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Rap fans yesterday finally got a chance to listen for themselves to the much hyped audiotape Source owner, Benzino, claimed would show Eminem as a racist and put a "nail in his coffin." Now, the community debates on whether the lyrics were over the top or simply "foolish" teenage banter as Eminem states. Ray Benzino and The Source magazine announced weeks ago they would unveil a suppressed audiotape of Eminem in which he allegedly made disparaging remarks about Black women. The much hyped tape finally surfaced yesterday and was played at a press conference at New York's Millenium Hotel. On the first of two tracks allegedly recorded in 1993, Eminem is heard saying, "All the girls I like to bone have big butts / No they don't, 'cause I don't like that nigga shit / I'm just here to make a bigger hit."
The second 30 second audio tape followed: "Blacks and whites, they sometimes mix / But black girls only want your money, 'cause they're dumb chicks," he rhymes. Later in the freestyle Em raps, "Never date a black girl, because blacks only want your money / And that sh!t ain't funny." Eminem has responded to the release of the audio, saying Benzino and The Source have a vendetta against him and asking fans to see the tracks for the "foolishness" they are - not as a racial attack against blacks. Em explained that the second track was recorded out of anger after a bad breakup with a girlfriend - who was black.
"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 a statement. "The tape they played today was something I made out of anger, stupidity and frustration when I was a teenager.
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