Eminem Struck First…
If you remember, in 2004, the rapper released a song called “Just Lose It.” In the song, he heavily mocked Jackson from child molestation charges to his hair catching on fire during his 1984 Pepsi commercial shoot.
After the track receiving incredible airplay and him undergoing consistent ridicule, Michael took action. First, he publicly demanded all cable music video stations across the U.S. stop playing Eminem’s video. And they did just that, according to The Guardian.
“I am very angry at Eminem’s depiction of me in his video,” Jackson mentioned at the time. “I feel that it is outrageous and disrespectful. It is one thing to spoof, but it is another to be demeaning and insensitive.”
“I’ve admired Eminem as an artist, and was shocked by this. The video was inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large.”
