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Eminem. i think reality will have to hit, the economy, something will have to happen to cause trump supporters to say, gee, i think i was wrong about the guy. >> people get their ideas and information. i want to bring in a special guest, a hip hop artist. kanye west, his new album coming out next month and ill joined by fat joe who recorded with little wayne, and of course, ashante in whats love. im excited you are here. what did you think of this new video? >> you know, eminem, white america, a...

Horrible tragedies and would rather cause a twitter storm with the packers. >> that is as concise a takedown of trump distraction ploys as any political scientist. a prelude to eminem confronting trump on race. >> from his support for the clansmen, tiki torches, comes home from iraq and is still told to go back to africa. fork and a dagger, keeps ignoring our past, deplorable factors, now if youre a black athlete, youre a spoiled little brat for trying to use your platform and your statue to giv...

Time line, social media like this, ever in my life. so thats how impactful it is. with black and latino people. >> and speak to the layered analysis that eminem does. he is saying things bob corker is saying. he is saying things that political scientists and pundits are saying. how did that stand out to you? for viewers who dont follow it as closely. how typical is that? >> with all apologies to our msnbc, they said it is the cnn for black people. what he meant at the time was the hip hop cultur...

Now we see eminem, a 40 plus-year-old man, doing it for 20 years, who is still very masterful in his craft. taking on in a more focused manner. eminem impacts the culture, really adds his voice as part of the resistance. as a miscommunication for a lot of fans, these fans do not own eminem. they got an even exchange. a lifetime of music to listen to and he got paid. if they want their money back, they can go back to the store. we know the store dont pay us like that. so eminem, what he did was h...

If youre watching at home and you havent seen the video yet, youve seen part of it now. it is everywhere. donating time to the benefit concert this month that supports relief for various natural disasters across the globe including puerto rico. and we want you to know, what do you think about all this? you can like us on facebook or send us your comments on eminem. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, libert...

Will be joined by some rappers in a moment. what does this mean? >> it means everything. first of all, eminem has a certain level of privilege and he is using that privilege for good. and he used it on one of the biggest platforms. as you know, if another artist had done that, it might not have resonated as far and wide across america. i appreciate eminems voice because a lot of people have been saying this a long time. in fact, a lot of people werent hearing it. it has mushroomed over the last ...

Hey, trump! >> that is how you win a battle. and this particular result is more than a cultural loss for trump. in hip hop, when someone lose thats badly it is known as getting destroyed. bodied or ethered. eminems case is powerful not only because he has such a broad influence, a takedown by an artist can take down more than the usual sniping, george w. bush saying one of the most disgusting points in his presidency was cancel 87 west saying he didnt care about black people. he will thems case ...

>> he was saying, i was a fan of eminem. im out. well, ill done with eminem, too no, more respect for eminem. you cant call out your fans like that. how do you view a line like this being drawn? a cultural leader? >> these things are hard to predict. we criticized murphy brown. maybe that was ill advised at the time. making a serious point. it is a bad idea to get in fights with entertainers. i dont know that a lot of people will change their mind because of this but maybe, you never know what c...

As a witness. he has the potential to have a lot of information about players and connections to russia. that would be fascinating. i have to add as a personal note, i grew up watching you every sunday. so it is so great. >> did i too. >> did you? >> and here we are, history repeating itself. >> certain stories, yeah, they have a way of keeping going. but eleanor, such a treat having you for the first time on "the beat." >> thank you, everyone. new reporting on steve bannon predicting trump ha...

America, and sometimes it takes your own to gompbl your own. so we needed a voice like eminem to say what everybody else was thinking, and then maybe it will reflect. america has had a real fragile state right now. all the divisiveness, the racism, all his respect for black and brown people is so visually clear. if trump didnt invite the basketball team to the white house even though wasnt going. but he invited the hockey champions. all this is being thrown in everybodys faces. a very fragile ti...