Eminem Won't Allow Cursing in His Home
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Eminem may curse like crazy in his rap songs, but at home he sings a completely different tune.
"Profanity around my house? No," he tells Anderson Cooper in a 60 Minutes interview, airing Sunday. "I'm not saying there’s not glimpses of me in the music, [that] there's not truth in ... things that I say. But this is music, this is my art..."
When he's at home, the 38-year-old father-of-four (real name: Marshall Mathers) says: "I'm a parent. I have daughters. I mean, how would I really sound, as a person ... walking around my house [saying], 'Bitch, pick this up,' you know what I mean? ... I don’t cuss."
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Asked if he feels a sense of responsibility when his young fans use the cuss words he spews his songs, the rapper says, "I feel like it’s your job to parent them. If you’re the parent, be a parent."
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He also takes Cooper through the rapping process he uses to rhyme words.
His biggest beef?
"People say that the word orange doesn't rhyme with anything and that kind of pisses me off," he says. "I can think of a lot of things that rhyme with orange."
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11and he is such a great dad!
I think Eminem is a really good parent not allowing cussing. It is all about what the parent things is right. His art is rap- swears is a part of that art in some ways. I love his music, Im a teenager and eventho i listen to it.. I almost never swear!
Methinks Coleen missed the point.
He's such a caring daddy!! :)
He shouldn't have to parent everyone that listens to his music. It is up to the parents of the costumer to dictate what is appropriate for them. Yes he is the father of 4. His daughter, Kim's daughter from a previous relationship, Kim's niece, and his little brother. He is the legal guardian of all of them.
No, Coleen, he said be a parent. Part of being a parent is deciding what is appropriate for children to be exposed to. If you, as a parent, feel that your child shouldn't listen to his music, you're the one in charge and can put a stop to it. I didn't get to see "Dirty Dancing" til I was in college, because my mom didn't think it was appropriate (it's one of my favorite movies now). Strict? Possibly, but my mom made that decision as a parent and what she felt was best for her child.
father of four?
i am guessing listening to his music is also not allowed ?
Coleen - this isn't music for children. Its not directed toward pre-teens. Be a parent and watch what they listen to till they are old enough... and even then, if you did your job right, then they will have decent mouths on them, regardless of what they listen too. I have been a huge fan of Eminem since he started (I was in high school and Im 26 now) and I love his music and rarely cuss. He is a responsible parent and has stepped up to parent 2 girls that were not his own. His music is great... yes, profane, but definitely not crap.
Coleen, even if you don't "allow" them, they will find a way. :)
And this idiot wants us to allow our children to listen to his vulgar crap in our house??????