Jack Harlow has spoken in the past about idolizing Eminem as a kid, so it bothers him that younger rap fans have shown disrespect toward the rap legend.
“These days [he’s] underrated,” Harlow told Pitchfork, per AllHipHop. “Eminem catching a lot of slander from the new generation. I think they don’t have the context of what he was, truly an icon. When I was nine through 13, that’s really who I wanted to be."
He continued. "I used to watch 8 Mile, and I would watch the scene of them in the warehouse and just get off. Like that movie and the freestyles at the end, I knew the lyrics to all of them. I love Eminem, and I don’t like the new slander. I don’t like that it’s the new wave to slander him.”
What's your theory as to why the younger generation doesn't seem to have deep respect for Em and what he's accomplished in the rap game?