long time," Eminem said in response to the press conference. "The tape they played today was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager. I'd just broken up with my girlfriend, who was African-American, and I reacted like the angry, stupid kid I was. I hope people will take it for the foolishness that it was, not for what somebody is trying to make it into today."

Have any of you heard the "eminem" tape? They played it on the radio here last night and it got qutie a response from Balck female listeners.