Look back to 2000, when the Marshall Mathers LP included the following lyric: 'Hate fags? The answer's 'yes'.' While lines like this attracted the protests of gay rights groups, Eminem continued to court both sides of the controversy – kissing Elton John at the 2001 Grammy awards, then returning to spitting gay slurs on 2002's Without Me.
'My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.' Case in point is his record on homosexuality. 'I think I've calmed down a bit,' Eminem told the New York Times Magazine, in an article to be published on Sunday. 'Everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable,' he said in a recent interview, offering similar pessimism on touring, poetry and his dear old mum.
As Eminem relaxes into his mellow middle period, the rapper has spoken out in favour of gay marriage.
